Crime

Officers arrested three men in separate incidents spanning Monday and Tuesday, according to transit police.

In the span of just two days, MBTA Transit Police arrested three men in separate incidents involving alleged or attempted sex crimes within the transit system. 

Around 3 p.m. Monday, transit police responded to Ashmont station for a report of a man who was allegedly trying to touch women inappropriately. Officers located the 37-year-old man on the platform and learned that he had warrants out for his arrest, according to a post on X.

Transit police said the man also allegedly had cocaine on him when he was taken into custody. 

The following day at 10 p.m., officers arrested a 42-year-old Jamaica Plain man accused of indecently assaulting a woman on an Orange Line train. The man was taken into custody at Jackson Square station, transit police said. 

Later on Tuesday, transit police arrested a 64-year-old Boston man around 11 p.m. after he was allegedly caught “upskirting” a 15-year-old girl with his cellphone. “Upskirting” refers to surreptitiously photographing a person’s private areas, particularly under a skirt or dress; the practice is illegal in Massachusetts. 

Officers arrested the man at Back Bay station and seized his cellphone, according to transit police.