New York Daily News

Arrest in MTA aerosol attacks

- Thomas Tracy

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.

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