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NYPD traffic agent Osbourne Pinto
just doesn’t know when to slam on the
brakes.
Pinto, who violated an order of
protection in February for approaching
his ex-girlfriend, was busted again for
showing up at her home, police said.The 34-year-old traffic cop was
nabbed by police Friday night after he
was spotted in his ex’s backyard,
authorities said. His arraignment was
pending in Staten Island Criminal
Court on Saturday.
AFamily Court judge had ordered
Pinto to stay away from his girlfriend as
the two fought over the custody of their
child. Police arrested him in February
for violating the order, but he wasreleased without bail.
Pinto was previously busted in 2017
for a bizarre road-rage incident on
Staten Island.
He nearly hit a woman’s car on Lily
Pond Ave. in Arrochar, then followed
her to a nearby daycare center, the
Staten Island Advancereported at the
time.
He tried to enter the building, but
workers stopped him. He then jumpedinto the woman’s car, which was
unlocked and running, and drove off.
He ditched the vehicle after a short
drive and attempted to break into
several other parked cars before cops
grabbed him.
Pinto was charged with grand
larceny and harassment, but the
charges were dismissed after he agreed
to go to counseling, according to court
papers.Traffic agent again busted for ignoring protection order
BY THOMAS TRACY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWSDelilah Rodriguez, awake and tending
to her 5-month-old son, waited all
night for a phone call that never came.
Her husband, MTA train operator
Garrett Goble, checked in regularly
with his wife during breaks on his
overnight shift. But her phone never
rang early Friday, and her worst fears
were quickly confirmed: The 36-year-
old father of two boys died shortly after
rescuing overnight riders aboard an
uptown No. 2 train from a smoky blaze
on the tracks beneath W. 110th St.
“I knew something was wrong
when I didn’t hear from him,” a weep-
ing Rodriguez told the Daily News in a
Saturday interview at her Brooklyn
home. She said the details of Goble, 36,
dying a hero in the darkness of a sub-
way tunnel were in keeping with the
way he lived.
“It doesn’t surprise me that this is
how he lost his life,” said the 33-year-
old mom. “He would do anything [to
help] ... He was a great guy. He was
funny. He was the best father. He loved
his kids so much.”
Goble and Rodriguez married in
2 018 after 12 years together, and were
the parents of two sons: 10-year-old
Noah and 5-month-old Hunter. Theolder boy was particularly devastated,
according to his mom: “That’s his best
friend.”
Cops were still looking for answers
in the deadly subterranean fire.
Investigators scoured train stations
along the ill-fated train’s route beneath
the Upper West Side for video that
showed the likely suspect setting fires
at two other stops.
Police late Saturday issued a picture
of a man wanted for questioning in the
case. He’s shown walking on a trainplatform, and is clad in black. They
asked anyone who identifies the man
to call the Crimestoppers Hotline at
8 00-577-8477.
The roaring blaze that gutted thetrain occurred after the Bronx-bound
subway came to a complete halt inside
the station, with a burned-out shop-
ping cart left inside the wreckage.
Aman picked up Friday and ques-
tioned at the 28th Precinct was turned
loose after cops determined he was not
involved in the blaze. There was no one
arrested or even in NYPD custody a
day later.
Friends and colleagues remembered
Goble, a six-year MTA veteran, as a
kind and loving man whose first in-
stinct was to help. The MTA posted a
$50,000 reward for any information
leading to an arrest and conviction in
the deadly blaze.
Ro d r i g u e z re c a l l e d r u s h i n g t o
Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan
after learning through social media
and the news that her husband was
taken there, and managed to see her
spouse once inside. Authorities believe
the subway worker became disori-
ented by the thick smoke and col-
lapsed, possibly from a cardiac arrest.
“We loved each other so much,” said
Rodriguez, the happy memory eliciting
alaugh. “People would say it was gross.
He was funny. The life of the party. The
life of my party. And he will always be
that for me.”
She paused for a moment before the
tears came again.
“Keep me in your prayers,” she fi-
nally said.MTA WIDOW’S PAIN
‘We loved each other so much,’ cries subway hero’s wife
BY ELLEN MOYNIHAN,
THOMAS TRACY
AND LARRY MCSHANE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWSGarrett Goble (above), who died after
rescuing riders aboard uptown No. 2 train
from a fire (bottom), with wife Delilah
Rodriguez and sons Noah, 10, and
5 -month-old Hunter. Police said they hope
to question man (right) about the case.OBTAINED BY DAILY NEWS