MBTA Transit Police report arresting a man wanted for a probation violation for armed robbery and home invasion at the Andrew stop on the Red Line this morning.
Police say Samuel Nelson, 23, formerly of Dorchester, was letting a woman companion "piggyback" with him after he tapped his CharlieCard at the fare gate around 10:30 a.m. - as plainclothes officers were patrolling the fare area. In a report, one of the officers writes:
I approached the female and male, displaying my badge and announcing police, asking for the couple to stop so I could identify the female and issue a fare evasion citation. The female began to yell and scream "Oh no, oh my god, he is wanted, don't arrest him please". At that moment 3 other females ran into the paid fare area yelling and screaming at me.
In contrast, police say, Nelson - identified by the state just this week as a wanted probation violator - remained quiet and cooperated with officers. The officer who wrote the report continued:
The females became more and more disorderly and distraught and hysterical. I required marked units to assist as all the parties were surrounding my location in a threatening manner. ... The female party who fare evaded was issued a verbal warning and all the members were escorted onto the inbound platform to meet Nelson in court. The female was not cited due to the necessity to remove Nelson as soon as possible from the scene.
Innocent, etc.
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Comments
Reminds me of the Chris Rock
By anon
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 3:53pm
Reminds me of the Chris Rock sketch about getting stopped by the police where the cop comes up to the window and the pissed off girlfriend shouts "He's got weed!"
Chris Rock video
By anon
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 5:40pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8
Chris Rock's stuff has more racist stereotypes than anything you'll see in the Herald.
"He is wanted, don't arrest him"
By chicken
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 3:56pm
Good one, that.
T-police
By railfan
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 5:01pm
Nice job by the Transit Police , I see them all over the southern tip of the red line. Unfortunately at Park and Downtown stations I only see them topside checking out girls.
Poor guy
By anon
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 5:45pm
He was just stupidly "helping out" someone, and he was the only one who wasn't acting like an animal, but he was the only one who got arrested.
Um....
By anon
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 8:21am
Poor guy?!?!? First of all, he was aiding in fare evasion- over 2 dollars, I might add. He wasn't "helping". They both knew it was wrong. The fact that he was wanted and still risked doing something illegal in broad daylight in front of other people means he has a thug's sense of entitlement. Poor guy my ass.