The Transit Police Department reports arresting a Dorchester man on charges he attacked other passengers on a train between Ashmont and JFK/UMass on Wednesday afternoon.
Police say officers who met an inbound Red Line train at JFK around 3:30 p.m. were told by riders who reported:
A male, later identified as Eugene Wright, 42, of Dorchester was threatening and then ultimately physically assaulting other passengers by striking them with closed fists, kicking them and throwing a metal bottle. The attack was unprovoked.
Police say passengers then pointed out Wright, now standing on the opposite platform.
Wright was arrested and charged with two different types of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – shod foot and bottle – assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Police add that Wright already had a warrant out for his arrest from Boston Municipal Court for assault and battery for another incident.
