NY: "Off the Rails" McCollum Testifies in Court about Taking Trains, Buses on Unauthorized Rides

Darius McCollum has been arrested more than 30 times for impersonating transit workers. He claims he's taken subway trains and buses out for a spin thousands of times, sometimes with passengers on-board.

But Brooklyn prosecutors want McCollum's next stop to be a mental institution.

His longtime lawyer said McCollum is autistic but has never gotten treatment. She's asked the court to send him to halfway house so he can be helped.

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