Employee Terminated for Allowing Unticketed Individual to Place Unknown Package on Train

A passenger conductor based in Raleigh, North Carolina, was terminated from employment on April 26, 2025, following an administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policy by allowing an unknown and un-ticketed individual to proceed to the train platform and put an unidentified package onto the train without knowing its contents. The package was subsequently found to contain illegal narcotics. The former employee is not eligible for rehire.