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Vehicle flips over during crash at Sullivan Square
A vehicle flipped over during a crash Sunday night in the Sullivan Square area of Charlestown, Boston police said. The Boston Police Department said it responded to assist MBTA Transit Police with the crash at around 9 p.m. Sunday. It was reported along Cambridge Street. EMS also responded, and minor injuries were reported. Additional details were not immediately available.
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Ex-MBTA police officer who raped 2 women while on duty sentenced to prison
Shawn McCarthy, a former MBTA Transit Police officer who raped two women while on duty in 2012, was sentenced to four to six years in prison on Wednesday. The 50-year-old sexually assaulted the women after taking them from a joyride in his cruiser from near the Aquarium T station to an area near the Museum of Science on July 6,…
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Ex-MBTA police officer found guilty of raping 2 women while on duty in 2012
A former MBTA Transit Police officer was convicted of three counts of rape on Friday for sexually assaulting two women while he was on duty in July 2012. Shawn McCarthy, 50, raped the two women after taking them from a joyride in his cruiser from near the Aquarium T station to an area near the Museum of Science, officials said….
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71-year-old woman hit by MBTA bus in Chelsea, police say
A woman who was crossing the street in Chelsea, Massachusetts, was hit by an MBTA bus this week, according to authorities. The incident happened at about 8:45 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Cross Street and Broadway, transit police said. A preliminary investigation found that the bus was traveling at a low speed, when it turned onto Cross Street from…
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Ex-MBTA officer charged with falsifying reports
The former officer transit officer has been accused of filing false reports about a Red Line assault.
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Ex-T police sergeant charged with lying about officer assaulting man
A former MBTA Transit Police sergeant was arrested by FBI agents Thursday for allegedly filing false reports over an officer’s assault of a man at a Red Line station in Boston in 2018, federal prosecutors said. The arrest renews the prosecution of David Finnerty, 47, who was previously charged in state court for allegedly making a false report as a…
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Minivan, MBTA police cruiser heading to incident crash in South End
An MBTA Transit Police cruiser and a minivan crashed Thursday while the cruiser was on its way to a report of a man, possibly armed, threatening a bus driver in Boston’s South End, officials said. The drivers of both vehicles were taken to the hospital, the officer for evaluation and the minivan’s driver for neck and back pain, but...
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2 Teens Charged in ‘Unprovoked' Attack on Woman at South Boston MBTA Station
An 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl have been charged in an attack on a woman last week at an MBTA station in South Boston. The 21-year-old victim was taken to Tufts Medical Center to be treated after the incident Thursday afternoon at the Broadway stop, authorities said. A group of teens dumped her groceries and threw them at her…
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Unprovoked Attack on Woman the Latest Violence on the T
A woman was randomly attacked at an MBTA station by kids who hit her with her own groceries.
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Kids Dump Woman's Groceries, Throw Them at Her at MBTA Station: Police
A group of juveniles dumped a woman’s groceries and began throwing them at her face at a South Boston MBTA station, sending the woman to the hospital, according to the agency’s transit police. The incident, which authorities have called “unprovoked,” happened at around 4 p.m. on Thursday at Broadway station, according to MBTA Transit Police. The group of five...
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Man Choked Blue Line Rider Who Wouldn't Give Up Seat, Police Say
A man was arrested late Thursday for choking a passenger on the MBTA Blue Line who wouldn’t give up his seat on the train, police said. The 64-year-old was arrested on a charge of strangulation at Aquarium Station about 11 p.m., according to MBTA Transit Police. The man got on a train and demanded that the other rider give...
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Cambridge Man Charged With Committing ‘Lewd Act' in Front of Red Line Passenger
A Cambridge, Massachusetts, man was arrested after committing what MBTA Transit Police described as a “lewd act” onboard a Red Line train on Monday, according to a news release from the agency. At around 9:30 a.m. Monday, a man sat across from a female passenger on a Red Line train from JFK-UMass to Quincy Center Station and committed a “lewd…
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Woman Punched, Spat at by Pair of Girls on MBTA Bus, Police Say
Two girls punched and spit at a 50-year-old woman onboard an MBTA bus on Sunday, according to Transit Police. The assault happened around 5 p.m. Sunday on a bus near Washington Street and Columbia Road, MBTA Transit Police said, adding that the two suspects allegedly pulled the victim’s hair as well. Authorities said the assault was unprovoked and without...
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Distracted by Facebook, Driver Crashes Through Fence Onto Green Line Tracks
A driver distracted by Facebook crashed through a fence and onto Green Line tracks in Brookline, Massachusetts, early Tuesday morning, police said. Their Jeep ended up with damage to its front and side after the 4 a.m. crash on Beacon Street at Strathmore Road near the Cleveland Circle stop, according to images shared by the MBTA Transit Police Tuesday. The…
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Group of Kids Accused of ‘Unprovoked' Attack, Breaking Windows on MBTA Bus
A group of kids attacked another group onboard an MBTA bus earlier this week, while also using bricks to shatter windows on the bus, according to the agency’s police department. The MBTA Transit Police said a group of juveniles “unprovoked, attacked another group of juveniles” around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The group also used bricks to shatter windows on...
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Man Arrested After Allegedly Busting Out Police Substation Door With Hammer at South Station
A Boston man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly smashing out the door of the MBTA’s Transit Police substation at South Station, according to authorities. Transit police said that 45-year-old Michael Williams walked directly to the substation and smashed out the door with a hammer around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. There was a roll call going on when Williams...
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Group Accused in Violent Attacks on MBTA
Four people are accused of attacking and robbing MBTA riders on the Green Line Thursday night.
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Crowbar-Wielding Group Accused of Attacking, Robbing People on MBTA Trolley, Stations
A group of four people, one of whom was allegedly armed with a crowbar, attacked and robbed multiple people during assaults spanning numerous locations along the MBTA system in the Boston area, according to the agency’s Transit Police. Three people were arrested Thursday in connection with the string of attacks, according to transit police – two men and a 16-year-old…
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Quincy Safety Panel Addresses Concerns After Woman Kidnapped From MBTA Station and Raped
Dozens filled a room Monday night inside the Quincy Housing Authority to talk about public safety concerns after police say a 64-year-old Asian woman was kidnapped earlier this month from an MBTA station in Quincy, Massachusetts, and taken to a home where she was raped repeatedly.
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Safety Concerns Discussed After MBTA Abduction, Rape
Dozens filled a room Monday night inside the Quincy Housing Authority to talk about safety concerns after police say a 64-year-old Asian woman was kidnapped from the Wollaston MBTA stop earlier this month and taken to a home where she was raped repeatedly.