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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Wed Jul 17, 2013, 07:38 AM Jul 2013

WSJ: Jailed Many Times for Love of NYC Transit System

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323394504578609752550093808.html

Darius McCollum has been arrested 29 times over the past 30 years for a series of transit-related crimes ranging from impersonating subway workers to stealing buses.

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WSJ: Jailed Many Times for Love of NYC Transit System (Original Post) LiberalElite Jul 2013 OP

Can someone be banished from NYC? 7962 Jul 2013 #1

Where do you live? LiberalElite Jul 2013 #3

Georgia. And the county I live in has done it several times. 7962 Jul 2013 #4

I never heard of this. WOW LiberalElite Jul 2013 #5

I remember this kid.... BronxBoy Jul 2013 #2

7962

(11,841 posts)

1. Can someone be banished from NYC?

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 10:26 AM

Jul 2013

Where I live, you can be "banished" from the county and surrounding counties. Maybe that would work with this dude.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

3. Where do you live?

Reply to 7962 (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 08:12 PM

Jul 2013

I never heard of that. It looks, though, like he may be able to be treated:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/nyregion/jailed-often-because-of-his-transit-obsession-man-may-get-help.html

It's too bad he's got some kind of mental problem, because if someone really loves the subway, they can just apply for the job and then get paid for doing what they love.

7962

(11,841 posts)

4. Georgia. And the county I live in has done it several times.

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 09:14 PM

Jul 2013

Usually its people who repeat offend a whole lot. Or used the county specifically to do criminal acts. Here's a link to the county DA

http://www.houstonda.org/local-headlines/more-than-500-people-have-been-banished-from-houston-county.html

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

5. I never heard of this. WOW

Reply to 7962 (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 20, 2013, 07:43 PM

Jul 2013

BronxBoy

(2,286 posts)

2. I remember this kid....

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 06:05 PM

Jul 2013

a lot of the opinion at the time was that he was jsut a kid fascinated by trains. But the offenses kept coming. And as cute of positive many thought his actions were, there came a point where public safety became an issue.

Shame we ciminalize a lot of mental illness

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