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Ex-Transit Officer Guilty Of Raping 2 Women As Payment For 'Joy Ride': DA
A jury convicted a former MBTA transit police officer on Friday, March 15, of raping two women more than a decade ago, authorities said.
Shawn McCarthy, 50, who lived in Wilmington at the time of the rapes, will be sentenced on three counts of rape stemming from an incident in 2012, the Suffolk County District Attorney said.
The attack happened on July 6, 2012, near the area of the Museum of Science in Boston.
Two intoxicated women in their early 20s approached McCarthy outside the Aquarium subway station and asked him for a ride in his patrol cruiser, the prosecutor…
Update: Car Crashes Into Alewife Garage, Stopping Regular Service For A Week
.A driver intentionally crashed into a 10,000 pound concrete barrier in the top floor of the Alewife parking garage, the barrier onto the station below, according to a MBTA press conference.
The car crashed into the 2,400 car parking garage on Saturday, Feb. 4, leading to an overnight cleanup of the debris and barrier, according to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Shuttle buses are providing alternate service for the rest of the week while the station remains closed. The parking garage will partially reopen on Wednesday, Feb. 8, with only level five and the lobby floor clos…
Quincy Man 'Tired Of Swiping' Allegedly Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Woman: Report
A Quincy man is facing several charges after allegedly kidnapping a woman at a train station, sexually abusing her and dumping her in a Brockton parking lot over the weekend, reports said.
Christian Lynch, age 26, allegedly kidnapped the woman at Wollaston Station in Quincy around 7 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12 while she was walking to work.
Lynch allegedly duct-taped the woman’s mouth, hands and feet and started sexually abusing her in his car, Boston25 said citing an MBTA Transit Police investigative report.
The woman, believed to be in her 60s, was then repeatedly strangled and sexually …
