'I have stolen 150 city buses', boasts mass-transit menace

McCollum, 45, who suffers from a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome, admits he has a problem but insists his stealing spree has a purpose...

From: The Daily News

He’s famous for his obsession with the subway, but mass-transit menace Darius McCollum says he loves buses so much he has stolen 150 of them in the last decade.

During an exclusive jailhouse interview two days after he was busted with a hot Trailways coach, McCollum talked about the “thrill” he gets from big wheels.

“That’s why I love the city so much – so many trains, so many buses,” he said Thursday. “I don’t know what to do with myself.”

He has been arrested 27 times, but McCollum says he has gotten away with far more transit crimes and has commandeered scores of buses unguarded at a New Jersey depot.

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