Nov 6, 2009 12:03 pm US/Eastern
T Groping Suspect Linked To Several Attacks
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
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Hugo Hernandez
Suffolk County D.A./WBZ
A man charged with groping four women in the last six months on the T was ordered held on $8,000 bail Friday.
22-year-old Hugo Hernandez of Everett was arrested Wednesday night at the Sullivan Square station.
He was arraigned Friday morning in Boston Municipal Court on four counts of indecent assault and battery.
Judge Michael Coyne also ordered Hernandez to stay away from all MBTA stations, if he posts bail.
Prosecutors say Hernandez groped two women in separate incidents on an Orange Line train on April 28.
One of them used
her cell phone camera to take a picture of the man and gave it to police.
A third woman reported a similar incident on the evening of September 10 while traveling southbound on the Red Line.
The fourth groping happened on the evening of October 19 while a woman rode a train northbound on the Orange Line.
All four women provided similar descriptions of the man, who was later identified as Hernandez.
He's due back in court December 3.
In the past 18 months, T Police have stepped up their crackdown on gropers.
So far, they've had nearly 100 reports of riders being assaulted.
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