Winnipeg police have arrested and charged two men in two separate incidents involving violence on Winnipeg Transit.
Police were first called to a bus near Chancellor Matheson Rd. and University Cr. around noon Wednesday.
Police said a man boarded without paying and when the driver asked for the fare, he became verbally abusive. Minutes later a transit inspector boarded and tried to intervene. That’s when police said the suspect assaulted the inspector, tearing his uniform.
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Joseph James McKay, 43, was charged with two counts of assault and failing to comply at the scene.
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Just 90 minutes later, at 1:35 p.m, police were called to Tuxedo Ave. and Corydon Ave.
Witnesses told police a passenger on a bus near there approached another passenger and choked him to the point of unconsciousness. Police said a second passenger tried to help and was also choked.
Daniel Caneda, 24, was charged with assault, uttering threats and mischief in connection with the alleged attack on the transit inspector.