BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut — A Metro-North Railroad supervisor in Bridgeport resigned after an investigation found that he disabled his work truck GPS and used the vehicle to run "personal errands," MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort said Monday.
The employee, a structures supervisor based in the Bridgeport MTA yard who oversaw 30 employees, was suspended without pay by MNR and given disciplinary charges. Cort said he admitted to the misconduct and resigned on Aug. 12 after an investigation from the Office of the Inspector General.
He allegedly disconnected the GPS on his work truck "more than 100 times in an eight-month period," while sometimes on the clock, and used the truck to take trips to places including the Connecticut Post Mall, Bass Pro Shops and the home of a co-worker.
According to Cort, the OIG investigation began in July of 2023 after MNR security discovered the supervisor's GPS device had been frequently disconnected and suspected that it may have been tampered with.
The investigation found 111 instances between July 15, 2023 and March 18, 2024 when the device had been tampered with. Cort said those instances included 18 times when the device was disconnected and reconnected on the same day, 60 overnight disconnections and 31 times when the device was disconnected over multiple days including Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holiday weekends.
During the investigation, the OIG hid a second GPS device in the supervisor's truck and tracked him going on personal errands off-duty "on 40 of the 57 days reviewed," including driving to his co-worker's home 21 times and taking shopping trips from the MTA yard to the mall and to Bass Pro Shops a combined five times.
A full report from the MTA OIG can be found here.
Sean Humphrey is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. He can be reached at shumphrey@fox61.com
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