Norwood Man to be Arraigned for Alleged 'Upskirt Photos' at Forest Hills

Editor's Note: The following information was provided by the MBTA Transit Police. Where arrests are mentioned, they do not indicate conviction. 

A Norwood man who allegedly took "upskirting" photos was arrested at Forest Hills Station in Jamaica Plain Tuesday and will be arraigned Wednesday in West Roxbury Municipal Court, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said. 

Joshua Consalves, 23, of Norwood, was arrested Tuesday evening after responding to a call for a report of a man taking pictures up a woman's dress at Forest Hills Station, according to MBTA Transit Police. 

Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who claimed that while standing in the upper busway she felt something "brush against her knees," and when she looked down, she observed a man's hand between her legs holding an iPad with the camera on facing up her skirt, police said. 

The suspect subsequently boarded the Rte. 35 bus and left the area. The victim provided enough detailed information that officers were able to stop the bus on the corner of Washington Street and Garfield Avenue. 

Police boarded the bus and located the suspect, who had been holding the iPad while seated. Gonsalves allegedly told police that he heard on the news it was not illegal to "take pictures up a girl's skirt." Gov. Deval Patrick, however, signed into law that such actions were deemed illegal, Transit Police said.

He was then arrested and transported to Transit Police headquarters for arrest booking.