A man hijacks an empty American Airlines bus at JFK airport and tours three New York boroughs
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A 43-year-old New York City man is arrested after hijacking the American Airlines BUS from JFK airport and then taking it on a 17-mile joyride through Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan before being caught
- Burshawn Quildon, 43, robbed a moving JFK bus at 2 a.m. Wednesday
- After hijacking the bus, he led police on a 15-mile chase that ended in Brooklyn.
- He could be heard telling the arresting officers: ‘I’m going to jail, right?’
A man stole an empty American Airlines bus at JFK airport and drove it 20 miles through three New York City boroughs before being caught by police.
Burshawn Quildon, 43, who was eventually arrested in downtown Brooklyn, was heard asking NYPD officers when they pulled him over: ‘I’m going to jail, right?’
The kidnapping occurred around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and saw him take the bus north to Queens, before crossing into Manhattan and traveling south on the east side of the island before entering Brooklyn at across the Brooklyn Bridge.
No one was hurt in the process and the bus appeared unharmed when it finally came to a stop.
Burshawn Quildon, 43, was arrested after taking an American Airlines bus on a 20-mile joyride through Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Quildon allegedly stole the bus around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday night, but was seen by an airport employee, who called police. The bus finally stopped after it entered Brooklyn from Manhattan.
Quildon got on the bus, which was left in a parking lot with its engine running, just after 1 a.m., but was seen by an airport employee who followed him and called 911.
‘At approximately 1:20 am, Port Authority Police received a report of an American Airlines bus theft. The bus was stolen from Lot 12 at John F. Kennedy International Airport,” a Port Authority Police spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
Police eventually saw him driving the bus south through Manhattan and stopped it moments after it crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, they told the New York Post.
They said Quildon first joined the Van Wyck Expressway and Grand Central Parkway in Queens before crossing into Manhattan and driving down FDR Drive toward Brooklyn, where he was finally stopped at Cadman Plaza West.
Quildon, of Brooklyn, has been charged with grand theft and criminal possession of stolen property. He has nine prior arrests, including robbery, marijuana possession, assault and traffic fraud.
Police have said Quildon was on probation at the time of his arrest for a 2015 domestic burglary. They told the Post that he “is known around the department” and has a history of primarily domestic violence.
Police said Quildon first joined the Van Wyck Expressway and Grand Central Parkway in Queens before crossing into Manhattan and driving on FDR Drive toward Brooklyn, where he was finally pulled over at Cadman Plaza West.