48°
Ny-Jaya Monae Sampson, 19, of Boston, Seth Burns, 20, of Manchester, NH, and Sidney Amaral, 23, of Cambridge, were charged with four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault to rob, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.
A judge gave Sampson a $1,000 bail, and Burns was ordered held on a $2,000 bond, the prosecutor said. Garland, who was out on bail, had it revoked for 90 days, officials added. Each was told to stay away from the MBTA and one another.
Bryan Fitzpatrick was also arrested in the attack, but he will be arraigned at a later time, authorities added. However, police realized during his processing that Fitzpatrick was linked to another MBTA assault and robbery on Jan. 12, the prosecutor said. He and three others attacked passengers on the Green Line, and he was charged with assault and battery causing serious bodily injury and armed robbery, officials said. A judge ordered him held for 90 days on a dangerousness finding, and his bail will be $10,000 following that.
Investigators said the foursome jumped a man between Broadway and South Station on Wednesday, Jan. 25, and tried to take his bag, police said. He refused to let go, so they attacked him with a knife and stun gun. They ran off before they were able to steal it, authorities said. Though they slashed his face and his jacket in the assault, the prosecutor said. Surveillance video captured them escaping the South Station.
Investigators arrested them on Thursday and Friday in and around Harvard Square.
“These two incidents are deplorable violations of public rights and public trusts," District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. "Thousands of people depend on public transportation for work and recreation every day of the year. They have the expectation, as well they should, to ride trains and buses without fear of being victimized or brutalized."
Click here to follow Daily Voice Norfolk and receive free news updates.
