Good Samaritan Train Conductor Beaten Trying to Break up Fight

MTA Conductor Attacked at Jamaica Center Station

The NYPD is looking for this man in connection with an attack on an MTA conductor at Jamaica station. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Queens Voice

June 5, 2024

QUEENS - An MTA train conductor who tried to break up a fight at a Queens subway station was himself attacked, cops said.  

At around midnight on May 20, a 36-year-old conductor was on duty when he saw a fight between two men on the Jamaica Center train platform at the Parsons Boulevard/Archer Avenue train station. 

Cops said when the conductor went to break up the fight, one of the men punched him in the face. The attacker then ran out of the station.

The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect taken at the turnstiles.  

The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion who is between the ages of 35 and 40, slim build and 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, grey jeans and a black du-rag.

Anyone with information in regard to 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.