By adamg - 1/27/23 - 9:43 am

An inbound Red Line train at Andrew had to be taken out of service when it began to get more than just a tad smoky. The T reports: "The train had an issue with the heating/AC unit on top of one of the cars. The unit has been shut off and the train was sent to the yard," no doubt to think about what it had done.

By adamg - 1/6/23 - 12:17 pm
Alves

Transit Police report arresting Dason Alves, 33, of Dorchester, for shooting a woman on a T bus near Andrew station on Dec. 30.

Alves was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and numerous firearm violations, police say.

Innocent, etc.

Shooting suspect
By adamg - 12/30/22 - 10:25 pm

Update: Police say they found the guy, have talked to him and that their investigation continues.

Transit Police have released a photo of the man they say may have shot a woman in the stomach on a bus outside Andrew station around 5:25 p.m.

By adamg - 11/17/22 - 10:05 am

The Boston Licensing Board today ordered a one-day suspension for Red Line Pizza, 582 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston, after licensing cops found it open past its closing time on Sept. 3, the third such violation to come before the board over a three-month period. Read more.

Andrew stompers
By adamg - 9/16/22 - 6:29 pm

Aiyoub Alsallak, 29, was arraigned today on various charges for a Sept. 5 attack on a Red Line platform at Andrew station that left the 56-year-old victim with head injuries, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Red Line Pizza says it's open until 2:30 a.m.
By adamg - 9/16/22 - 2:00 pm

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday ordered Red Line Pizza, 582 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston, to start complying with its license and close its doors to walk-in customers at 11 p.m. Read more.

Wanted for Andrew attack
By adamg - 9/8/22 - 9:18 pm

Transit Police report they are looking for two men they say attacked a 56-year-old man at the Andrew Red Line stop around 9 p.m. on Monday, sending him to a local hospital for emergency care. Read more.

Current Supreme House of Pizza
By adamg - 7/28/22 - 10:13 pm

A North Grafton man's proposal to turn the decrepit and now closed Supreme House of Pizza at 313 Old Colony Ave. in South Boston into a modern recreational-marijuana shop met with heavy opposition at a community meeting this evening - just a day after the owner of the pizza place withdrew his application to deliver pizza until 2:45 a.m. on weekends. Read more.

By adamg - 7/28/22 - 9:41 am

In the face of overwhelming neighborhood opposition, the owner of an Old Colony Avenue pizza place yesterday withdrew his request to extend its weekend delivery hours from 11 p.m. to 2:45 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - 4/28/22 - 10:56 pm

Transit Police and Boston firefighters responded to the inbound side of the Andrew Red Line station around 10:40 p.m. after a man somehow wound up on the tracks, bleeding from the head, next to the third rail as a train was coming in.

The man was not under the train, so firefighters were able to quickly get him off the tracks and hand him over to Boston EMS for transport to a local hospital.

By adamg - 3/15/22 - 6:05 pm

Transit Police report arresting a Newton man on charges he used a knife to threaten an MBTA worker who tried to shoo him out of Andrew on the Red Line around 1 a.m. on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 3/11/22 - 12:07 pm

Transit Police report arresting two of three teens who jumped a woman at the Andrew T stop around 8 p.m., then figured they could escape on an outbound Red Line train coming into the station, only they figured wrong because police were waiting for them at JFK/UMass. Read more.

Survellance photos of bank robber
By adamg - 3/10/22 - 3:12 pm

A man already locked up for malicious destruction of property was charged with more serious crimes this week: Raping and abusing the same child several times a few years ago and robbing an Andrew Square bank last fall, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Guy tossing metal rod onto tracks
By adamg - 2/23/22 - 5:20 pm

For better or worse. But what it means is that if, oh, you're at Andrew on the Red Line and you decide it might make sense to throw some metal object onto the third rail and the T has to stop service so it can retrieve that item, chance are good Transit Police will pull a snap of you of one of the surveillance cameras, which should make it easier for them to find and arrest you. Read more.

By adamg - 2/7/22 - 9:33 am

Transit Police report arresting a local man on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon for an incident on a Red Line train hurtling underneath South Boston during the Friday afternoon rush hour. Read more.

By adamg - 1/25/22 - 8:00 pm

A Red Line train gave up the ghost at Andrew. The T reported delays of 20 minutes as the train sat there, moldering, but now that they've brought it out back and service has resumed, delays have increased to 25 minutes.

Olivia Mauricio is one unhappy rider. Very unhappy: Read more.

By adamg - 1/12/22 - 10:44 pm

It sure looked that way tonight at Andrew station: Read more.

Firefighters at Andrew Red Line stop
By adamg - 1/1/22 - 4:28 pm

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to Andrew on the Red Line around 1:30 p.m. for a person under a train. The department reports they were able to remove the man and hand him to Boston EMS, which transported him to a local hospital.

By adamg - 12/11/21 - 12:33 pm

Transit Police report arresting a man for beating up a woman who looked like she'd just been punched slapped hard in the face at the Andrew T station - and for the 19 outstanding warrants he already had out, including for incidents in which he allegedly attacked a disabled person, a police officer, an EMT and a jail guard, in different parts of Boston. Read more.

By adamg - 11/26/21 - 10:11 am

Transit Police report three teenagers for beating a man officers found lying face down, unconscious, in the Andrew Square station busway shortly before 11:45 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.