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Accused sex offender charged with tearing apart Red Line train seats

BOSTON – MBTA Transit Police arrested an accused sex offender Sunday night after he allegedly tore up several seats on a Red Line car.

Officers took the 64-year-old Middleboro man into custody, saying he ripped the backs off several seats and kicked the train window.

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A vandalized Red Line train after a man ripped several seat backs out. MBTA Transit Police

Transit police said there was also a warrant out for his arrest for failing to register as a sex offender. HIs name has not been released.

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