Assault
Police 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 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.…
Read MoreLocal 589 Offers Condolences for Slain ATU Bus Driver in Canada
Of behalf of all the members of the Boston Carmen’s Union, Local 589’s Executive Board would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of brother Irvine Fraser and our union brothers and sisters at Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505. Brother Fraser was a 58-year-old Winnipeg Transit driver and member of ATU, Local 1505.…
Read MoreQuincy Man Arrested in Newton, Charged with Assaulting MBTA Worker
Quincy Patch | By Daniel Libon | December 31, 2016 6:29 pm ET NEWTON, MA — A Quincy man faces charges after allegedly indecently assaulting an MBTA employee. John Alves, 34, was arrested at the Riverside Green Line Station in Newton. He faces a charge of indecent assault and battery, according to transit police. On…
Read MoreStatement from Boston Carmen’s Union President, Jimmy O’Brien, in response to attack on MBTA Bus Driver
“Bus operators have the hardest jobs in the MBTA. Everyday operators are harassed. Assaults have become too common. Many no longer report all of the incidents because they have come to expect it as part of their job. This is unacceptable. The vast majority of operators are on old buses that lack sufficient safety barriers.…
Read MoreMBTA bus driver suspended after fight with passenger
Boston Globe | By Sara DiNatale and Steve Annear | August 26, 2015 A woman gets up briskly and calls to a young girl, presumably her daughter, to get off an MBTA bus parked on Warren Street. Just before the woman steps off the bus, she rips the cover off a plastic cup and tosses…
Read MoreFare evader arrested in assault of MBTA driver
Boston Metro | April 25, 2016 A man refusing to pay his fare spit on an MBTA bus driver before leading police on a lengthy pursuit, cops said. Jorge Diaz-Vasquez, 44, of Boston, boarded a bus at about 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, but refused to pay his way, according to authorities. When the driver tried…
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