Nickolas Ellias stole an empty bus that was parked at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island and drove it 1.6 miles to his Stapleton neighborhood, police and transit officials said.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A 29-year-old man punched another male at the St. George Ferry Terminal and threw a rock at an MTA bus in Eltingville in two separate incidents, authorities allege.