TILDEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police have named a second person they say was involved in tampering with crossing gates on the Reading & Northern in August — and say the motivation was to create an easier night at the fast-food restaurant where they both worked.
Ryan Boria, 34, of Tilden Township was arrested earlier this month on a series of charges stemming from his alleged use of a shunt to disrupt crossing gate-signals on Aug. 26 [see “Fast-food uniform helps identify suspect …,” Trains News Wire, Sept. 3, 2022]. Boria’s arrest came after coworkers recognized him from photos posted online by police, showing an individual walking trackside wearing a Wendy’s fast-food uniform.
WFMZ-TV now reports that police have said a second Wendy’s worker, identified as Amy Schaner, dropped Boria off when he placed the shunt on the tracks, and then picked him up and drove him to work. A police officer told the station that in interviews, the two individuals said their hope was that they could cause the crossing gates to malfunction, preventing people from reaching the Wendy’s where they worked and allowing them to have a slow night.
Tilden Township and Reading & Northern Police, along with the FBI, are continuing to investigate.
Be careful what you ask for Ryan Boria, you may (hopefully) soon get it: many slow nights behind bars to think about your short sighted, stupid stunt!
The brain trust of Pennsylvania. Little wonder non-resident and whacko Oz has a chance there.
Why do you keep bringing up politics for an incident that has nothing to do with it?
Oh, as a 100% Republican, I agree Oz is a wacko, about 5% as wacko as the Dem candidate.
If Trump has stayed out of it, this would have been a Republican hold. Now it looks like a Democrat pickup.
Republicans (not me) who vote as Trump tells them to aren’t smart enough to work at Wendy’s.
Ryan and Amy: this week’s contestants on “Generation Stupid!”, tonight on FOX.
Eric I agree. WABC NY radio the DJ always has the DA ( Dumb A**) of the day. I think these two are over qualified for that spot.
Eric, politics has nothing to do with this incident.
A great example of the work ethic of people today. Think of a way to not have to work hard.
That’s not the “work ethic of people today” Paul. This is the work of two stupid individuals that are even more dumb than Beavis and Butthead.
Agreed, Mark.
What stuns me is that all the planning, setting up and executing of this stunt likely took more effort that what would have been expended on a normal Night at Wendy’s. (The Wendy’s around here don’t have a lot of traffic during a normal evening…)
Stupid is as stupid does.
That is 4D chess level genius.
I hope they face a severe penalty
Even the smartest people on this earth couldn’t make this kind of stupidity up…sheesh!
How can people intelligent enought to commit (allegedly) an act of sabotage be so utterly clueless?