



“We want the public to know their concerns aren’t falling on deaf ears,” McGuire said. McGuire said the arrests are part of the department’s focus on issues regarding quality of life that Boston residents have communicated to them. Police said there is an ongoing investigation to determine whether Cullen was involved with graffiti on the Longfellow Bridge, which reopened in late May after five years of reconstruction at an estimated cost of $300 million. O’Keefe is being charged on six counts of felony tagging/graffiti.Ĭullen, 22, was arrested Monday evening by Boston police near the Boston University Bridge on two counts of felony tagging/graffiti. O’Keefe, 19, was arrested Tuesday by Boston police on Tremont Street after officers observed him drawing the tag sign “SOPEX” on multiple mailboxes, according to a police report. Meadowcroft has showed a “complete and utter disregard for people’s property,” said Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan. Meadowcroft was arrested in March 2015, pleaded guilty, and agreed to stop vandalizing MTBA property to avoid jail time, police said.īut in 2016, Meadowcroft was allegedly caught on camera spraying graffiti on property in the Green Street Station, according to a posting on the Transit Police’s website. In January 2014, Meadowcroft vandalized two vintage trolleys on display at the Boylston Street Station. MBTA Transit Police said they have been aware of Meadowcroft’s “serial graffiti” activity for the past few years. Meadowcroft has four outstanding warrants for vandalism and disorderly conduct, according to police. Meadowcroft, 22, was arrested in East Boston by Boston police about 10 days after video cameras caught him allegedly drawing his tag sign “CIGA” on a door at the MBTA’s Forest Hills Station.
