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MBTA Employee Assaulted With a Cane

By Steve Annear | Boston Daily | January 24, 2014 An MBTA rider who apparently didn’t want to pay his fare started swinging his cane at two MBTA employees and a bystander, after one of the employees tried to shuffle him out of a Green Line station on Friday afternoon, according to T officials and …

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Somerville man sentenced to jail for harassing MBTA employee

Joseph Balistreri

Boston Globe | December 27, 2013 | By Brock Parker A Somerville man has been sentenced to jail after he pleaded guilty to harassment of an MBTA employee and violating an injunction prohibiting him from threatening any person because of his or her race. Joseph Balistreri, 39, pleaded guilty Friday in Suffolk Superior Court to …

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Arrest made in vicious beating of MBTA employee

Mohammad Noor

MBTA Transit Police said they have made an arrest in the vicious beating of an MBTA employee. Officials said they received a call about the assault at 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 20 at the Roxbury Crossing station. Investigators said 27-year-old Mohammad Noor punched the 69-year-old MBTA employee in the face, knocking him to the ground, …

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