According to a New York Police Department incident report, the thieves, a man and a woman, stole the empty, out-of-service train just after midnight on Sept. 12 at the Briarwood subway station in the borough of Queens, according to police. ??????????  

There's no question it was an extremely foolish and reckless act by two individuals accessing live track in order to get access to our train," Demetrius Crichlow, interim president of New York City Transit, said at a news conference Wednesday morning to announce a proposed five-year, $68.4 billion capital improvement plan for the 100-year-old Metro

The theft of the train unfolded amid the deployment of additional police officers to the nation's largest subway system to combat a surge in crime. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul even deployed National Guard troops as part of a five-point plan to protect subway riders. ??????????  

The teenage suspect, whose name was not released, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with first-degree criminal mischief and first-degree reckless endangerment, according to the New York Police Department. ??????????  

A 17-year-old girl has been arrested on charges stemming from the crash of a stolen New York City subway train last week, police announced Thursday as a search for an alleged accomplice in the brazen theft continued. ??????????