Jephte Celius was swiping the city-issued pass – which is granted to eligible students in kindergarten through 12th grade – to avoid paying the fare at the Beach 25th Street A train station in Far …
A 41-year-old man was caught using a student MetroCard to enter a Queens subway station last week and cops found that he was packing two weapons and had an active arrest warrant, authorities said.
Jephte Celius, 41, was caught red-handed using a student MetroCard at the Beach 25th Street A train station in Far Rockaway, cops said.Officers inside the station caught Celius using the pass – which clearly belonged to someone else – and stopped him, police said. He was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, as well as theft of service, cops said. NYPD Chief of Transit
“A ‘student’ in his 40’s tried entering the subway system with a MetroCard intended for school-age kids,”
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