The New York transit impostor who first commandeered a train at 15 has been arrested 30 times over the years for transit-related crimes. Most recently, he was nabbed in November behind the wheel of a Greyhound bus that officials say he had stolen from a depot in New Jersey.
Now McCollum, who is 50 and has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, is worried what will happen to him next. He says the obsession that’s put him behind bars for half his adult life is out of his control. But instead of more jail time, he says, he needs help.
“I can’t seem to get myself out of this on my own,” he said in a recent interview with The Associated Press at Rikers Island jail. “But what am I supposed to do? There’s no AA for buses or trains.”
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