Isaiah Thompson was arrested in Brooklyn Friday. Police say he's the culprit behind emergency brake activations that delayed more than 740 trains.
, the subway bandit targeted mainly the 2 and 5 train lines, from Central Brooklyn through Midtown Manhattan. In total, he's expected to have delayed more than 700 trains in recent months.
Video released by the police showed someone riding outside the subway car in the rear of the train, which is apparently the bandit's favorite way to avoid apprehension. After pulling the brakes, for whatever reason, the suspect would escape possibly via the tunnel's emergency exits, sources told Jalopnik.
"What I'd like to do, with the legislature, is to get very harsh penalties in place for people who commit anti-social behavior, in whatever form that takes, I would love to be able to catch these people," Andy Byford, the MTA's subways boss, said at a meeting of the agency's board on Wednesday."I would like them to face the consequences of their actions, and I'd like to ban them from the subway. Right now we don't have that power. We are actively seeking it.
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