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Woman Accused of Pushing 61-Year-Old Onto MBTA Tracks Held on $15,000 Bail

Prosecutors point to MBTA surveillance footage as key evidence, with a Jan. 5 pretrial hearing scheduled.

Overview

  • Police say the 61-year-old was shoved onto the Green Line tracks at North Station on Thursday, knocked unconscious, and pulled to safety by bystanders before a trolley arrived.
  • Nyleamah T. Kinsey, 50, was arrested after investigators reviewed station video and she was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person 60 or over and disorderly conduct.
  • Court documents describe injuries that include a head laceration, a torn left rotator cuff, and temporary memory loss following hospital treatment.
  • Prosecutors say additional footage links Kinsey to a similar alleged encounter at Porter Square two days earlier.
  • The defense argues mistaken identity, citing the initial description of a male assailant, and the court ordered Kinsey not to loiter at MBTA stations if released.