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Police arrested a North Philly man for allegedly threatening and assaulting a transit operator in Grays Ferry Saturday.
Responding to a report of a man with a gun at 11:45 a.m., police ventured to 32nd and Morris streets and met with the complainant, a driver for SEPTA paratransit contractor Eden Transport. The worker explained that as he began to unload a wheelchair-bound passenger, an unknown male became livid because the process blocked the street, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said.
The victim added that the irate figure, who was a passenger in a cab directly behind the bus, hurled numerous demands at the transport motorist before exiting and supposedly pulling a gun from his jacket. He reportedly pointed the weapon at the driver’s head, grabbed him by the neck and barked “You gonna move the bus now.”
The complainant asked the alleged gun wielder not to shoot him before observing him flee eastbound on Morris Street toward South Napa Street, Tolliver said. Authorities put out flash information on the individual and determined he had arranged for pick up with a female companion and three children from the 1600 block of South Napa Street moments before the alleged incident. They located Christopher Featherstone at the woman’s home and arrested the 25-year-old, charging him with assault, receiving stolen property, weapons violations, making terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person. He had not posted his $750,000 bail as of press time and awaits a Sept. 30 preliminary hearing.
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