A career criminal slammed by police as “a menace to the subways” was arrested this week for robbing a Bronx straphanger – and was caught red-handed wearing a shirt bearing the carefree message, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” police said.
Reynaldo Quinones, 32, who has 54 prior arrests – 22 of which have come since January of 2023 – was nabbed by plainclothes cops after slashing a 42-year-old man’s jacket pocket and grabbing his phone and wallet on a southbound No. 4 train early Thursday.
Quinones was cuffed at the Woodlawn Avenue station – and while searching him, cops found both stolen items as well as a knife, the NYPD said late Thursday.
Quinones – who was arrested just five days earlier on two counts of burglary – was slapped with a grand larceny charge, police said.
His extensive arrest history – and his ironic choice of clothing – caught the eye of NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper .