UPDATE 4:50 p.m. Robert Moss remains a paid Metro employee, Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel clarified Friday afternoon, and will not be placed on administrative leave as he originally stated. Because the incident occurred off-duty, Metro’s track maintenance department will address the issue when Moss next reports for duty.
Update 2:25 p.m.: Metro has changed its mind and decided to release the name of the employee who was arrested at Pentagon City on Thursday evening: Robert Moss, who has been with the transit agency since 2006. The incident also began on the station platform, inside the passenger area, spokesman Steven Taubenkibel added.
An off-duty Metro track worker was charged with public drunkenness and impeding police at a Metro station Thursday, just hours before he was slated to return to work.
The man, whose name Metro refused to release although he was charged with a crime, was arrested at 5:15 p.m. Thursday inside the Pentagon City station by the agency’s own police, said Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel.
The officers saw the man unsteady on his feet, Taubenkibel said. He then struggled with the officers after trying to run from them, he said.
He was charged with being drunk in public and impeding an officer with force, according to Taubenkibel.
The arrest, first reported by ARLnow.com, occurred when the man was still in uniform.
The man had ended his overnight shift at 6 a.m. that day and was slated to return at 10 p.m., Taubenkibel said.
He will be placed on administrative leave while Metro investigates the case, Taubenkibel said Friday.
