McCullouch Fends Off Would-Be Attacker

See Also: 'For Warrick' Episode Guide

There were no cameras rolling this time.

Gerald McCullouch (Bobby Dawson) was last seen on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the season nine premiere, "For Warrick". Recently, however, the actor had a personal brush with crime on the subway in New York City. "It was about 2:00am," McCullouch told Rush and Molloy. "I have a place here now, so I take that train at least once a month."

He tried to call a friend, but his phone died, so he took out his laptop to recharge it. As the train pulled into the station, McCullouch saw a man walk in front of him. "Just as the doors opened, he reached for the laptop. I guess he thought he'd grab it and dash out the door, but I gave him a body shot to the chest," the actor explained. "I don't know why I did that except that I box three or four days a week and had just been in the ring about eight hours before."

"Well, that's when he pulled a kitchen knife out of a black plastic bag," McCullouch continued. "This thing must have had a blade 10 inches long. The other passengers started running out the door and into the next car." He yelled at the man to back off. "That's when the knife came down into my back. I don't know whether he lost his grip or what, but the blade didn't penetrate my leather jacket," McCullouch said. "We were in each other's face. I think I punched him again as the doors closed and the train started leaving the station. I'm watching MTA [Metropolitan Transportation Authority] workers on the platform looking in. I thought, 'Great, now I'm alone in this car with him.'"

"The train was halfway out of the station when it stopped," McCullouch continued. Luckily for the actor, some of the other passengers had alerted the conductor, who came in and pulled him into the next car. "Then about 10 cops jumped on the train and got the guy handcuffed on the floor. I told them the guy had a knife. They found it hidden under a seat or something," he shared. The man was arrested and charged with robbery, assault, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.

McCullouch went with the police to the station. "When I got there somebody said they thought this might be the same guy who stabbed two cops," the actor said. "All I know is that the police couldn't have been greater. I signed a lot of autographs. I don't know whether it was because of CSI, but they gave me a lift to my place in Manhattan."

The original interview is from Rush and Molloy.

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