Sullivan Square

Unlike Penelope, at least this pet was on a leash

adamg — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:07:32 +0000

Elizabeth DiRusso posts a photo of a woman and her ferret at the Back Bay Orange Line station, adds:

It would probably be safer if the ferret stood behind the yellow line.

Meanwhile, and totally unrelated, except it also happened at an Orange Line stop, Andrea reports:

Some guy at Sullivan Station just turned into a corner and starting peeing 2 feet away from me.

An MBTA menagerie: Cats, hawks, parrots, turkeys, pet rats, pigeons, snakes.

Marco the police dog takes a bite out of crime after holdup at Sullivan Square T stop

adamg — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:38:32 +0000

5/8/11 - 12:01 am

MBTA Transit Police report arresting one of three men who allegedly held a woman up at knifepoint just past midnight Sunday at the Sullivan Square T stop - after a police dog bit him in the ass.

According to a police report, a woman was standing by the upper busway when three Hispanic men approached her, pulled out knives and demanded her money. For good measure, they called her a "nigger." She told them, in Spanish, that she was Hispanic herself, but that didn't work. After they fled, and police arrived, she got in an cruiser with an officer - and Marco, the police dog.

Court: Mistaking a Mexican for a Middle Eastern terrorist not profiling if he's doing other suspicious things

adamg — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:41:36 +0000

A federal appeals court ruled today that MBTA cops had the right to arrest a Mexican man at the Sullivan Square T stop after the Madrid bombings because he and other "Middle Eastern" men in his van seemed to be doing the same things terrorists might do before trying to blow up the station.

Alleged Orange Line thug arrested

adamg — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:35:12 +0000

MBTA Transit Police report arresting a Somerville man for an attack on two women on the Orange Line last month.

Joseph Balistreri, 36, was arrested at his home around 1:30 p.m. today after Transit Police say they received numerous tips from people who recognized him from grainy photos posted yesterday. Balistreri will be arraigned Monday in Charlestown District Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon - a shod foot.

According to an MBTA police report, the women said they were sitting on an inbound train near Sullivan around 11 p.m. on Nov. 19 when Balistreri approached them and called both of them "lesbians" and one of them a "nigger:"

Both victims then stated that the suspect kicked them both, hitting [one victim] in the bottom lip, causing the laceration and swelling and [the other victim] in the chest. After the altercation, the suspect spat on both the faces of [the victims] and left the station in an unknown direction of flight.

The report says video cameras showed he gotten on the train about ten minutes earlier by jumping over the fare gates at Malden.

He is currently being held in lieu of $7,500 bail, the MBTA reports.

Read the police report on the incident.

Innocent, etc.

Somebody struck, killed by Orange Line train at Sullivan

adamg — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:20:26 +0000

The Boston Fire Department reports crews were called to the Sullivan Square T stop around midnight after somebody was hit by a train there. Not long after, the department reported the person was dead. The MBTA started running shuttle buses between Haymarket and Wellington after it shut power in both directions to let firefighters attempt to extricate the person.

Slow trainitis spreads to the Orange Line

adamg — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:00:25 +0000

It's one of those mornings on the Orange Line. Tom Lee tweets:

I've been stuck in the Sullivan Square Orange Line station For the past 30 mins while the Fire Dept investigates why an alarm is going off!

Man arrested for Somerville robberies

adamg — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:05:27 +0000

Channel 4 reports Somerville Police have arrested a man for a series of recent robberies on women, including one in which a woman was stabbed outside the Sullivan Square T stop.

Creepy-looking pudgy guy with bags under his eyes wanted for Sullivan Square stabbing

adamg — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:34:11 +0000

Wicked Local Somerville posts a police drawing of the guy wanted for stabbing a woman in the chest Monday night when she wouldn't give up her handbag.

Orange Line shut as train runs over woman

adamg — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:56:38 +0000

At Sullivan Square around 9 a.m.. Service has since been restored, according to mbta.com.

That makes three people hit by T trains in three days.

T police decide it's OK for a guy to hold a young girl's hand on a bus if they're related

adamg — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:09:09 +0000

Good Lord:

A passenger noticed a man holding the child's hand. That passenger says she overheard the girl say she was hungry, and the man told her to "Please be quiet."

T police say there was no criminal conduct. They consider the case closed.

Ed. Been There note: I feel for the guy.

Hub mullets?

adamg — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:43:39 +0000

Faegirl notices a mullet warning at Sullivan Square.

Slashing away on an Orange Line shuttle bus

adamg — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:47:00 +0000

Flann reports on a knife fight on one of the shuttle buses the T was running instead of trains along the Orange Line north of Boston on Saturday:

... Meanwhile, in the back, [Old Guy] is bleeding, [Knife Guy] has blood all over his jacket. KG's gf was jumping on his back to try to get him off OG and he just shoved her off. KG then headbutted OG in the face and OG fell back, dazed and gushing blood now. KG took this lull as an opportunity to pull out his friggin switchblade and start waving it around. I took the lull as an opportunity to get the hell outta there. ...

Hey, lady, make up your mind

adamg — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:02:15 +0000

Call it the straw that broke the Orange Line commuter's back: Karl vows to never ride the line again after his train got stalled at Sullivan Square:

... What really pissed me off and got me to storm out of the station and never ride that line again is that the operator gave different excuses each time she got on the intercom. The first one was "traffic up ahead" which was bullshit as everyone there (myself included) was waiting almost 20 minutes before it came in. Then a few minutes later they said "switching problem at Oak Grove", which I also didn't buy because the so-called switching problem was reported at a time where Forest Hills bound trains should not even yet be affected. I mean, if it occurred about an hour ago, that would make sense. So I say adios to the Orange Line and don't know when or if I will ever ride it again. ...

Let the passengers off the train first

adamg — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:00:32 +0000

EnuhCork reports what happened when some fool tried to get on the Orange Line too soon this morning:

... I saw an older woman "heisman trophy" a guy this morning so she could get off at Sullivan Sq. before he walked on. She sorta patted him on the chest after the stiff arm. He smiled a bit, and bowed his head in repentance.

Should T bus drivers take personality tests?

adamg — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:59:06 +0000

Because if they did, Tape might have gotten off at his normal stop instead of having the driver on the 89 bus scream at him and demand he never step foot on that bus again.