D.C., Md. men charged with assaulting Amtrak conductor

A District man and a Maryland man are accused of assaulting a conductor and harassing other passengers on an Amtrak train that was traveling from Washington to Los Angeles.

Chadd M. Mason, 22, of White Plains, Md., and 23-year-old Valentino D. Richardson, of D.C., were taken into custody at a station southeast of Pittsburgh, in Connellsville, Pa., the Uniontown Herald-Standard reports.

The newspaper reported that the men became disorderly, were bothering other passengers and shoved a train conductor when he tried to intervene. Police say Richardson was also carrying marijuana.

 

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