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Man charged second time with attempting sex act with Metrolink seat (www.firstalert4.com)

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For the second time in less than a year, a man is charged with attempting to engage in a sexual act with a seat on the Metrolink.

St. Louis County prosecutors charged Deangelo Covington on Tuesday with two counts of misdemeanor sexual misconduct. He is currently confined in the county jail without bond pending a March 3 reduction hearing.

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Later that day, police learned Covington boarded the train at the Central West End station. Near Lambert Airport station, he allegedly exposed himself and attempted a sexual act for about 10 minutes with the upper bar of a train seat.

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Vice presidential material right there

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Secretary of Transportation - he clearly has an affinity for the job

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He's got my vote

[–] o0evillusion0o@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don’t know… was the seat male or female?

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Maybe he was born in Sweden, with a name like Poang, or Ballack.

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 10 points 5 days ago

LET! HIM! FUCK!

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I see feddit.uk and "Metrolink" and I become very concerned about the one I use fairly regularly

I'm pleased to discover this is over the Atlantic from me

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

He must really like those seats 🪑🥰

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They didn't even include a picture of the seats in question so I can judge his taste.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is a shot from the interior of a car (there are several "Metrolinks"; this is in St. Louis)

I tried searching around, but couldn't find images that looked much different for the St. Louis Metrolink.

Lambert Airport

Based on this map, it's the Red Line.

https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextstop/contract-for-new-metrolink-light-rail-vehicles-approved/

Siemens Mobility has been a leader in intelligent transport solutions for more than 175 years and has been the exclusive provider of light rail vehicles since MetroLink began operations 30 years ago.

https://www.mobility.siemens.com/us/en/company/newsroom/press-releases/siemens-mobility-to-deliver-metro-transit-in-st-louis-with-55-s200-high-floor-light-rail-vehicles.html

Bi-State Development, which operates Metro Transit in St. Louis, has selected Siemens Mobility to design and manufacture up to 55 new hybrid battery Siemens S200 high-floor vehicles to replace its oldest light rail vehicles. For its MetroLink light rail system, Metro Transit currently operates 87 Siemens SD-400 and SD-460 light rail vehicles (LRVs) first ordered in 1990. With the oldest vehicles at the end of their lifecycle, these new S200 vehicles will offer the latest in comfort, reliability and sustainability.

So I'm guessing that it's either an SD-400 or SD-460, and presumably there is some variation.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago

Can you please NSFW those sexy seats? Geez...

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 3 points 5 days ago

Just buy one of the seats if you find them that irresistably attractive. Individual replacement seats probably only cost a couple hundred dollars