Crime & Safety
Indecent Assault On Orange Line, Charlestown Man Arrested: Police
A 38-year-old Charlestown man accused of indecently assaulting a woman on an Orange Line train was arrested Wednesday, transit police said.
CHARLESTOWN, MA — Earlier this month a woman got on the Orange Line around 5:15 a.m. and on the way inbound was sexually assaulted by a man, according to police.
Police say this morning they've arrested that man, identified as Gregory Rieschick, 38, of Charlestown and charged him with indecent assault.
Police tracked the man down after Transit Police detectives conducted an investigation into the incident that happened on the inbound Orange Line train from Malden Center.
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Police found Rieschick and placed into custody Wednesday at the MBTA's Community College station.
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