Man posing as NYPD officer demands MTA bus take him to Brooklyn, police say

TRIBECA, Manhattan (WABC) -- A former civilian employee of the NYPD accused of posing as a police officer while demanding that an MTA bus take him to Brooklyn was arrested Thursday in Manhattan.

Police say 61-year-old Joseph McGreevy boarded a bus near York Street and 6th Avenue in Tribeca just before 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, pulled out a fake NYPD badge, and told the bus driver to take him to Brooklyn.
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MTA sources tell us the X28 bus, which was heading north, was in-service, but completely empty at the time of the incident.

Police said the bus driver became suspicious and flagged down actual officers who arrested McGreevy.
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McGreevy is charged with impersonating an officer and obstruction.

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