Darius McCollum Can’t Stop Impersonating Transit Employees

Darius McCollum adores traveling by bus and train. The New Yorker has Asperger's syndrome and has always had a passion for the transportation systems that keep the city moving. So much so that he has been detained 32 times for stealing those vehicles while posing as a transportation employee.

When he was a young child, he made friends with a metro driver, who actually taught him how to operate the trains as he was trying to dodge bullies on the trains. When he was 8 years old, he knew the whole subway system by heart.

McCollum has essentially stolen hundreds of trains and buses during his life. But he only works; he doesn't go for joyrides. He travels the routes and stops at all of the designated locations. None of the travelers has ever failed to arrive where they were supposed to.

He has also spent a third of his life in prison as a result of his arrests. But as soon as he exits, he immediately returns to it. As a result, he has developed into a sort of local celebrity, and a documentary has even been made about him. No matter how many times he is detained, he cannot fight the temptation to return.