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Two charged for stomping at Downtown Crossing T stop
By adamg on Tue, 08/28/2012 - 10:08am
Lashus (l) and Akiba.UPDATE: Third suspect arrested.
MBTA Transit Police report arresting two of four people they say ended an argument early Morning on an Orange Line platform at Downtown Crossing by beating and kicking their solitary opponent.
Karen Akiba, 22 of Cambridge, and Bryon Lashus, 32 of Watertown, will be arraigned today in Boston Municipal Court on charges of assault and battery on a disabled person and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon following their arrests for an incident around 12:30 a.m. on the southbound Orange Line platform.
Police say the victim got into an argument with a woman and that her three companions attacked him, leaving him with "lacerations and swelling to his facial and torso areas."
Police add they continue to hunt additional suspects.
Innocent, etc.
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Nice work police
Truly respect and admire your hard work.
Sad part is that our "justice" system will fail us and these 2 will likely return to society like the rest of the criminals our courts will let slide.
I was assaulted with a dangerous weapon this weekend. Found out that the thug that hit me is being held on $500 bail. Are you kidding?!? $500 is nothing and will allow these scum to return to the streets to become repeat offenders.
And, at the same time Deval will begrudgingly (and privately) sign a repeat offender bill only if it gives judges leeway on habitual offenders. His reasoning? It will only keep an average of 8 repeat violent offenders per year off the streets. I dont know about you, but I'd be happy keeping any repeat offender off the streets.
Our governor is a joke amongst our state, our nation, and even within his own party - out of touch with what law-abiding citizens want and demand.
Depends
Most states repeat offender and three strike laws don't discriminate on crimes. So you end up filling prisons up with drug abusers, the homeless and really minor law breakers. Where they then get a grade A education on the streets.
Blame the war on drugs, and the war on the poor.
More focus needs to be put on violent offenders and criminals; while we need to hit them where it hurts, their wallet. Decriminalize most and legalize some drugs, and kill the black market they rely on for money.
Taking one dope dealing thug off the street just constricts demand and makes prices more lucrative for everyone else. Which fuels more crime. Bigger the risk, bigger the reward.
See earlier Uhub story about
See earlier Uhub story about guy stealing Oxycodene a drug that is legal to possess. Most painkillers although legalized still cause alot of crime. The issue is that although these drugs are legal but are not readily obtainable. You need a prescription. My point is that legalizing drugs is only a first step; a second step is that they need to be readily obtainable and even that isn't enough to stop crime. They need to be cheap.
People aren't holding up CVS's
to fill a habit. They're holding up CVS's because black market Oxycodene and other morphine derivatives can be resold for $20-40 a pill.
Again, it comes down to the black market and not so legal middle men.
And we're never going to get crime to zero. Cost to do so increase exponentially, or diminishing returns. Oxycodene hold ups happen, but not too often, comparatively to gangs fighting over crack, heroin and cocaine.
No no no no no.
People don't hold up cvs stores to resell the pills. 99.99% of the cvs holdups are from junkies who need a quick fix and a supply. Same for about 75% of bank robbers.
Wait, so
Bank robbers are just going to keep the money to themselves and not pass it on to others? How does it work again?
don't use numbers
I agree with you that in many cases and I would guess a majority of cases, crimes like robbing a CVS or a quick one-person robbery of a bank are committed by individuals with addiction problems (and that may include problem gamblers robbing banks). But to start throwing around percentages without any real facts to back it up is not kosher. Numbers mean something, or at least they should. If you don't have actual data, use your words.
Heroin is cheap and readily
Heroin is cheap and readily available. Did that solve any problems for anyone? I don't think so. Think about it.
It does not depend
We are talking about a bill in this state that would lock up repeat violent offenders - not run of the mill drug dealers and low-lifes. That is the bill that Deval didn't want to sign.
In fact, it is believed that he will propose an amendment in the next legislative session to enact his "give judges discretion for violent offenders" provision. What exactly is there to consider?!?!
The audacity of our governor is almost unfathomable.
Not Really True
"So you end up filling prisons up with drug abusers, the homeless and really minor law breakers."
I don't know about other states, but this isn't true in MA. You don't go to prison in MA unless you've committed at least a dozen violent offenses already OR are selling large amounts of drugs and don't want to make a deal. Low-level drug users get locked up over night, they don't go to prison or even jail. Same with the homeless, if they get arrested for some petty thing.
I agree that we should concentrate on violent criminals but you've never been inside a prison if you think Cedar Junction is full of drug abusers and people arrested for being homeless.
Ehhhh...
Low level drug dealers? You mean class D, small quantity offenders? Yes theyyyy go to jail overnight. However our prison system is populated with nonviolent drug dealers. And a "small" smount of a class B can get you 5-10 years in MA. You are better off being a hired hitman since murderers are beating cases everday and violent offenders as well.
Look at that recent murder victim in Roslindale... Accused of killing like 4-5 people but hes out here walking scott free. So I do agree with the above that the law is a little lop-sided. We need stricter punishments on gun charges. The war on drugs is a conplete failure. I seen that quoted by a police vet recently for tge same reasons named. Upper level dealers being replaced by 5 violent ones fighting for market share.
The war on the poor was a good one. My brow raised. Lol.
No no no no again.
Most "non violent" drug dealers doing serious jail time have already committed dozens of other violent crimes before getting caught fot that "non violent" arrest.. There aren't many people in our prison system doing time for one time " non violent " drug offenses.
Oh sh** i went to high school
Oh sh** i went to high school with the chick
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
Instead of "see something say something". Passengers should be humming 'Silence is Golden'.Excellent work by the Transit Police they probably could have arrested the other two but couldn't fit them into their police cars. No wonder the orange line trains stall all the time trying to carry these two ton tessies.
Lashus? Is that the suggested
Lashus? Is that the suggested sentence?
Bail for one, personal recognizance for the other
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports:
Stomping on a disabled
Stomping on a disabled guy...yeah, real bad-asses. I wish the local media would retire the word 'thug' and replace it with 'cowardly, childish moron'.
Update: Third suspect arrested - in court
Police say Hamilton made it easy on them - she showed up in Boston Municipal Court today for the arraignments of Lashus and Akiba and was spotted in the hallway by two police detectives.
Innocent, etc