Transit Police report arresting a man on charges he tried to steal a woman's phone out of her hands at the Tufts Medical Center stop on the Orange Line last night.
According to police, Joaquin Armaiz, 43, went up to a woman walking towards the platform around 7:40 p.m., grabbed her by the shoulders and demanded her phone:
The victim refused, the male then forcefully attempted to rip the victim's cell phone from her hands. A struggle ensued which caused the victim to fall down a set of stairs resulting in minor abrasions to her facial area. The victim was able to maintain possession of her phone. The male attacker fled the station running out onto Washington Street.
Police say an officer spotted a man matching the victim's description at Tremont and Boylston. She was brought there, IDed him and Armaiz was bundled into a Transit Police cruiser for booking on a charge of unarmed assault to rob.
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Comments
I like my phone as much as
By Anon
Fri, 05/31/2013 - 2:59pm
I like my phone as much as the next person, but I'm not about to risk injuring myself to keep it from getting stolen. This woman is lucky she didn't get hurt worse than she did.
If they're stealing phones...
By BostonUrbEx
Fri, 05/31/2013 - 3:29pm
...chances are they're doing a lot worse to other innocent people. Had she given up the phone, she may not have been able to contact police as quickly. And then who knows where this guy would be or if he'd ever have been gotten off the streets.
The More We Fight Back...
By Suldog
Fri, 05/31/2013 - 5:52pm
... the less of this crap there will be in future. In addition, the result was to get a creep off of the streets who may have done worse in future. I applaud her.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Amen...
By Wally Brown
Fri, 05/31/2013 - 6:42pm
Well said suldog
90 degrees out
By anon
Fri, 05/31/2013 - 5:01pm
It's should be an interesting weekend.
quote from It Came From Outer Space
By anon
Sat, 06/01/2013 - 10:55am
'At lower temperatures, people are easy-going, over 92, it's too hot to move, but just 92, people get irritable!'
Siouxsie
By BlackKat
Sun, 06/02/2013 - 9:25am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3QYaO59Q5A