Tag: MBTA Police

What’s With All the People Spitting on MBTA Bus Drivers?

MBTA Transit Police believe this woman spat on a bus driver at Ashmont station on June 4. Credit: MBTA Transit Police

Boston Globe | Roberto Scalese | June 11, 2014 Can we stop? Please? The MBTA Transit Police published a photo of a woman they believe spat on a bus driver on June 4. According to a Transit Police statement, the woman and driver got into an argument over the fare at Ashmont station. Anyone with …

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Man charged with assaulting bus driver who let him ride for free

police crime scene photo

By Jacqueline Tempera | Boston Globe | MAY 22, 2014 A homeless man is facing assault charges after he allegedly attacked an MBTA bus driver, even after she allowed him to ride the bus for free, according to Suffolk County prosecutors. Donnell Flattes, 23, was charged with interfering with a bus driver, indecent assault and …

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Eastie man kicked in bus window

Thomas Caruso

Boston Herald | Sunday, December 22, 2013 | By Colneth Smiley Jr. An East Boston man who threw a tantrum because he couldn’t board a crowded MBTA bus at Maverick Square Station was arrested after kicking in a bus window and later kicking a transit officer in the leg, police said. Thomas Caruso, 55, is …

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