She Allegedly Sprayed an N.Y.C. Bus Driver in the Face and Vanished — Now Police Are Asking for Help to ID Her

New York City police are searching for a woman accused of assaulting a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus driver.

According to the New York City Police Department, the suspect sprayed an “unknown substance” into the face of a 33-year-old bus driver onboard a BX-10 MTA bus, in the vicinity of Bainbridge Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue East in the Bronx around 8:40 a.m. on Monday, May 19.

“The individual then fled the location to parts unknown,” according to a police press release. “The victim was transported to Montefiore Medical Center in stable condition.”

 The attack is just one of a series of assaults on MTA employees in May.

Another assault occurred just before 9 a.m. on May 13, when a man boarded an MTA bus in the vicinity of Lorraine Street and Hicks Street in Brooklyn and got into a verbal dispute with the 71-year-old driver. 

“The unidentified individual engaged in a verbal dispute with the victim, displayed a wrench and struck the victim on the forehead,” states a NYPD press release.

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The suspect, described as a Black male approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall and in his early 40s, wearing a black sweatshirt and tan pants, fled the area on a scooter.

The victim sustained minor injuries and was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in stable condition.

Just over a week later, on May 22, a 55-year-old male MTA conductor was punched in the face when he poked his head out of the conductor’s window while the No. 5 train was stopped at the 42 Street-Grand Central Station. On May 27, the New York City Police Department arrested Leonard Johnson, 43, on charges of second-degree assault.

More recently, on May 29 just before 12:15 a.m., a 68-year-old MTA cleaner was working on the platform at Brooklyn’s Bergen Street station, when a man approached him and swung a metal pipe at him. The suspect missed and then punched the worker in the chest before running off. The victim was transported by EMS to an area hospital in stable condition.

“Crime is down overall this year on subways and buses, but any assault on our employees is intolerable, which is why we’re grateful the NY State legislature just changed the law to ensure perpetrators of attacks on transit workers face maximum justice,” MTA spokesperson Lucas Bejarano said.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.