18-year-old woman took NYC subway for a ride, now in custody

The Brief

  • A woman broke into a locked N train at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17.
  • Justine Randall, 18, drove the subway southbound one stop into a station in Queens.
  • Randall is currently in police custody following an additional train related incident in the Bronx.

NEW YORK The teenager accused of hijacking an N train in Queens on July 17 is now in police custody following a similar incident in the Bronx, authorities said.

Alleged subway thief in custody

What we know:

Justine Randall, 18, was apprehended today, July 22, after she allegedly trespassed into a train yard in the Bronx.

Police say it was there that she was recognized as the same individual involved in a subway theft on July 17, when she reportedly drove a locked N train from the Broadway station in Astoria, Queens.

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