“They’re not armed, they’re not law enforcement,”

[hminsky]

Of course if a woman wants a LTC to carry in Boston, she won't get one. It's nobody's responsibility to protect her, and let's make sure she goes to jail if she wants to try to protect herself.

Waltham man arrested in assault on woman on commuter train
E-mail| Print | Comments (10) 09/20/2011 4:01 PM

By Jaime Lutz, Globe Correspondent

A 47-year-old Waltham man is facing charges that he smeared blood on a woman on a commuter train and threatened to rape her.

David Carpenter was arrested at the downtown Natick commuter rail station on Sunday.

Carpenter had boarded the inbound train from Worcester at 7 p.m. at the Framingham station, said Scott Farmelant, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad.

Between the West Natick and Natick stops, train officials noticed that Carpenter’s hand was bleeding, from what appeared to be broken glass, Farmelant said.

Carpenter was also disorderly and “uneasy on his feet,” Farmelant said. Officials stopped the train at Natick at 7:19 p.m. and called EMTs and police.

While the train was stopped, Carpenter rubbed a bloody finger on a woman’s face, said Cara O’Brien, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex district attorney’s office. He demanded that the woman perform a sexual act on him, threatening to force her if she refused. When she tried to walk away, he followed her.

Responders arrived 10 minutes after commuter rail workers summoned them, Farmelant said. Upon their arrival, Carpenter threatened police and swore at them, O’Brien said.

Carpenter was arrested for allegedly threatening to commit a crime, assault and battery, accosting a person of the opposite sex, and disorderly conduct.

Carpenter was arraigned Monday and ordered held on $5,000 cash bail, O’Brien said. A judge slated a pretrial hearing for Oct. 19.

Train crews performed “exactly as trained,” Farmelant said, making sure that anyone who came into contact with Carpenter’s blood got the care and cleanup they needed.

The crew was not aware of the assault, he said, but there would have been little they could have done.

“They’re not armed, they’re not law enforcement,” he said. “They have none of that training or responsibility.”

 

[Mr Weebles]

Responders arrived 10 minutes after commuter rail workers summoned them

A lot can happen in 10 minutes.

 

[appraiser]

It had to be the Natick police, because the T police never get to a call anywhere in under 45 minutes, and if you are outside the city of Boston and they are responding, you might as well wait for Santa to come

 

[groundscrapers]

When seconds count the crew is unarmed and the cops are 10+ minutes away.

 

[not new guy]

It had to be the Natick police, because the T police never get to a call anywhere in under 45 minutes, and if you are outside the city of Boston and they are responding, you might as well wait for Santa to come

But the T police do look snappy in their full swat getups, parked out in front of the stations.

 

[Rider]

It's the reality of the Commuter Rail. I was on a morning train one time. A guy was having a heart attack and it took 45 minutes to figure out which stop could be used by EMTs to get a stretcher in. After 30 minutes at Newtonville they finally figured out that they had to get to Back Bay.

Communication on the trains are horrible at best. Honestly, 10 minutes is pretty good unless there is a policeman on board.

 

[Zappa]

Where's Bernie when you need him ????