Assault
Attempted MBTA kidnap suspect busted in driver assault
Boston Herald | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 | By Christine McConville A South End woman suspected of trying to kidnap a five-year-old boy on an MBTA bus in Cambridge Monday has been sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for a mental evaluation in an unrelated incident on the Silver Line in Boston last night, after she…
Read MoreWBUR 90.9 FM: Attacks On MBTA Bus Drivers Are On The Rise
WBUR 90.9 FM | By Bruce Gellerman | June 10, 2013 BOSTON — The number of attacks on MBTA bus drivers has been soaring this year. So far there have been 50 attacks compared to 33 this time last year. MBTA offficials aren’t sure what’s causing the increase in violent attacks on bus drivers but are hoping…
Read MoreMBTA launches campaign to protect T employees from assaults
Boston Globe | By Matt Rocheleau | May 6, 2013 The MBTA is launching a new campaign to warn riders not to assault T employees. “Think twice before putting your hands on T staff. We will find you, arrest you and prosecute you,” Transit Police Chief Paul MacMillan says in a recorded public service announcement that…
Read MoreMan Gets Jail Time in Assault on MBTA Driver
A Marblehead man was sentenced to three months in a house of correction this week for head-butting an MBTA bus driver last year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today. “The Members and Executive Board of Local 589 applaud the MBTA police and district attorney Dan Conley for holding people accountable for assaults…
Read MorePolice searching for woman who smashed MBTA bus window after being asked to wear a mask
When the operator asked her to put on a mask, this lady smashed the window of an MBTA bus in Chelsea at Bellingham Square on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at approximately 3:57 PM. If you know her whereabouts or identity, please contact MBTA Transit Police Criminal Investigations Unit at 617-222-1050. In an interview with WHDH,…
Read MoreMBTA ambassador stabbed at Copley Station, police
Boston Herald | Nov. 19, 2020 | By Erin Tiernan An MBTA station ambassador was stabbed multiple times and is in serious condition after an argument became violent and spilled into Copley Station, police said. MBTA Transit Police said the T employee suffered multiple stab wounds in the 1:15 p.m. attack that started near the…
Read MoreMBTA trolley operator assaulted by man in Halloween mask, officials say
Fox 25 | Oct 30, 2016 – 12:30 PM BOSTON – An MBTA employee was attacked at the Cedar Grove Station late Saturday night by a man wearing a Halloween mask and costume, according to transit officials. The MBTA said a 45-year-old trolley operator was assaulted on the Mattapan line at the Cedar Grove Station…
Read MoreHelp MBTA Transit Police ID This Person Of Interest For Assault On MBTA Employee
If you know the whereabouts or identity of this individual please contact the MBTA Transit Police’s Criminal Investigations Unit at 617-222-1050. The subject depicted within is wanted for questioning relative to an assault and battery on an MBTA employee on board a bus at the intersection of Talbot Avenue and Colonial Avenue in Dorchester on…
Read More59-Year-Old Accused Of Choking MBTA Bus Driver In Saugus
By Bobby Sisk | WBZ-TV | May 14, 2013 SAUGUS (CBS) – The trouble started with a routine ride on the Route 426 bus from the Haymarket T Station. “I take the bus and the guy was really speeding,” explained Franco Contino, who rides the bus daily. During the trip to Saugus, he saw a…
Read MoreBoston Union Honors Lynn Hero
Item Live | Thomas Grillo | July 24, 2017 LYNN — The Boston Carmen’s Union honored a passenger who intervened when a knife-wielding passenger stabbed an MBTA bus driver. Charles Rozopoulos was treated to a pizza party and awarded a black union jacket by the union Monday, the same one worn by T drivers.…
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