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Registered Sex Offender Charged in T Assault

Gilbert Farley. MBTA Transit Police

The MBTA Transit Police believe a registered sex offender indecently assaulted a woman at Harvard Square station in March. On Friday, officers arrested Gilbert Farley, 57, of Boston and charged him with indecent assault and battery. The arrest came on the heels of a month-long investigation, according to a statement released on the Transit Police blog.

Police said the incident occurred March 27 as a woman exited a Red Line train at Harvard Square:

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Transit police said Farley is registered as a level 3 sex offender. According to a flyer on the Executive Office of Public Safety website, Farley was convicted of rape and abuse of a child in 1996.

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