The number of MBTA fare evaders caught this year is slightly less than over the same period last year.
If you’ve ever thought about jumping those MBTA gates to catch a bus, it’s likely you’ll get hit with a fine for evading the fare. MBTA police have issued 1,231 evasion citations system wide so far in 2013, as of last Monday, according to MBTA detective Richard Sullivan. Over the same period last year, the MBTA issued 1,267 citations. The fine for a first-time fare evader is $50, according to Sullivan; future offenses could be as high as $500, according to the law. Operation Fare Game, the MBTA’s initiative to enforce fare laws on the T, from time to time leads to arrests. Christian Fitzgerald, 23, of Roxbury was arrested March 22 after he attempted to dodge a fare at Downtown Crossing by entering through the exit-only gate, according to a…
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Suspects reportedly arrested in Medford after a report for an assault at Wellington Station.
UPDATE, 9:45 a.m.: MBTA Deputy Press Secretary Kelly Smith said Transit Police were dispatched to Wellington at 12:18 a.m. Wednesday for "a disturbance involving two individuals engaged in a fight where there was punching and kicking." Smith said one suspect was arrested on scene and the other fled, however Smith said his identity has been learned and "he will be summonsed to court." ORIGINAL STORY: Two people were reportedly arrested following an alleged assault at Wellington Station in Medford early Wednesday morning, according to emergency broadcast reports. MBTA Transit Police, Medford Police and State Police initially responded to the Orange Line station on Revere Beach Parkway at 12:33 a.m. as a result a reported assault that took …
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Stephen G
11:53 am on Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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