Surveillance Video Catches Man Smashing Electronic Signs in Subway.
The NYPD released surveillance video of a man using a metal object to destroy an MTA electronic screen at Columbus Circle as straphangers loPhoto byNYPD
The NYPD released the dramatic video of the sagging suspect seen using a metal object to casually shatter and chip off the glass to an electronic message board at the Columbus Circle Station.
At around 1 am on October 9, a man in a green hoodie and sagging pants was seen using a curved metal object to shatter and then chip away the glass to the electronic screen of an MTA message board.
The video shows the man systemicatically pick the screen apart while straphangers remain seated on a bench and look on. After damaging the message board, the suspect picked up his pants and walked out of the 59th Street station.
The suspect seen on the surveillance video is described as a male with a dark complexion and a thin build. He was last seen wearing a light blue sweatshirt with the graphic of a white polar bear. The white lettering read “Long Beach Polar Bears.” He also wore sagging blue jeans.
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