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Posted 26 August 2016 - 01:05 AM

Time, 8/25/16:



 

Passengers Trapped On Train After Woman Throws Cartons of Bugs


A woman trying to sell live crickets and worms on the D train in New York City Wednesday night set off a chain of events straight out of a commuting nightmare.

 

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Posted 26 August 2016 - 11:24 AM

Second Avenue Sagas, 8/26/16:

 

A cricket-filled subway car an emergency brake that isn’t for most emergencies


Was your office, like nearly everyone else’s in New York city, chirping over this tale from a Wednesday evening D train? It’s one of those only-in-New York tales that makes people wonder how they cope on a daily basis, and it highlights the absurdity of the subway emergency brake.

 

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Posted 27 August 2016 - 03:25 PM

Whoops, nevermind .... it was apparently all an act! Fusion, 8/26/16:

 

That woman who had a cricket-throwing meltdown on an NYC subway now says it was all an act


It was one of those things that made even the most jaded New Yorker squirm: Hundreds of insects—a mini-plague—let loose in the middle of a crowded subway car by a woman having a total meltdown.

 

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Posted 31 August 2016 - 10:50 AM

The cricket story just won't go away. From ABC News, 8/30/16:
 

 

Prankster Who Tossed Crickets on Subway Train Arrested


A Brooklyn woman who tossed hundreds of live crickets and worms on a crowded subway train last week as part of a video prank was arrested Tuesday.

Zaida Pugh, 21, of Brooklyn, was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, obstructing governmental administration and falsely reporting an incident, police said. It was not immediately clear if the self-proclaimed performance artist had a lawyer.

 

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Posted 03 September 2016 - 10:15 PM

WPIX-TV, PIX-11 in New York, NY, 9/2/16:

 

Man arrested in D-train cricket prank


Police arrested a man Friday who allegedly helped Zaida Pugh unleash 600 critters onto a packed D-train, officials said.

Jahkif Wright, 20, was charged with reckless endangerment and obstructing government administration.

 


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