Crime & Safety

Dedham Man Indicted In $450K MBTA Theft Case

Authorities allege that Stephen P. Fagerberg stole more than $450,000 from the transit agency.

DEDHAM, MA — A Dedham man accused of stealing money from MBTA boxes has been indicted.

Stephen P. Fagerberg, 55, of Dedham, was indicted Thursday by a Suffolk County Grand Jury on two counts of larceny over $1,200 in a continuous scheme, according to the Attorney General's 0ffice.

Fagerberg, at one time an automated fare technician for the MBTA, was arrested in June and and was responsible for fixing and repairing fare collection boxes on MBTA buses in South Boston. The AG's office says they began investigating Fagerberg in April 2018. Authorities say they conducted an undercover operation that included planting marked bills in fare collection boxes that Fagerberg serviced. It's allege that Fagerberg deposited the marked bills into his personal bank account via a drive-up ATM.

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The scheme allegedly netted Fagerberg over $450,000 over several months.

He will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on October 11.

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