UPDATE: Caught in Southie reports BPD has ruled out the man in the photo as a suspect, so I've taken down the copy that was here.
A woman attacked in the elevator of an apartment building last week was outside the Broadway T stop today when she spotted a familiar face - that of the man who attacked her, according to residents of the building.
The woman managed to snap his photo before calling police, but he got on a 9 bus that headed toward City Point before police arrived, residents say.
In the photo, the man appears to be glowering at the woman, as he wears ear buds - one wrapped around his ear, rather than in it.
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Good for her!
By anon
Thu, 08/15/2013 - 8:35pm
Excellent move!
rte 9 bus
By anon
Thu, 08/15/2013 - 8:44pm
all the buses in south boston have cameras so the MBTA will be able to provide pictures of his face and his charlie card info
Hope she's correct
By anon
Thu, 08/15/2013 - 9:42pm
and hasn't posted a pic of the wrong guy.
Sorta goes w/o saying
By Biggie_Robs
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 12:19am
Don't you think?
He's a pretty distinctive looking guy
By Sally
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 8:29am
And it's pretty amazing how much he resembles the police drawing too,
Finger the wrong guy and your
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 1:54am
Finger the wrong guy and your real attacker remains at large. I don't think many victims would go that route.
Guys with haircuts like that are usually trouble - perverts, meatheads miscreants, cops, PTSD soldiers. Normal guys don't sport haircuts like that.
I can't understand how it
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 7:38am
I can't understand how it makes sense to post this photo online. Let the police do that.
This whole website is photos
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 10:28am
This whole website is photos posted online by people. Of course it makes sense, especially since the BPD all but admitted this case was on the back burner until this photo came out. People who take the T at Broadway or who live or work in South Boston may have seen him and can help police identify him and prevent another attack. That's hard to understand?
Photo
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 12:22pm
Police depend on tips from the public. Chances are now he will be arrested within the next 24 hours.
wow...guess those other ten
By gbr604
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 7:51am
wow...guess those other ten thousand of so guys in this state with similar cuts better get to their barber or stylist to get that fixed, lest they be thus stereotyped by keen observers such as yourself. any comments on mohawks, or dreads ? please, enlighten us.
ptsd
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 7:58am
So, I believe you are suggesting that soldiers with PTSD are lurking and grbbing women preying upon them.. Slim down your suspects. Someone who commits a crime or is a voyerer or so sick can only be catorized as an extremely dangerous person who needs to be apprehended.. I hope they post that picture today because this is becoming epidemic and I don't appreciate having to look over my shoulder every time I go out,getiing in and out of my vehichle..
It is probably the same man who walked the beach the other day about fifteen times.. frothing at the mouth.. People are apprehensive about calling because they become the victims, having to go into court to testify, after being summons..scary.
I don't know what the hell
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 8:20am
I don't know what the hell you're talking about with the haircut comment. I have nearly that exact haircut and am an employed, married homeowner in the Channel Center buildings.
You a god damn idiot
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 9:32am
Have of Boston men in their 20-30 have hair cut like that, including myself, half of my friends and my younger brother. Back to you Liberal Utopia were men wear women's jeans and vintage shirt.
PS it called a fade.
Nice grammar, though
By BostonUrbEx
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 9:56am
You're validating OP's statement.
*Half*
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 9:32am
sorry
"half" ain't your only
By buzzybeef
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 9:50am
"half" ain't your only grammer mistake.
"Guys with haircuts like that
By Bearwalker
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 11:10am
"Guys with haircuts like that are usually trouble - perverts, meatheads miscreants, cops, PTSD soldiers. Normal guys don't sport haircuts like that."
Wow, you can tell so much from someones hair style - I'm impressed/.
Talk about stereotyping. I think I'm even more surprised you got 8 votes. Really people? If this poster said the same thing about someone with dreads I'd be curious what the reaction would be.
Ooh, I LOVE all the butthurt
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 1:09pm
Ooh, I LOVE all the butthurt men jumping in to comment. If it was a group of women being judged based off of their appearance there would be little to none of the outrage seen here.
excuse me?
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 2:22pm
No, it's be called out even faster and stronger than the same BS was here.
Only there wouldn't be people trying to invalidate the complaints about gender and appearance stereotypes because of a fictitious, hypothetical, outdated scenario.
Go look in your history book and read about how feminism has recognized gender stereotypes as being harmful to BOTH genders since before you were born.
According to this anon post
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 8:17am
According to this anon post at reddit, she's recanting, and has asked universal hub to take this down.
http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1kghv1/wom...
Not quite
By adamg
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 9:47am
I exchanged several e-mail messages with her last night. She's not recanting the photo, she asked me to redact information about her address (which I did), since this guy is obviously still out there, and to correct a mistake (I originally wrote she'd seen him in the morning, it wasn't in the morning).
Who says southie has changed.
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 8:35am
Who says southie has changed.
In recovery
By Charlie
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 9:25am
I am sure this guy is just another junkie "in recovery" residing in one of the 500 unregulated sober houses in South Boston who needed money for subuxone/methadone/{insert opiate}. Hopefully, the cops grab this scumbag soon.
Here's what's scary about that photo
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 9:30am
There are two kinds of attackers: one would see his victim and immediately hide his face and try to evade detection. The other -- the more dangerous kind imho -- would stare them down as a threat.
This is particularly disturbing to me because I work across the street from the building where this woman was attacked. If he's bold enough to glare at her, he's probably bold enough to return to the scene looking for her and I'm terrified for both of us and all of the women who frequent that location.
I hope this is the guy and I hope they catch him lightening fast!
WBZ TV4 just mentioned your
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 12:06pm
WBZ TV4 just mentioned your website by name in relation to this story
Yea - for all of us that live
By JoeGugs
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 12:33pm
Yea - for all of us that live in South Boston show this picture to your friends and family
He was cleared this am.
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 6:13pm
He was wrongfully accused in the attack. Was in a different part of town during the attack and there is evidence to prove so which was cleared with the police.
It's incredible how judgmental folks have been on this thread about his looks. Any person can attack someone regardless of their appearance and I find it so wrong that people were so quick to jump on that. Also to assume he is a junkie is incredible discriminatory.
You should be sure before you
By anon
Fri, 08/16/2013 - 11:35pm
You should be sure before you point the finger at the wrong person. Although cleared, his life is ruined. He was publicity disgraced. This site, bpdnews.com, Facebook, the local news and the victim should all be proud if what they have done.
His family never doubted him.
Auntie loves you.
Any Updates?
By anon
Sun, 08/18/2013 - 7:00am
What is the latest on this? Is that photo accurate in possibly identifying her attacker?
UPDATE
By anon
Mon, 08/19/2013 - 10:49am
I figured I would let you all have a correct update. He is my brother and he went that morning to clear his name it was never him in the first place. He was wrongfully accused and now his face is plastered every where of doing some horrible crime. He has been cleared since Friday. This woman identified my brother but she must be unaware that all "Southie" kids dress the same and have the same hair style.
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