The MBTA says this man is wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting high school girls on the Green Line. WBZ
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
The MBTA is looking for help finding a man wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting high school girls on the Green Line.
Police say there have been four attacks dating back to the last school year. Each incident happened between the Government Center station and the Brigham Circle stop on the E line. The man has allegedly groped the teens or exposed himself.
The unidentified man is white 5'6" to 5'8", in his fifties, thin build, white hair, wearing a long beige coat, beige dress shirt, beige pants or blue jeans and sneakers.
Investigators had been working on just a description of him until recently, when one of the victims recognized him on a train and snapped his picture with a cell phone camera.
Police released that photo Thursday hoping to generate leads in their investigation.
Authorities say in every case he was wearing sunglasses and carrying a newspaper or briefcase.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the T Police at 617-222-1064 or 617-222-1050.
An outpouring of tips helped, but in the end it was the alleged Green Line molester’s own phone call that led to his arrest, police said.
Less than 24 hours after his picture was shown in local media, MBTA cops arrested Jeffrey N. Berman, 60, of Newton yesterday after he called and admitted to police that he was the man caught on camera by a fed-up teen he allegedly groped more than once at a T stop near the girl’s school, police said.
“He called us today and agreed to meet with us,” said Transit police Chief Paul MacMillan. “He said that he was the person in the paper and he wanted to talk to us.”
MacMillan said that after a conversation with MBTA detectives Berman was handcuffed. He is being held on 25,000 cash bail and faces a charge of indecent assault and battery and open and gross lewdness.
MacMillan said that even if Berman had not called, the public had given police plenty of leads, with tips pouring into dispatchers. “We couldn’t have done this without the public’s help,” MacMillan said. “The phone calls started coming in yesterday morning.”
Berman is alleged to have groped multiple victims and on at least one occasion exposed himself and masturbated in front of sickened teen girls. MacMillan praised the brave camera work of the plucky teen whose snapshot led to Berman’s arrest. Without it, the chief said, the job would have been much more difficult for detectives.
“Obviously we, from time to time, have plainclothes officers on the trolley, but that’s a very difficult job to do,” MacMillan said.
“The fact that this girl had the wherewithal to snap a picture to identify him was invaluable.”
Police are asking any other women who may have been victimized by Berman to contact them at 617-212-1212.
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