Alleged T pervs: One caught, one sought

Lopez

An East Boston man faces a charge he groped an undercover MBTA Transit Police officer near Dudley station yesterday - even after the officer identified himself as a cop.

Ricardo Lopez, 41, is scheduled for arraignment in Roxbury District Court this morning.

Meanwhile, Transit Police are continuing to hunt for a man they say sexually assaulted a teen at a Downtown Crossing Red Line platform last month and who was last spotted getting off the Red Line at Fields Corner.

In his report, the officer who arrested Lopez says he was standing on a busway platform near the Washington Street side of the station around 1:15 p.m. yesterday when Lopez sidled up to him and asked "How are you papa?" The officer said Lopez continued to chat him up and eventually looked down at his groin and said "I want that [expletive] papa." The officer said he excused himself, called his partner and then turned back to Lopez and arranged a meeting with him and his "friend" across the street - in public view since the officers were in plainclothes. Once across the street, the officer says he identified himself as a police officer, but that only seemed to increase Lopez's ardor:

At that time, Lopez stated, "I want that [expletive] papa" and proceeded to grope my genitalia."

He was then placed under arrest.

Seen him?

MBTA Police report they are searching for a man who allegedly offered a 15-year-old $10 to let him lick her on the southboound Red Line platform at Downtown Crossing on April 4. When she refused, he grabbed her hands, led her to some stairs and began undressing her:

Victim buttoned her pants back up and pushed suspect away. Suspect then asked to kiss her. Victim told him no, and he forcefully kissed victim, sticking his tongue in the victim's mouth. Suspect threw $5.00 at the victim. Suspect and victim boarded the last train towards Ashmont.

If you have any info, you can call MBTA Transit Police at (617) 222-1072.

Innocent, etc.