Teenagers Charged After Attacking Cab Driver With Hammer: Police

BOSTON — Three teenagers from Boston are facing charges after police say they attacked an off-duty cab driver with a hammer and broke the windows of an MBTA Red Line train.

Police responded to a report of vandalism around 10:45 p.m. at the JFK-UMass station in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. Once there, officers learned from witnesses that a group of teens at the Ashmont platform kicked through and broke the windows of a Red Line train.

After breaking the windows, witnesses told police the teens approached a 53-year-old off-duty cab driver and demanded a ride. When the man told the teens he wasn't working, the group attacked the man, spitting on him and attacking him with a hammer and glass bottle, police said.

According to police, witnesses attempted to point the group out to officers, but the teens took off. Officers were able to grab them and take them into custody. Two teens, a 14-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl were charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, a glass bottle, and a hammer. A 13-year-old will be summoned for spitting on the cab driver.

None of the teenagers' identities could be revealed because of their ages.

Officers say additional charges will be brought against the teens for the destruction of the train windows.