The MTA has suspended a NYC Transit station cleaner after he was caught red-handed in a compromising position and arrested at the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station near the Queens Center Mall on the morning of Monday, May 12.
Police from the Transit District 20 were on a Manhattan-bound E train that stopped at the station at around 3:10 a.m. When the doors opened, they observed a man performing a lewd act on a platform bench, allegedly masturbating with one hand while rubbing a woman’s feet with his other hand.
Christopher Mendoza, 39, of Brookville Boulevard in Rosedale, was taken into custody without incident and booked at the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst, where he was charged with lewdness – intent to be seen, a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to three months in jail. He was issued a desk appearance ticket returnable at Queens Criminal Court on May 29.
Mendoza has been withheld from service by the MTA pending disciplinary proceedings. The NYC Transit station cleaner has been employed by the MTA for two years and nine months.
