Crime & Safety
Dobbs Ferry Man Sentenced For Destroying MTA Vehicle, Threatening Cops
At one point, when police officers arrived, he yelled, "I'm Jesus Christ!" and then asked if the officers were ready to die.
DOBBS FERRY, NY — A Westchester County man was sentenced for destroying an occupied MTA vehicle and threatening police officers who responded to the scene.
The United States Attorney’s Office said Nicholas Skulstad, 34, pleaded guilty to violence and destruction of a motor vehicle, News 12 reported.
He was sentenced to time served, as well as three years supervised release.
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Skulstad will also have to pay $8,495.45 in restitution to the Metro-North Railroad.
According to prosecutors, in April, he used his vehicle as a weapon, repeatedly ramming it into an occupied MTA vehicle, driven by an MTA employee in Ossining, shattering the driver’s window and forcing it off the road.
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When police responded, Skulstad charged at them and threatened them. He also had in his car a notebook page titled “List — To Kill,” with the names of public figures.
At one point, when Ossining Police Department officers arrived, he yelled, “I’m Jesus Christ! You are going to die today? Are you ready to die?”
Skulstad resisted attempts by officers to subdue him, before he was eventually taken into custody.
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