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A view to a krill: Man learns it can be dangerous selling bags of frozen shrimp on the Red Line

By adamg on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 11:53am

Transit Police report pinching a shellfish Dorchester guy they say tried to steal bags of frozen shrimp from a man who was going down a Red Line car offering to sell them.

Police say the briny action started shortly before 9:25 p.m. on Wednesday on a train hurtling towards Ashmont, when a man started offering passengers bags of frozen shrimp at $10 a bag.

One of the passengers whom the victim believed may be a potential customer stated, words to the effect, "I'll take all of them" and proceeded to closed fisted punch the victim in the face and attempt to relieve the victim of his frozen bags of shrimp.

But it takes more than a punch to the face to separate a man from his shrimp and Eduardo Castro, 22, of Dorchester, fled the train at Ashmont empty handed - followed by the victim, who ran up the escalator yelling he'd been robbed. That captured the attention of Transit Police officers on patrol at the station, who quickly pincered Castro.

Police say Castro gave officers a fake name, then tried to scampi away, but the officers were able to tail him and quickly netted him again and this time arrested him on charges of attempted unarmed robbery and resisting arrest.

Innocent, etc.

Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
Topics: 
Crime
The T
Free tagging: 
Red Line
Ashmont


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Comments

By Pete Nice on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 12:08pm.

Anyone selling bags of shrimp on the street.......just stole that shrimp from somewhere.

By BostonDog on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 12:30pm.

Don't buy frozen shrimp on the red line.

By Raymie on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 12:39pm.

Orange, Blue, Green or Purple lines.

By bostnkid on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 12:45pm.

good shrimp on the silver line?

By tblade on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 1:06pm.

The SL2 transports the workforce for several fish processing/vending companies, so people on that route selling frozen seafood are probably selling recently liberated product.

By jmeltzer on Sun, 01/10/2021 - 9:39am.

the shrimp that has to get off at South Station and change to the subway.

By anon on Sun, 01/10/2021 - 1:27pm.

If not purloined, then pulled out of a dumpster

By R Hookup on Sun, 01/10/2021 - 12:19pm.

On the Good Ship Lollipop

By SamWack on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 5:11pm.

If it's Blue or Green, it may still be fresh, but if it's Red or Orange, it's already done.

By anon on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 12:34pm.

::seal clap::

By anon on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 12:55pm.

Fishy...

By anon on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 12:57pm.

Asking the question that begs to be asked. Where did the travelling shrimp salesman steal his bags of shrimp?

By anon on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 1:32pm.

Red Line shrimp are local shrimp and local shrimp are fresh.

By scollaysq on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 2:38pm.

I'm only signing in to express my extreme admiration for your headline. Brilliant.

By M on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 2:41pm.

I thought you had outdone yourself on the headline alone, by then I read the article. Holy mackerel.

By Lisfnord on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 5:47pm.

I think you'll appreciate this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI

By MissDee on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 4:56pm.

Thank you for the best laugh of the day so far!

Anybody knows good & well they were probably stolen. How do you steal from a thief?

That being said, I sure would have purchased them for said price. :shrug:

By anon on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 7:30pm.

On a related note, there seem to be a lot of people just boarding T cars and approaching people at close range during this pandemic for very specious reasons, and the T is doing absolutely nothing about it, per usual. A few days ago I was on the Blue Line and and an individual with obvious mental health issues got on blasting music, shouted out some kind of declaration to the car at large, and started doing "dance steps" and flip flops (none of them very good) all over the car, swinging on poles, and then approaching people to solicit donations into a filthy, crusty hat. The man had a mask but it hung loosely well below his nose. Can't the T do something about people INTENTIONALLY posing a health risk on it's trains?

By Daan on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 7:45pm.

Nominated for best paragraph micronews reporting of 2021.

By jon_ on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 9:09pm.

There is definitely something not kosher about this story...

By Don't Panic on Sun, 01/10/2021 - 5:34am.

Only in Boston story.

By Don't Panic on Sun, 01/10/2021 - 5:36am.

You think "Snakes on a plane" are bad? Imagine "Shrimp on a train".

By jmeltzer on Sun, 01/10/2021 - 9:37am.

for not thinking of that first.

By StillFromDorchester on Sun, 01/10/2021 - 10:25am.

It isn't legal.