Booking photo.A Lynn woman was arraigned yesterday on charges she responded to police nabbing her piggybacking her way into Ashmont station Monday by jumping off the inbound platform and attempting to run down the tunnel.
Ophelia Wheat, 37, was charged with trespassing, resisting arrest, and obstructing a railroad, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
According to the DA's office, MBTA Transit Police officers watched Wheat enter the station by following a paying customer.
Wheat allegedly told the officer that she had paid but the machine had stolen her money. The officer offered to check its history and confirm the story, but she allegedly refused and proceeded downstairs to the platform.