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Accused sex offender charged with tearing apart Red Line train seats

Accused sex offender charged with tearing apart Red Line train seats
Accused sex offender charged with tearing apart Red Line train seats 00:21

BOSTON – MBTA Transit Police arrested an accused sex offender Sunday night after he allegedly tore up several seats on a Red Line car.

Officers took the 64-year-old Middleboro man into custody, saying he ripped the backs off several seats and kicked the train window.

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A vandalized Red Line train after a man ripped several seat backs out. MBTA Transit Police

Transit police said there was also a warrant out for his arrest for failing to register as a sex offender. HIs name has not been released.

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