Stealing a Bus?
- A man posing as a CTA bus operator took a bus out of a lot near a South Side CTA garage earlier this week and drove about 12 miles before pulling into another garage, according to the transit agency.
The man never stopped at bus stops or picked up passengers during his drive, the CTA said.
Cori S. Martin, 33, of the 4800 block of West Rice Street, was dressed in slacks, a work shirt and a vest similar to the uniform worn by CTA drivers, said CTA spokesman Brian Steele. He was carrying what appeared to be a stolen CTA radio and a counterfeit CTA ID card, Steele said.
The article says he drove the bus 12 miles, but doesn't say that this was his second run of the day. It also doesn't note that Martin had been driving the buses between the barns for over a month, and no one said a word to him. Remember, it isn't really lying to the media if you only give them a small portion of the story.
Rahm ought to give him a job - he works for free, can't accrue sick time, doesn't demand health care and probably won't be getting a pension. An all-around winning combination.
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posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
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011 had a M/1 drive a bus route for over a month with out being question by CTA Supervisors.
Should have known he wasn't CTA, he drove for over a month with no crashes.
SHUSSSSSSH!
The carefully filtered and edited news
You're right SCC.
", it isn't really lying to the media if you only give them a small portion of the story."
Same M/O as the 911 response times were down story this year when they published the piece and did not tell you that they were comparing it to a time when there was a major snowstorm with LSD shut down and people stranded on the drive. No lie there either. Just not all the information being told.
Same M/O as the recent story about tourism downtown booming with something like a 97% hotel occupancy rate.
Golly gee whiz do you think that perhaps June will be a statistical outlier month for this measurement because all the people planning to come to Chicago avoided the place like the plague in May because of NATO? So we have two months of travelers crammed into one month and then in July we'll see the real story but that story will not be published
Timing is everything.
Crime is down.
Is perp possibly schizo? Would hate to blame him when fault may lie more with mayor Rahm policy to turn back on mentally unstable and throw them to the curb in our city?
Can you say this is a "test" for a terrorist. The CTA has been exposed we are at risk.
This is nothing new. Guys stole the Cicero bus regularly until one dummy wrecked the bus trying to get away from tbe police. They used to pick up passengers too. People did think it was strange that the Operator was not wearing a uniform, but with CTA expect the unexpected.
It's Obama Transit 2012 folks!
Workers work for free!
Rahm loves the idea. If only he could sell it to the Firemen, CTA, Police & Teachers, it's a win win for Chicago
OT, rumor has it that McMayflower flipped out again at today's Con-stat meeting over "too many" people being given time due on the weekend. No word if that means the friday-sunday weekend or the thursday-monday weekend. This guy has done far too many mind eraser shots in the viagra triangle. What he really needs is a shot of STFU.
SPEED??? where's keaune reaves DUDE
He is just a copycat to our teen cop.
Probably better than most of those indifferent CTA employees. But they can't allow competition!
OT: MCCARTHY will be gone by 01 September, no promotions either. The promotions were a ploy thought up by RAHM to keep us engaged during NATO. MCCARTHY is completely toothless! Since he has taken over with his "no nonsense" approach how many people has he dumped? The answer is zero. He created a position, XO, as a consolation prize. He is a carpetbagger hired by a carpetbagger. They have destroyed the little morale we have left, and do not care. We have lost the front, the ghetto savage is coming to every corner of the city and RAHM and GARRY do not care! Why? Because they do not have to live here, on the other hand we do.
Does this alarm anyone else as to how easy it would be for someone with impure thoughts towards infidels to get a bus?
Bet this guy goes to jail for awhile.
Now this guy will never go to jail.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/the-radical-libertarianism-of-richard-m-daley/259291/
The feds screwed the city according to Richard the Sheephearted.
I thought it was more his friends and family plan that screwed Chicago.
Rahms new plan. No Pay so free rides.
Is perp possibly schizo? Would hate to blame him when fault may lie more with mayor Rahm policy to turn back on mentally unstable and throw them to the curb in our city?
7/07/2012 01:09:00 AM
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What the hell is a perp? Stop watching those New York based police shows. We don't say perp. Not ever.
OT- What is going on in the old 023 (now 019)? There has been about 8 people shot there in the last two weeks . I guess the Uptown mutts aren't getting along and there are less police now due to the consolodation.
I've heard about this happening years back. CTA employees will pay people they know to drive their routes for a fraction of their actual salary.
Usually they actually make their stops, though. Or crash the bus. One of the two.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Northwestern-University-Police-Officer-Accused-of-Firing-Gun-to-Celebrate--161622305.html
If dude kills dude up in the hood and the media doesn't report it is OT a crime?
Also heard ASA's didn't want to charge him with any feloniis. What a shocker, huh? Somebody w/some clout must have made a few calls no doubt!
Probably was going to ride up and down Michigan Ave and load up the iPhone toting sheep. The Red Line will be shutting down for rebuilding, Ol boy had a plan to keep the thug mobs forging North.
Been doing it for over a month. Two or three runs a day, what does that add up to? But he took the buses where they were supposed to go anyway, so the city made some money off of him. They ought to pay him, not charge him!
Scary that anyone can walk in over and over again, get a radio and badge and pass right by bosses who should have known to question him.
Question is, who is going to hold Forest Claypool, political hack's feet to the fire??? Will anybody take time over this? Doubt it.
Since I don't read or look at the papers, can anyone tell me if this was front and center or buried somewhere?
Crazy Harmless Old Uncle Loner
the 'BUS-MAN' !
TRULY REFRESHING STORY, actually makes us smile when compared to the daily reality of a city awash in bloodshed and daily funerals of those slain in the streets by murderous gangs.
THE 'BUS MAN' leaves people alone and simply wants to drive an old greasy bus ?
ANITA ALVAREZ & JUDGE > please please> give this guy less than a slap on the wrist and PLEASE CTA, give this goofy HARMLESS middle age guy some flunkie little job such as washing or cleaning buses. Give him a weekly allowance/ reward of getting to drive a bus 5 miles for a job well done.
PLEASE don't clog up jail and spend more of our tax money to crush 'THE BUS MAN' under the full wieght of the legal system.
Send to a Sunday School class to be read the 10 commandments, especially the one: "THOU SHALT NOT STEAL". { oops, I forgot it is politically incorrect to teach values & basic morality ]
set him free, like a bird, like a dodo bird.
Steele said the CTA has increased security presence at bus garages.
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Um, yeah right. I could walk in there and take a bus right now. CTA buses are kept running all the time because they are diesel and hard to start. Exactly how much gas does that waste per day? What about a system to have starters who get the buses warmed up before it's about to go out instead? Wish I could crunch the numbers.
THE 'BUS MAN' >>>Cori S. Martin, 33, of the 4800 block of West Rice Street, was dressed in slacks, a work shirt and a vest,
gotta LOVE this guy, instead of loud profane boyZ from da 'hood' wearing pants saggin, baseball cap & basketball shoes & oversize white T-shirt and forming a MOB to single us out for a beat down, - - - -
Here comes THE 'BUS-MAN', harmless, non-threatening, well dressed, and leaving the citizenry alone. But oh oh, he's ogling empty buses. All I know is he's not going to attempt to harm me & mine.
- - forget about him, just give him a bus, give him all the empty junky greasy buses in the city.
Bill him for the gas!
Who cares? It's not like he shot anyone. maybe hire him to drive a cruiser. He sounds nice.
The solution is to park too beat up unmanned transit squards by the gates. It took a whole second to see the empty car that never moves.
this is so pathetic. i knew that cta employs a large majority of incompetent individuals but this takes the cake. over a month?! inexcusable and someone should be fired or suspended pending investigation. how does a supervisor or any cta boss not account for all buses and not realize this bus wasn't picking up passengers for over a month.
I agree with SCC, sign this guy up.
He's willing to work.
That's a rare quality
question,why did we have to put in a to from to take a personal day on 05 july?I DIDNT READ THAT IN THE CONTRACT!
Did he make all the stops like Kramer from Seinfeld would have?
Honestly, can you blame the guy? You ever see the freaks and weirdos that ride the bus? I'm guessing he just wanted to ride the bus alone.
But why? Was he using the bus to go back and forth to work?
OT: More BS ???
KEISHA HOWARD vs. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Illinois, a Municipal Corporation, Chicago Police
Lieutenant OSVALDO VALDEZ,and Chicago Police Sergeant BRIAN BLACKMAN, Defendants
http://206.18.146.25/rfcViewFile/12CV5339.pdf
"People did think it was strange that the Operator was not wearing a uniform, but with CTA expect the unexpected."
--7/07/2012 01:43:00 AM
Same thing with the Postal Service. Huge sassy thang in sloppy jeans and a shirt tail hanging out waddling down the street, people are calling in "someone is stealing a mail cart."
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what coulsd a terrorist do with that?
i'm surprised they haven't done anything significant here in so long.
it seems like it would be so easy.
it would make Mumbai look like child's play.,
OT
If any one is interested. Could be one of us next....
http://www.gzdefensefund.com/
The money donated here will be used for George Zimmerman's ongoing living expenses, legal costs, and fees for this matter. The funds are being administered by a third-party administrator, who has a background as a former IRS agent, a Certified Public Accountant, and great experience in dealing with Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee matters.
How caome all these PR guys just bounce from agency to agency, Brian Steele from CDOT to CTA.
S-O-A-B! Cori sold me a $10.00 CTA bus pass for a month of unlimited rides. What a deal! I thought it was legit. Then I see his picture in the news and looked a little closer at my bus pass. It's for the CTA alright, but it is the Cori Transit System! I should have known that Cori was not a CTA employee. He was too pleasant and efficient. FREE CORI!
Chance police encounter foils suspected terror plot
Islamic terror suspects poised to strike in the UK were arrested following a chance encounter after police stopped a car for having no insurance.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
O.T. On Facebook young black kids are communicating with each other that they should all show up at the Taste Of Chicago. They are saying that the city & whitey are trying to keep them away and thus they should all show up. It should be an interesting Taste.
>>>The article says he drove the bus 12 miles, but doesn't say that this was his second run of the day. It also doesn't note that Martin had been driving the buses between the barns for over a month, and no one said a word to him. <<<
A terrorist rehearsal?
This is how terrorists learned how to fly airplanes, somewhat. This city is at the tipping point. Maybe it's me, but I feel alot of evil in the air when I'm outside.
Vote of NO CONFIDENCE in McNutty and Weis-inger now!
Meanwhile in Haiti...
A bus driver there was taking ten people to an insane asylum stops for a quickie on his way. When he gets back to his bus he finds that all of his charges have wondered off into the town.
So he continues on his way and collects ten people waiting at bus stops and delivers them to the asylum.
They were there three days before they could convince the asylum operators they were not the mental patients.
Does this alarm anyone else as to how easy it would be for someone with impure thoughts towards infidels to get a bus?
7/07/2012 03:36:00 AM
Relax there buddy! Its easy for anybody with impure thoughts to do anything!
And if they say he picked up passengers then get ready for the ghetto lottery winners to lineup and try to collect on that lawsuit.
"Rahm ought to give him a job - he works for free, can't accrue sick time, doesn't demand health care and probably won't be getting a pension. An all-around winning combination." -- SCC
You left out the most attractive feature -- he puts miles on equipment, burns up diesel, and accomplishes nothing. It's ideal.
"The man never stopped at bus stops or picked up passengers during his drive."
This story says a lot about the declining quality of everything here.
Off the Topic:
Check this out...
12-cv-5280
Marie Marrero v Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge 7
http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/home/RecentlyFiledCase.aspx
Looks like the FOP will be paying out at our expense$$$$
Good job
Anyone have info, a sgt and 8 PO striped by ipra all in a no pay. from the 002 nd dist.
Gee I hope no one thinks it could be some crazy ass terrorist next time. Sounds like a good way to deliver a ton of explosives to any landmark in the city.
"Can you say this is a "test" for a terrorist. "
Shhhhh....that's supposed to be a secret until You Know Who declares Sharia Law!
I would like to share an experience with you all about drinking and driving. As you well know some of us have been known to have had rare brushes with our brothers and sisters, on da' job, after 'stopping for a few' after work.
A couple of nights ago I was out for a few drinks with my team and had a few too many beers and some shots. Knowing full well I may have been slightly over the limit I did something I've never done before… I took a bus home.
Sure enough, I came upon a Illinois State Police DUI checkpoint.
Since it was a bus, the ISP waved it right through.
I arrived home safely without incident, which was a real surprise, as I have never driven a bus before, and I have no idea where I got it.
Anonymous said...
Steele said the CTA has increased security presence at bus garages.
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Um, yeah right. I could walk in there and take a bus right now. CTA buses are kept running all the time because they are diesel and hard to start. Exactly how much gas does that waste per day? What about a system to have starters who get the buses warmed up before it's about to go out instead? Wish I could crunch the numbers.
7/07/2012 08:29:00 AM
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
One thing I learned from NATO was an idle running bus shuts off after 15 minutes. I also learned how to start it back up again to keep the A/C running! Thanks for all that OT by the way!!!
McCarthy said his staff estimates there are 26,000 “hot people” living in Chicago.
“That means there are about two of those bad guys for every one of our officers,” the superintendent said. “So take that concept of ‘hot people’ policing, and drop that on top of ‘hot spot’ policing, which we’re already doing
Our Supt and Command Staff, etc, have had to much kool aid to drink because this "hot people" B.S. is now more than a perception problem, its now more like B.S.
U man the beat cars and all rapid cars, tact teams, city wide teams then u kick as and take names to get bad guys locked up, guns and drugs off the streets! Thats how we did it and do it!
"This city is at the tipping point. Maybe it's me, but I feel alot of evil in the air when I'm outside."
It's you. Evil is only up a statistically insignificant 4.7%.
"i'm surprised they haven't done anything significant here in so long."
There are roughly 286 mutually exclusive conspiracy theories that 'splain that!
And then there's this from good old Evanston where an 87 yr old man was carjacked at 2:00am. The mans ok and the car was found at I55 & I94...is that Englewoods?
Trib : "A description of the suspects and the vehicle was distributed to law enforcement agencies but was not
publicly released at this time as police continued to investigate. No arrests had been made as of Saturday
afternoon."
Pilgrims, highly likely.
Interesting:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-man-claims-ties-to-ceasefire-when-arrested-with-drugs-20120707,0,2848674.story
A $450,000 bond? Are you f-en kidding me???? For a harmless, bored guy who just loves buses???? Seriously????
Chance police encounter foils suspected terror plot
Islamic terror suspects poised to strike in the UK were arrested following a chance encounter after police stopped a car for having no insurance.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
7/07/2012 11:21:00 AM
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Well, that couldn't happen here; we rely solely on the CAMERAS to enforce OUR traffic laws.
"...Here comes THE 'BUS-MAN', harmless, non-threatening, well dressed, and leaving the citizenry alone. But oh oh, he's ogling empty buses. All I know is he's not going to attempt to harm me & mine.
- - forget about him, just give him a bus, give him all the empty junky greasy buses in the city.
7/07/2012 08:33:00 AM"
And when he runs over a family or even one kid.... not just tragic but also $$$$$ to us.
Did he make all the stops like Kramer from Seinfeld would have?
7/07/2012 10:23:00 AM
People kept ringing the bell
"O.T. On Facebook young black kids are communicating with each other that they should all show up at the Taste Of Chicago. They are saying that the city & whitey are trying to keep them away and thus they should all show up. It should be an interesting Taste."
--7/07/2012 12:06:00 PM
Hey, cool.
Absolutely. They think "Whitey" cares? Ha. They can have the whole place all to themselves.
How many digits they gon' spend?
NoTaste2012.
Claypool is to blame
Hey 1:03 pm, GFY that's all they're waiting for is for people to relax, man I hope you're not on the job
I would like to share an experience with you all about drinking and driving. As you well know some of us have been known to have had rare brushes with our brothers and sisters, on da' job, after 'stopping for a few' after work.
A couple of nights ago I was out for a few drinks with my team and had a few too many beers and some shots. Knowing full well I may have been slightly over the limit I did something I've never done before… I took a bus home.
Sure enough, I came upon a Illinois State Police DUI checkpoint.
Since it was a bus, the ISP waved it right through.
I arrived home safely without incident, which was a real surprise, as I have never driven a bus before, and I have no idea where I got it.
7/07/2012 04:16:00 PM
Well done!
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