The Post reports a Greyhound bus driver "driven by love" (har) stole a $600,000 coach from Port Authority Bus Terminal to visit his girlfriend in Mount Vernon, NY. A surveillance video caught him disabling the bus's security system and driving it away last Wednesday, and he caused a terror scare when he abandoned the bus in Mount Vernon.
Driver Duane Snipes gave authorities various excuses for what he was doing with the bus, including saying he had plans to conduct tours with the bus and that he was just taking his daughter to school and decided to go on a leisurely drive. Eventually, he told investigators he was visiting his gal pal, but Snipes's parents say his serious girlfriend lives in North Carolina! His mother said, "That doesn't sound like him. He loves that job. He loves it." Snipes was arrested and charged with grand larceny.
His lawyer admits Snipes "did a foolish thing," but said he just wanted to borrow the bus, not steal it. He has pleaded not guilty, and really, the only thing he is guilty of is having a heart. And also possibly cheating on his other girlfriend? Ahh, the power of love.
