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Bus Driver Hit in Face with Water Balloon while Driving
Driver Assaulted in Bronx
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault on an MTA bus driver. -Photo by NYPD |
By Dan Gesslein
Bronx Voice
July 25, 2024
Follow @Bronxvoice1BRONX - Cops are looking for passenger who struck a bus driver in the face with a water balloon as he was driving.
At around 3 pm on June 7, a 65-year-old MTA employee was driving a BX 36 bus in Mount Hope in the vicinity of Anthony Ave and East Tremont Ave. The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect standing inside the bus at the time.
Cops said the man walked up to the driver and threw a water balloon in the driver’s face. The attacker then jumped out of the bus and ran eastbound on East Tremont Avenue.
The driver was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where he suffered minor pain to the right side of his face.
The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion. He had braids and his hair is in a ponytail. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, black sweatpants, and black sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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