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Woman raped on path along the Charles in Newton

By adamg on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 8:23am

Village 14 reports on the incident last week.

Neighborhoods: 
Newton
Topics: 
Crime


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By Cranky on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 9:40am.

I've gone running along that very path many times. Always thought it was safe during the day...

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By EM Painter on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 1:40pm.

The path is a cultural mix of ladies from Newton in yoga pants and young men from Moody St in Waltham. You wonder why women run in traffic on the Charles.

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By MattCDux on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 1:48pm.

Yoga pants turns men into rapists? WTF are you talking about. And Moody Street is at least a mile away.

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By EM Painter on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:51pm.

and I'm blaming the victim

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By downtown-anon on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 9:41am.

As awful as this is for the victim, the article is interesting in that it gives a hint why nothing has been reported.

Glad they caught the perpetrator.

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By anon on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:28am.

go un-reported, or only get a passing, minor mention.

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By downtown-anon on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:58am.

This is a very public area that many people pass through. If this was the Esplanade there would be a lot of media coverage.

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By anon on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:47am.

I was cycling home from work and passed through this specific part of the trail while the search was happening. I saw two unmarked vehicles on the trail, then when I made it to the other end there were two more cruisers. As I kept riding, four more cops came screaming down the road with their sirens on. I inquired about it on Reddit and apparently neighbors in Newton had been told it was a fight between two homeless men. I thought that the police response was a bit extreme for that. The trail has been noticeably more sketchy this year. I pass several homeless people sleeping on the benches each day. Hopefully they can clean it up.

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By anon on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 1:54pm.

More fallout from the closure of Long Island and the metro region's longstanding practice of exiling undesirables to Boston for social services instead of taking care of their own.

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By downtown-anon on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 5:04pm.

From Village 14

http://village14.com/newton-ma/2015/10/charles-river-patrols-increased-d...

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By Boston_Bloke on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 8:19pm.

Why was bail set at only $2500?

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