Andrew

Monday, Andrew station, a whole ten days after somebody else fell on the tracks at Broadway.

MBTA Transit Police report arresting a Roxbury man on charges he indecently assaulted a woman around 11 a.m. on Sept. 28 at Shawmut and then another woman around 9 a.m. on Oct. 2 at Andrew.

Police say Xavier Wyatt, 19, grabbed the first woman as she standing on the platform and the second woman as she was getting on a train. He was arrested this morning at Community College on the Orange Line.

Innocent, etc.

So this guy from East Boston strikes up a conversation with another guy sitting on a bench in the busway at Andrew station this afternoon. He's feeling mellow, gets a joint out of his right jacket pocket, lights up and offers his newfound friend a toke.

Unfortunately for the man, the guy was an undercover Transit Police officer, assigned to anti-drug duty at the South Boston station, police report.

Transit Police report the officer summoned other officers and they confiscated the man's cigarette - and the two additional bags of pot he had in his pocket. Fortunately for him, he was holding less than an ounce, so he was only issued a $100 citation, police say.

Boston Police report a nearly month-long operation with their MBTA counterparts has resulted in 24 arrests of alleged drug dealers and their minions in and around the Andrew stop on the Red Line:

Since July 6, 2011, this effort proactively targeted a criminal element who frequently utilized the station to arrive, enter and leave the Andrew Square area to conduct unlawful drug transactions.

In addition to the arrests, police say they seized significant amounts of heroin, crack, marijuana, prescription pills and money.

On Sunday, MBTA officers arrested what they said was a gun-packing fare jumper. Although he was not charged with any drug offenses at Andrew, his bail on a drug charge out of Chelsea was revoked.

MBTA Transit Police report a man stopped for jumping through a broken fare gate at Andrew station yesterday afternoon tried to bolt from officers questioning him, possibly because of the gun with the safety turned off that he was packing.

According to a police report, officers spotted Hamilton Rodriguez of Chelsea jumping over a cone at a broken fare gate around 1:20 p.m., which would have gotten him a citation.

Instead, as officers were talking to him, he tried to run away:

A man in the process of being removed from an MBTA bus for threatening to kill the driver and his family at Andrew station yesterday evening took all his clothes off and offered passersby a whack at his genitals, according to an MBTA Transit Police report.

[Duane] Brennan began taking off his clothes while shouting "you wanna break my balls?" Brennan removed his sneakers and socks, then his t-shirt and shorts. Brennan then removed his underwear. Brennan stood in front of Andrew Station, completely naked, in the presence of numerous passerby, and shouted "You wanna break my balls, here they are." At this time, I informed Brennan that he was under arrest. Before placing Brennan in handcuffs, I ordered him several times to put his shorts back on first. Brennan refused. I placed Brennan in handcuffs. A search of his person was not necessary.

Brennan, who listed the Pine Street Inn as his address and who had been on a Route 10 bus when he allegedly became agitated, was charged with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and threats to commit a crime.

Brennan was held in lieu of $1,000 bail following his arraignment in South Boston today and ordered to stay away from Andrew pending the outcome of his case, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Innocent, etc.

The MBTA reports police officers interrupted a possible drug sale at Andrew station on the Red Line yesterday morning.

According to a police report, MBTA and Boston officers in the station noticed Stephen Brennion, 31, a man known to them, sitting on the outbound platform with another guy shortly before noon yesterday:

Officer Kluziak observed Brennion remove a round case containing pills. The unidentified male noticed Officer Kluziak and said, "he's a cop." Brennion put the top back on the container and went to put it back in his pocket.

Too late: Busted. Police say they found six clonazepam pills, five clonidine pills in the case and a bunch of phenobarbital pills in his backpack, along with a five-inch-long "Bowie-style dagger" and a silver security-guard badge. Brennion was charged with possession of Class E drugs and a dangerous weapon.

Innocent, etc.

MBTA Transit Police report arresting a man wanted for a probation violation for armed robbery and home invasion at the Andrew stop on the Red Line this morning.

Police say Samuel Nelson, 23, formerly of Dorchester, was letting a woman companion "piggyback" with him after he tapped his CharlieCard at the fare gate around 10:30 a.m. - as plainclothes officers were patrolling the fare area. In a report, one of the officers writes:

The hawk that spent a week trapped inside the Andrew stop on the Red Line is scheduled to be released into the wild today, the Wildlife Clinic at Tufts's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine reports.

A team of faculty, intern and staff veterinarians and fourth-year veterinary students examined the bird shortly after it was brought to Tufts Monday by the Animal Rescue League of Boston, and radiographs were taken on Tuesday. The bird suffered no broken bones and was treated for a minor abrasion on its wing.

"The Cooper's Hawk was brought to us in shock and dehydrated from living in the MBTA station, but was otherwise healthy," said Dr. Florina Tseng, DVM, director of the Tufts Wildlife Clinic. "So often we see birds of prey that are far worse off."

After more than a week trapped inside the Andrew T stop, a red-tailed hawk was successfully captured with the help of a professional bird-catching company, according to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, which tweets:

The hawk from the MBTA station has some head & eye trauma, but is in relatively good condition. It is being kept comfortable. X-rays pending.

Channel 5 reports the hawk trapped inside the Andrew station on the Red Line has been there for a week now. The Animal Rescue League tried again, for the second day, to free it, without success.

The Animal Rescue League is on scene, trying to unwrap a hawk trapped in some netting at the station.

Those pesky switches. A kaput'ed switch at Andrew this morning meant massive delays along the Red Line. Chris McCarthy tweeted around 8:45:

Train hasn't moved in 20 min. To top it off a passenger in my cab just passed out. Oh, Monday.

The scene at Davis Square.

Good to know that, if people see you unconscious on the tracks at Andrew Station, and the Red Line is approaching, they'll jump down to help.

Yes, it's true! Ana Salwa talks to Mrs. Longfellow at the Andrew Square T stop.