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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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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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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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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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Man Went Shopping After Kidnapping, Raping Woman, Prosecutors Say
New details are emerging about the horrific rape and kidnapping of a 64-year-old woman at the Wollaston MBTA station in Quincy, Massachusetts. The alleged attacker was held without bail after a judge found him to be too dangerous to release and prosecutors said he tried to cover up the crime. In court Wednesday, prosecutors said 26-year-old Christian Lynch went shopping…
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Kidnapping of Woman From MBTA Station Spurs Demand for Self-Defense Classes
The kidnapping and rape of a 64-year-old woman taken from an MBTA station in Quincy, Massachusetts, shocked the community and has prompted an increased demand for self-defense classes. Christian Lynch, 26, is accused of abducting the victim, an Asian woman, from the Wollaston stop Saturday morning. He allegedly raped her repeatedly in his car and then in a home before…
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Man Charged With Kidnapping, Raping Woman in Attack That Started at MBTA Station
A man accused of kidnapping a 64-year-old woman from an MBTA stop in Quincy, Massachusetts, and raping her repeatedly faced a judge in Quincy District Court Monday.
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Man Arrested in Reported South Station Kidnapping Expected to Face Judge
A man is expected to appear before a judge on Thursday for his role in what police are investigating as a possible kidnapping of a baby boy. The baby is now home safe with his mother, after some scary moments at Boston’s South Station Wednesday evening. An alert went out around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday by the MBTA Transit Police...
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Infant ‘Appears Unharmed', Man in Custody After Reported South Station Kidnapping
Correction: An alert for this story misstated the child’s age An infant is believed to be safe after police said they were investigating a possible kidnapping from Boston’s South Station. Just before 8:30 p.m., the MBTA Transit Police said they were looking for a 1-month-old boy and a red Chevrolet Suburban. At 9 p.m., police said the vehicle had...
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Man Arrested After Alleged Indecent Assaults on 2 Teens Riding Red Line
A Dorchester man has been arrested after allegedly indecently assaulting two teenagers onboard a Red Line train earlier this month, according to the MBTA Transit Police. Edgar Alonzo, 35, was arrested Tuesday evening after a transit officer spotted him, according to a news release. Alonzo is accused of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old and 18-year-old girl on a Red Line train…