Registered Sex Offender From Canton Arrested For 'Lewd Act' On Green Line

BROOKLINE, MA — MBTA's Transit Police arrested a Canton man for, ahem, conducting himself in a lewd manner while he was on C Line. Turns out he was also a registered Level 2 Sex Offender.

On Thursday, May 25, a woman was on the Green Line train headed toward Coolidge Corner and noticed the man next to her may have been masturbating, according to the MBTA Transit Authority. She moved seats and called the transit police to report it.

Transit Police officers met the train at the Coolidge Corner station in Brookline, and after talking with the woman took the man, later identified as Robert Widberg, 53, of Canton, into custody for Open & Gross Lewdness and transported to Transit Police Head Quarters for the arrest and booking process. That's when they discovered Widberg is a Registered Level 2 Sex Offender.

By Jenna Fisher (Patch Staff)

Photo courtesy of MBTA Transit Police