NEW YORK — A former Long Island Rail Road conductor arrested earlier this year in which he allegedly pocketed tickets without punching them, then gave them to friends who used them for rides or cashed them for refunds, has pleaded guilty and paid a $1,000 fine.
The New York Post reports Robert Anderson, 61, pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor official conduct. In May, he had been charged with four felony counts and 16 misdemeanor charges for the ticket scheme which allegedly went on from April 2019 to September 2020 [see ”Digest: New York City to resume 24-hour subway service,” Trains News Wire, May 3, 2021]. He faced up to four years in prison.
The Post reports it obtained a written statement by Anderson upon his arrest in which he admitted to taking some tickets and not punching them for seven to 10 years.
Union can do attitude.
I hope he was fired. This is the same crime consequence as shoplifting: paying customers were forced to pay for the “free” rides
Busiest commuter railroad in the world and they still punch tickets.