Friday, January 17, 2014

South Boston man Arrested after FE.Wanted for Robbery

Luis Torres
On January 16, 2014 at approximately 6:11 pm Transit Police officers working in Area1 were conducting Point of Entry Policing at Downtown Crossing Station. While there they observed a male, later identified as Luis Torres, 23 of South Boston, fare evade by "Piggybacking" in behind a paying customer. Officers approached Torres for the purpose of issuing a citation and subsequently discovered there was an arrest warrant in existence for Torres'  issued out of Middlesex Superior Court for Armed Robbery while being Masked. Torres was placed into custody and transported to Transit Police HQ for the arrest booking process. Additionally, Torres was issued a citation for fare evasion.

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