Darius McCollum loves planes trains and automobiles—just not in that order. A burgeoning urban legend, McCollum has long been known for taking New York trains for a spin. This week he stepped down and made off with his B team favorite, a city bus, and was arrested for the 27th time.
McCollum, once cuffed, remarked: “I bet they don’t leave the keys in the ignition next time.”
Duly noted.
Up until now, McCollum’s been a kind of urban legend, legendary not for his mythic nature–he’s real enough–but because what he does is so bizarre. McCollum most often steals trains, usually sans passengers, and pilots them expertly from one station to the next or even further until the NYTA cops nail him. However, this week’s arrest elicited a scary quote from McCollum’s mom, Elizabeth:
“”He loves trains more than anything else — buses are his second choice,” she said from her North Carolina home. “He loves planes, too, but he hasn’t been able to get on one of those yet.”
Yet?
