Woman smashes MTA bus windows with pipe after verbal dispute: Police

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Friday, October 2, 2020
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QUEENS, New York (WABC) -- A verbal argument turned violent on a New York City MTA bus when a woman pulled out a pipe and started smashing windows.

Officials say a woman got into a verbal dispute with another customer aboard a Q55 bus on Jamaica Avenue in Queens around 6:15 p.m.

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According to police, the bus driver pulled over and asked one of the women to get off the bus.

They say the one who stayed on the bus, 31-year-old Brooklyn resident Brittany Eeps, became irate and pulled out a pipe and began smashing windows.

Police say she damaged three windows.

Officers arrived and took Eeps into custody.

She's been charged with criminal mischief.

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