Assault
Warrant issued in MBTA bus driver assault
Transit police detectives have received an arrest warrant for a 32-year-old man accused of assaulting an MBTA operator while he was driving a bus in Chelsea. Douglas Bergeron is charged with assault and battery on a public employee and interfering with public transportation for his alleged role in the Sunday night incident. Investigators were called…
Read MoreT cops: Help find thug who attacked driver of moving bus
Boston Herald | Laurel J. Sweet | October 15, 2013 Transit Police are hunting a suspect who attacked the driver of a moving T bus, which then crashed into a line of parked cars, authorities said today. Investigators released a disturbing video today showing the bus crashing as a passenger physically and verbally assaulted the…
Read MoreYour Safety Is Our 1st Priority
Good Morning Brothers and Sisters, We are aware that an operator out of the Southampton Garage was recently assaulted. These assaults on bus operators are truly getting out of control and these assailants need to be held accountable for their actions. Make no mistake, this matter is going to be investigated and the membership updated.…
Read MoreAssaults on MBTA Employees Have Increased Since Last Year
BostInno | Steve Annear | 8/25/12 According to statistics from an MBTA spokesman, this year, through August 24, there have been 68 reported assaults on MBTA employees, compared to 62 during the same time period last year. Earlier this year, the amount of assaults were enough to get MBTA Interim General Manager Jon Davis to…
Read MoreT bus driver attacked by man who was left behind at Wonderland bus stop
Boston Globe | 08/24/2012 | By Martine Powers LYNN – An Everett man today was ordered to stay off the Route 455 bus, one day after he allegedly attacked the MBTA driver who had pulled out of Wonderland Station and then refused to stop to pick him up, according to court records. Paul J. Kouroyen,…
Read MorePolice arrest man who allegedly spat on bus driver
Boston Globe | May 9, 2012 | By Colin A. Young Boston police today arrested a 21-year-old man who allegedly spat on an MBTA bus driver in Roxbury last month, authorities said. Rafael GuzmanRafael Guzman of Boston was arrested at the corner of Washington and Boylston streets shortly before noon on an assault charge, police…
Read MoreAssaults on MBTA drivers, other employees on the rise
05/02/2012 | By Travis Andersen | Boston Globe Assaults on MBTA bus drivers and other employees are on the rise, officials said today outside a T board meeting, and transit police are fighting back. Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the MBTA, said 24 bus drivers were spat on last year, and 12 spitting incidents have…
Read MoreOne man arrested for menacing MBTA bus driver; search continues for suspect who spat in driver’s face
By Globe Staff – April 26, 2012 An 18-year-old Roxbury man is facing charges he menaced an MBTA bus driver on April 18, while MBTA Transit Police continue to search for a second man who spat in the driver’s face during the same incident.
Read MoreMan Arrested For Spitting On MBTA Silver Line Operator
April 25, 2012 | CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – Police arrested a man for spitting in the face of a Silver Line operator in Boston on Wednesday. Sean Stuart, 43, was arrested shortly after the incident, which occurred at 10 a.m. at the corner of Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Stuart allegedly refused to pay…
Read MoreMBTA: Have you seen this spitter?
Boston Herald | Renee Nadeau Algarin | April 23, 2012 The MBTA has released surveillance video of two teens who allegedly spit at and threatened a bus driver last week in hopes of bringing them to justice. The incident took place around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday after a suspect believed to be in his late teens…
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