{"id":459242,"date":"2022-06-08T02:05:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T23:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/man-with-40-priors-allegedly-threatens-to-kill-mta-workers\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T02:05:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T23:05:24","slug":"man-with-40-priors-allegedly-threatens-to-kill-mta-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/man-with-40-priors-allegedly-threatens-to-kill-mta-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Man with 40 priors allegedly threatens to kill MTA workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3430b2d8b07\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3430b2d8b07\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/man-with-40-priors-allegedly-threatens-to-kill-mta-workers\/#%E2%80%9CMan_with_40_priors_allegedly_threatens_to_kill_MTA_workers%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Man with 40 priors allegedly threatens to kill MTA workers&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMan_with_40_priors_allegedly_threatens_to_kill_MTA_workers%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Man with 40 priors allegedly threatens to kill MTA workers&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Kingsbridge-Road-D-train-station.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A man with at least 40 prior arrests and a history of menacing transit workers was busted Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill two MTA employees in the Bronx, The Post has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Bethune, 46, was walking on the D train tracks at the Kingsbridge Road station around 1 a.m. when the two MTA cleaners urged him to get off track, according to a representative for their union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will kill you,\u201d Bethune allegedly snarled as he pulled out the weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man then threatened them with a boxcutter, labor and law-enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday afternoon, charges against Bethune were still pending, but he has about 40 prior arrests for menacing, burglary and petit larceny and past history of mental illness, according to law-enforcement sources and cops.<\/p>\n<p>Bethune currently has an open menacing case in Nassau County, LI, for allegedly threatening an LIRR worker at the Garden City train station on Feb. 26, court records obtained by The Post show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While onboard a train there, Bethune allegedly whipped out a boxcutter and told a worker, \u201cI will slice you\u201d after the two got into an argument, the records state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He later allegedly admitted to an MTA cop that he took the boxcutter out of his pocket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bethune was given a desk-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance ticket for the incident and will be arraigned June 30 in that case, the Nassau County District Attorney\u2019s Office said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Desheania Andrews<\/em>,<em> Craig McCarthy and David Meyer<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/07\/man-with-40-priors-allegedly-threatens-to-kill-mta-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Man with 40 priors allegedly threatens to kill MTA workers&#8221; A man with at least 40 prior arrests and a history of menacing transit workers was busted Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill two MTA employees in the Bronx, The Post has learned.\u00a0 Leonard Bethune, 46, was walking on the D train tracks at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":459243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Kingsbridge-Road-D-train-station.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[130030,70231,4998,76866,71452,71454,70806,7646],"class_list":["post-459242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-6-7-22","tag-arrests","tag-crime","tag-lirr","tag-mta","tag-subways","tag-the-bronx","tag-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}