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Police: Creepy starer follows woman home from the Blue Line

District A-7 relays a report from Transit Police about a woman who couldn't shake an alleged weirdo as she walked home from the Wood Island T stop around 1 p.m. yesterday:

The victim boarded a Blue Line train at MBTA Government Center Station along with a male who stared at her while on the train and followed her as she changed seats. The victim exited the train at MBTA Wood Island Station and the subject continued to follow her. The subject then approached the victim and asked her name. As the victim entered her home, she realized the subject was still watching her. The victim states the subject frequently boards the Blue Line train at MBTA Government Center and stares at her.

Staring Man is described as 28, 6'4", Hispanic or Middle Eastern, stocky build with a long scar on his face toward his neck. He was wearing a knit cap and a brown corduroy jacket.

Daylight attack by East Boston head puncher

District A-7 reports a man walking on Jacobbe Road toward Maverick station around noon on Oct. 10 was grabbed from behind by two guys, one of whom choked him while the other punched him in the head. They got his cell phone and $200 in cash before jumping into a brand-new silver or gray Camry.

Both suspects are described as Hispanic males, about 20. The head puncher wore a gray hoodie; the choker a dark-colored baseball cap. The victim declined medical attention.

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New charges against DiMasi

Including extortion, the Globe reports.

Read the new indictment for yourself.

Punched in the face, stabbed in daylight mugging in East Boston

District A-7 reports that when a man walking on Porter Street near Bremen Street around 3 p.m. on Tuesday refused to give a young dude a dollar, the guy punched him the face and an accomplice then grabbed him from behind and knocked him to the ground:

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Attacked with beer bottle, sandwich-board sign in East Boston

District A-7 reports what happened when three guys coming out of Cafe Meridian, 271 Meridian St., shortly before midnight on Oct. 6, made "disparaging" comments about a woman walking by with her boyfriend. An argument started, which the three guys ended by going inside to get a beer bottle and a sign and then beating the man with them.

The man was taken to Mass. General for treatment of "minor" injuries to his head and hand. The suspects are described as three Hispanic males, one wearing a green and white shirt. The cafe was issued a violation for two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a patron and one count of an expired site cleanliness inspection (no inspection since November, 2007).

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Full weight of the law comes down on another alleged train spray-painter

An Illinois man is being held in lieu of a total of $25,000 bail for allegedly treating Orange and Red Line trains as his own personal canvas, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.

Jim Clay Harper, 24, of the well-to-do Chicago suburb of Wilmette, was arraigned today in West Roxbury District Court on two counts of vandalizing property for allegedly spray-painting "ETHER" on trains at the Forest Hills T stop. He was already being held on similar charges involving Red Line trains in Dorchester, and is also suspected of tagging Blue Line trains at Orient Heights, according to the DA's office.

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East Boston burglar robs kid of PlayStation as he sleeps

District A-7 reports a burglar used a fire escape to break into a third-floor apartment on Lexington Street and rummage through the place while a woman and her five-year-old son slept, sometime early on Oct. 2. In addition to the PlayStation, he made off with a laundry hamper, police say:

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Another head-punching mugging in East Boston

District A-7 reports a man was attacked and robbed in front of his Everett Street home around 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 3. The victim was taken to Mass. General for treatment. The suspects were described as three tall white guys, but police add:

Officers were unable to gather further information on perpetrators due to the victim's inability to remember his assailants as he was in a state of drunkenness.

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