A Roslindale man was pulled off a 23 bus and arrested on indecent assault and battery charges Friday after he allegedly moved his hand up the thigh of a woman sitting next to him.
According to an MBTA Transit Police report, the woman, 68, told officers that Douglas Beaton, 46, appeared to be asleep - but occasionally muttering incomprehensibly - as she sat on the bus. As the bus stopped at Columbia Road and Washington Street shortly after 6 p.m., however:
The victim states that she felt the hand of Beaton on her right leg, the hand was rubbing her thigh under her skirt. The victim slapped Beaton's hand away, "telling him to stop and not to put his hands on her."
The driver, noticing the now upset passenger, asked her to come forward and tell him what happened, after which he stopped the bus and summoned police.
Innocent, etc.
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