Crime & Safety

Police Search For Suspect After Teen Girl Assaulted On Blue Line

Boston police say a 17-year-old girl was indecently assaulted aboard a Blue Line train over the weekend.

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Transit police asked the public to "take a good look," at this person of interest in relation to the incident on the Blue Line.
Transit police asked the public to "take a good look," at this person of interest in relation to the incident on the Blue Line. (MBTA Transit Police)

BOSTON — Transit police detectives are asking for the public's help in finding a person who is accused of assaulting a teenage girl on a Blue Line train Friday.

On Friday, transit police responded to the Bowdoin MBTA station just before 4 p.m. for a report of an indecent assault and battery on a 17-year-old girl that took place aboard a Blue Line train in between Maverick and Bowdoin MBTA stations.

Police have not released the status of the teenager as of Monday morning.

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The man was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, a red jacket, and a New England Patriots hat.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Unit at 617-222-1050 or you can send us an anonymous text to 873873.

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