Of the calls to fix broken turnstiles during the week of July 17, 63 percent involved paper stuffed into the token slots.

Of course, some citizens had jammed the only token slot with slugs, making the entire entrance inoperable.

Further restricting the flow, many turnstiles had not been altered to accept the new token; they still had tape over the token slots.

It was a common scam to circumvent the payment of fares by jamming the token slot in an entrance gate with paper.

City investigators made the videotape on Thursday when they discovered the unemployed printer putting tape over the token slots of the turnstiles.

It can be slid through a token slot until it is almost entirely inside the turnstile or fare box.

More than 60 percent of the calls involved paper stuffed into the token slots.

Token booth clerks were known to sprinkle chili powder into the token slots most often jammed.

Then he began pouring the contents of the bottle into the token slot.

One squirted a flammable liquid through the token slot and ignited it with a match.