Transit Police arrest fare evader — and discover wanted man
Transit Police thought the man they caught trying to sneak onto the Red Line at Central Square in Cambridge was just another fare evader.
But once they looked into the background of Christopher Coates, they found something more than a man unwilling to pay his share of the MBTA’s operating costs.
Coates, they discovered, has been on the run from criminal charges in four different district courts — Boston, Lynn, Malden, and Cambridge — with the oldest case dating back to 2006.
Coates, according to Transit Police, faces charges of operating without a license in Boston; assault and battery, resisting arrest, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, driving after suspension, trespassing, and possession of Class C drugs, in Lynn; threatening to commit a crime in Malden; and possession of Class C and possession of Class E drugs in Cambridge.
Coates, 27, who lists Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge as his home address, was arrested and is expected to appear in one of the courts today.
He was also issued a citation for fare evasion — a $15 civil fine.
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