NYPD cop turns himself in for attacking female MTA employee
Police Officer Mirjan Lolja, 37 was suspended after he allegedly attacked the 28-year-old transit employee on a Bronx subway platform by putting her in a bear hug, throwing her to the ground and choking her. The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau is now investigating the incident.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 2:12 PM
Updated: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 10:43 PM
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An NYPD cop has surrendered in an attack on an MTA worker, officials said Thursday.
Police Officer Mirjan Lolja, 37, was suspended after the assault in which the Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker — who was on-duty and in her uniform — was allegedly put into a bear hug, thrown to the floor and choked, cops said.
“I’m totally outraged,” Joe Costales, chairman of Transport Workers Union Local 100, said of the allegations. “We’re not safe with members of the public, and now we’re not safe from the police.”
The 28-year-old conductor was on the southbound D train platform at the Tremont Ave. station when Lolja confronted her about 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 23, officials said. She was hospitalized with minor back and neck injuries.
MICHAEL SCHWARTZ FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWSThe attack happened at a subway station in the Bronx.
Lolja was caught on surveillance video running from the station with a smirk on his face, according to cops.
Once Lolja saw the video on the news, he turned himself in at the 25th Precinct in Harlem, where he’s been a cop for seven years, police sources said.
The officer said he fought with the conductor after she cursed at him for asking when the next train would arrive. When he demanded her ID and took out his phone to take a picture of her, she grabbed it, prompting a struggle, he alleged.
No charges were immediately filed. The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating the incident.
