Shocking Video: Man Tries to Hijack NYC Subway Train Using a Screwdriver
- Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:21pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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One local went over the edge in New York City Friday during the unbearable 104 degree heat. The New York Daily News reports and has exclusive video of 42-year-old Richard Arrocho trying to hijack a MTA Train in the Bronx with a screwdriver:
From the video you can see Arrocho forcing himself into a motorman’s cab while exclaiming that someone wanted to kill him. The mad man is accused of entering the front-car cab by climbing through an open side window from a wall aside the tracks.
“‘I was shocked,’ George said. ‘I couldn’t believe it – he was inside my cab.’
‘He said, ‘Move the train or I’m going to f—–g kill you,” George added. ‘He wouldn’t let me open the door. He pulled a screwdriver and tried to stab me.’”
Motoman Darryl George later thanked God for the brave passengers that helped him ward off the screwdriver-weilding lunatic.
“There are still good people in New York City.”
The Daily News reports that court records show Arrocho claimed someone was trying to kill him in retaliation for a previous robbery.
“The source said Arrocho has a history of mental illness and spent time in a psych ward. He was charged with felony attempted assault, menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon – a pointy Phillips-head screwdriver. He was being held on $2,500 bail.
He has been arrested at least 40 times since 1985 on charges ranging from robbery to petty larceny, records show.”
There are crazies out there, but an even greater number of good people to keep them in check.
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Comments (85)
BishopKnight
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:54pmYeah, he was definitely screwy. ;)
Report Post »omglol
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:21pmLeft Wing extremist?
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:18pmRighty tighty, lefty loosey….sorry could’t resist.
Report Post »busterpuddles
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:56pm(rim shot)
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:44pmThe Constitution does NOT give you the right to own a screwdriver!!! the Federal government is the only ‘official’ screw organization!!!!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 11:46pmwhat happened to 3 felonys and your out?? must be a registered democratic liberal.
Report Post »Michael600r
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:51pmAfter 40 arrests do ya think it’s time to put him away for good.
Report Post »BlkWdow
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:43pmThat’s exactly what I was thinking. Maybe it will only take him killing someone or serveral someones to have him locked up & then fingers will be pointed & people will ask were did the system go wrong?
Report Post »2ndrevolution
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 4:19pmThe problem can be solved for 50 cents. End of story.
Report Post »busterpuddles
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:59pmDon’t forget this is New York. Anything short of mass murder and you get out if you promise to be good.
Report Post »LeftyLieDetector
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:22pmReminds me of the failed social state of Norway..
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:49pmGood thing he didn’t have a crescent wrench too, he could have disassembled the entire train!
Report Post »CamoJan
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 5:59pmHahahahahhaaa!!! Good one Gonzo!!! :-D
Report Post »NO-GODS-NO-MASTERS
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:45pmThis is a job for Bernard Goetz
Report Post »JazzGuy
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:45pmDamn if it isn’t. ol’ Bernie knew how to deal with a would be criminal/******** on the subway!
Report Post »El Paso Girl
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:34pmSeems like the Judges aren’t doing there job. The guy wants to be in jail. 3 square meals, a/c, a bed .. no bills or worries. Thank God for the brave people who helped out…… I LOVE NEW YORK !!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Fight for America
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:34pmLock him up for everyone’s safety including his own. He‘s lucky he hasn’t been killed yet by someone defending themselves. I couldn’t blame them. Sometime you just can’t ask questions before someone does something bad to you.
If he freaks someone out and they have a heart attack, frankly, he should be the one to die (sad though it is) instead of the frightened person.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:30pmWhy refer to it as a man?
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:26pmWas the Dumb A** trying to hijack the NYC subway to CUBA??
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:19pmThat’s what I was thinking, where would he go but the next stop? Or the main place subways go….either way, hope it’s the end of the line for him/it.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:14pmLiberal state liberal criminal justice system. What do you really expect. Three strikes!
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:29pmas long as all three strikes are felonys ! ! !
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 4:39pmI’m down with that.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:14pmHow come the liberal freeks keep trying to save Arrocho? He doesn’t even vote.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:46pmIf dead people and animals vote in NY, so does he.
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:14pmfirst time I’ve heard of criminal posession of a screw driver…gonna have to remember that phrase next time I’m asked to try to fix something
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:09pmAll Gun Owners need to see what Obama is up to……..
Report Post »http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/07/26/democrats-oppose-obama-un-gun-control-treaty?msg=1
dmerwin
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:17pmWe really need to leave the UN/League of Nations. Nothing they touch works out well.
Report Post »xoke
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:03pm40 arrests…really folks…really? I been arrested once, as a kid, for shenanigans…it scared me so bad to this day you wont catch me jaywalking. There is a phrase I’m after here…something about a lock and losing a key?
In other news, screwdrivers don’t kill people, people do.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:59pmman,i bet Van Jones would be proud of his well trained buddies, soros will pay the judge off again and he will be seat free because he is economically challenged, obama will be elated because is freeloading, criminal army is doing what come easy,robbing and killing people, and Eric Holder will be happy that he can let another of his people go free,and Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will help support him and get him released because the white man is suppressing him,and all of them will call everyone involved a racist because they defend their lives, but what would we expect from all of these communist,freeloading,anti American racist.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:59pmI bet you use the same tired rant for everything that goes a little wrong in your miserable life, don’t you?
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:39pmsimpletruths
Report Post »What is going to be your rant when you are lugging heavy sacks of beets for the baby dictator? Are you miserable and tired with the performance of your hero [Obumma] yet?
vennoye
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:54pmNew York, New York…………..
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:48pmDoes he go on the no ride list?
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:54pmIf the Libs have their way he will get an air-conditioned rent controled apartment for which he doesn’t pay and an increase in his welfare payments to keep from from having to steal for a living. And since he used a screwdriver instead of a gun he gets a Citizen of the Year award from HCI and the UN…Just sayin’
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:02pmbigjayinpa, well said,can’t wait for msnbc to call him a hero, for trying to kill people, i wonder when obama and all of the democommies will have a parade for him??/
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:51pmYou mean like the Salishan development in Tacoma, WA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu6ok5ykyuQ&feature=share
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:43pmMayor Blunderberg will soon ban screwdrivers now.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:03pmHey– Don’t give Nutter any ideas….Just sayin’
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:06pmnah; he’ll just put a $50 tax on them, the way he fixes evrything else in NYC.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:42pm104 degrees and ‘unbearable’ so the guy goes nuts?
Uh, here in AZ with our monsoon season — 104 and humid like nothing are the normal and we do manage to get by without any abnormal psychosis problems. Maybe this guy got turned down for a job by Mr Obama.
Report Post »Perspective
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:39pmDid he pass the background check for purchasing that screwdriver?
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:37pmIt’s not his fault. His great, great, great great grandfather was a slave.
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:34pmThey are among us and they are reproducing.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:01pmAnd voting dimocRat.
Report Post »romadave
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:36pmby ‘They’ I hope you are referring to crazy people, not a race of people. Cause otherwise that would be a despicable racist comment along with cosette’s reply.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:34pmHow many times was he supposed to commit a crime before someone did something. He had over 40 arrests. I think after like 20, it’s pretty safe to say you are incapable of rehabilitation. Just saying.
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DarthMims
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:34pmI wonder where he thought he could hijack the subway to, Cuba?
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:30pmWe solve this with a ban on screwdrivers.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:26pmArrested @ least 40 times ????????????
Report Post »What are they waiting for ? ’till he hits his 100 mark ?
pschlentz
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:29pmOh, just give em another chance, he’ll change….
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:36pmIt‘s Bush’s fault, anyway. Cut the guy some slack. It’s not like he threatened to kill anybody….wll, never mind.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:36pmAnother Bloombergtown success story. Out of control welfare state and overly leniant courts plus the usual Liberal “it is anybody‘s fault but the perp’s” and this is what you have walking the streets of our cities. We are so screwed. I just hope they can’t find their way out of the city to where the real people live. If he shows up at my door his luck just may run out…Just sayin’
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:42pmYep let’s give him 1 more chance .
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