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MTA Driver Arrested After Screaming at Police is Back Behind the Wheel

MANHATTAN — An MTA driver is back behind the wheel of a city bus after she was briefly suspended after being arrested for running a red light, resisting arrest and screaming at NYPD officers "I work for the f--king MTA," officials said.

Evelyn Lord, 34, who's worked with the MTA since April 2012, was off-duty and driving her Dodge Durango at 46 mph in a 25 mph zone on Eighth Avenue and 136th Street, in Harlem, when she ran a red light just before 1 a.m. on May 17, according to NYPD officials and Manhattan prosecutors.

Police officer Carlos Gonzalez spotted Lord, pulled her over and repeatedly told her to roll down her window, but she she refused, prosecutors said.

When Gonzalez told Lord to step out of the SUV, she screamed, "Don't touch my f--king car! Why the f--k are you pulling me over?" according to prosecutors.

Lord got out of the SUV and yelled, "I work for the f--king MTA," before climbing back into the back seat of the SUV, ignoring police orders not to do so, prosecutors said. 

Gonzalez tried to handcuff Lord but she locked her arms in front of her, prosecutors said.

Police also noticed Lord had watery eyes and her breath smelled like alcohol, an NYPD spokesman said after the arrest.

She was arrested on charges of reckless driving, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Lord was released later that day and is due back in court on June 28, court records show.

MTA officials initially suspended her without pay, but said Tuesday that she had been returned to "full work status."

Transport Workers United, which represents city bus drivers, is talking to the MTA about Lord's case, according to a union spokesman who declined to elaborate.