A brawl that erupted around 2:45 p.m. yesterday at Forest Hills disrupted bus service through the station as MBTA and Boston police tried to clear both combatants and groups of teens who gathered to watch, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
The DA's office says officers found three of the teens on the lower bus level "yelling, flailing their arms, and challenging one another to fight," while two more were at the upper busway whaling on each other.
Arraigned today in West Roxbury District Court were:
Ato Botsio, 19, of West Roxbury; Tamaria Toney, 17, of Hyde Park (also charged with assault and battery on a police officer); Treavon Treadway, 19, of Roslindale; Steven Ulysse, 20, of Mattapan (also charged with possession of pot with intent to distribute); Stephen A. Wright, 18, of Roxbury and a 16-year-old from Dorchester not named because of his age. All except the 16-year-old were released on personal recognizance at arraignment in West Roxbury District Court; Judge Ernest Sarason denied prosecutors' requests to revoke Treadway's bail on a West Roxbury larceny case and Wright's bail on a Dorchester gun case. The younger teen had bail set at $250 and was ordered held on an unrelated warrant from Boston Juvenile Court, the DA's office says, adding another 16-year-old is scheduled for arraignment Friday on a charge of affray.
Toney was not charged with fighting, but the DA's office says that she refused to move when police officers tried to clear out teens clogging up the bus lane: "When officers specifically instructed her to leave the area, she allegedly screamed at the officer, pushed him, and attempted to provoke the group."
Toney's Facebook page would seem to indicate she was putting her own personal philosophy to work: "Ima Cool ass female but once ya on my bad side its ova! I chill wit nothin but tha baddest! & i can careless about wat anybody thinks or says about me cuz dont none of yall do shit for me!!!"
Innocent, etc.