Arrest in MTA aerosol attacks
Police have arrested the man they say sprayed two MTA bus drivers with a noxious chemical — possibly Mace — on their route through Brooklyn, officials said Saturday.
Andre Chandler, 46, is facing charges of assault, menacing and reckless endangerment for the attacks on separate B15 buses Aug. 23.
“We have been working with the NYPD and the MTA to get menaces like this off the street, so this is a satisfying development,” Transport Workers Union President Tony Utano said Saturday. “The B15 is safer today for our bus operators — and for our bus riders — than it was yesterday.”
On Friday, police arrested a second man, Sherrod Jackson, who was sought for bashing a window to another B15 bus.
NYPD Transit cops arrested Jackson after a keen-eyed Brooklyn token booth clerk recognized him from a wanted poster, cops said.