NEW YORK — A Metro-North Railroad employee has been arrested by Metropolitan Transportation Authority police and charged with second-degree grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $200,000 in money from ticket vending machines.
The MTA says that Tom Shabani, a cashier with responsibility for handing the vending machine money and a 24-year employee based in White Plains, N.Y., allegedly removed approximately $206,000 from a counting room without authorization. He was arrested Tuesday, March 25 and arraigned in White Plains City Court on Wednesday, March 26, then released on his own recognizance.
Shabani has been “relieved of duty without pay pending additional disciplinary action,” Metro-North Railroad Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Justin Vonashek said in a press release. “Metro-North has no tolerance for any betrayal of responsibility to safeguard public funds for the people of New York. We have taken steps to ensure security measures are reinforced.”
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace said, “Any theft of public funds represents an extraordinary breach of trust, especially when such theft is alleged to have been committed by a public official. …,” Our swift prosecution of this case should serve as a warning to anyone considering stealing from the public coffers.”
Shabani is due back in court on April 16.
Charles, the jurors said they unanimously agreed that Trump falsified 34 business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. Whether or not the charges were timed because of the election is irrelevant as trump and his people would and have operated in the same way given an opportunity. But the law is the law. And I’m not going to go through every one of the counts and try to convince you of anything. That count by count information is available on line and yes I’ve read it. But you still won’t be convinced that king trump is a crook and overall horrible person not fit for any public office. But every trumpers day is coming when like I said before they/you will need to reconcile with yourself what you were a part of.
The time is now for every for every Biden supporter to reconcile with themselves for what they were a part of now that its known Biden was not capable for much or maybe all of his presidency. Plus his deliberate creation of open borders, including his disregarding when the Supreme Court had told him to stop it. All in all, a horrible President, with plenty of evidence he was not an honest man, particularly when serving as VP, and magnified by his officially pardoning of his family.
I agree with Charles. 34 counts based on TDS and not the law.
Thanks James. Actually I didn’t give my take but you inferred it 100%.
Trump committed one grubby misdemeanor, for which he paid a fine. The statute of limitations had expired. The prosecution made a case that the altered record helped hide Trump’s corruption 34 times as he ran for re-election. Thus the re-opening of the case and it rising to felony level.
There’s a big problem with that. Running for office isn’t a felony. Making the best case for people to vote for you isn’t a felony. Nor is it required, under penalty of felony law, to expose your own flaws or past foul-ups to the voting public.
There’s an election next Tuesday in Wisconsin. None of the candidates have disclosed the various garbage in their pasts. Having failed to do so isn’t a felony. It’s called this: running for office and wanting people to vote for you.
I would say exactly the same if the convicted felon were a Democrat. Republican or Democrat, like him or loathe him, there was, in the British legal terminology, “no case to answer”.
If anyone of any political predilection wants to give a different take, please do so on this page. But I believe my own case is airtight.
Wow, what a warning to anyone stealing from the public. Arrested and released, I hope he doesn’t run away with the money he stole. Oh, wait, he is to come back to court next month.
It’s NY. Under current law that began a few years ago, it’s a “no bail required” state. He could be charged multiple times with various thefts and he’s still be back on the streets each time.
How does it take until $206,000 go missing?
Answer — Same answer as the grotesque overtime, reported on these pages a couple of years ago, on LIRR, which wasn’t stopped until it was way out of hand.
Before I retired, I was always irritated by managers who managed the office rather than managing the product. (Like for example controlling overtime, as opposed to reviewing engineering drawings.) It seems that at New York MTA, some managers have done neither.
Justice delayed, justice denied. Our dear leader was convicted of 34 felon counts. Wasn’t imprisoned. And was elected to another term of corruption. What lesson do criminals get? Go big and you can get away with it.
THOMAS – Please tell me in your own words what each or any of those 34 felony convictions consisted of. What did Mr. Trump do either once, or 34 times, that, in your own words, rose to the level of felony and within the New York State statute of limitations for the various offenses.
Finally, having explained the felony convictions, tell me what the penalty should be and why.
Thanks, and best day,
C. N. L.
Charles’s it shouldn’t be necessary for anyone to tell you of the felonies king trump has been convicted. Had thos been ANYONE but that orange idiot you’d be raising all kinds of hell. But you just refuse to admit you’re WRONG and/or have been brain washed by the fox and newsmax propaganda machine. trump was convicted by a jury of his peers and should by all rights be in prison. But we ALL know you’ll defend him regardless of his actions, including treason. That’s at least until it starts adversely affecting you, which surely it will sooner than later. Then you like most trumpers will maybe just maybe in the darkest hours of the night admit it to yourself if to no one else. But regardless YOU and those like you will have to live with being on the wrong side of history and blindly standing with him even while he destroyed or country. Good luck with that.
CHRIS — Thank you for the note. You haven’t answered any of the questions I posed. To repeat, please explain in your own words exactly what Mr. Trump was convicted of and why it’s a felony. Also why the case was re-opened after the statute of limitations had passed.
No I’m not defend Mr. Trump. I’m asking what you he was convicted of. In your words.
I’d say the same no matter who was on trial and convicted. Which is a moot point since no one else has had such an indictment and conviction.