BOSTON, March 11, 2015— A Revere man was arraigned today for vandalizing a vintage trolley and other MBTA property across Downtown Boston, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

MARC MEADOWCROFT (D.O.B. 2/26/96) was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court today on 12 counts of defacing property in connection with seven separate incidents at several MBTA stations.  Assistant District Attorney Eric Anderson requested that bail be set at $200 on each of seven dockets – a total of $1,400 – and that Meadowcroft wear a GPS monitor and stay away from all MBTA property in the event he is released on bail.  Anderson also moved to revoke Meadowcroft’s open bail on a 2014 case out of the same court charging assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest after Meadowcroft failed to appear yesterday for a scheduled court date in that case.  Judge Catherine Byrne released Meadowcroft on his own recognizance with orders that he stay away from MBTA property but declined to revoke his open bail.

Anderson also told the court that Meadowcroft has open cases in Dorchester Municipal Court charging tagging property and in Brighton Municipal Court charging three counts of vandalizing property.

Anderson told the court that Transit Police responded to Boylston MBTA station on the morning of Jan. 14, 2014, to find extensive graffiti damage to two 1950s trolleys on display in the station and the odor of fresh paint still present.  Among the graffiti was the tag name “CIGA,” prosecutors said.  The same tag name was subsequently located at State Street station on Nov. 20 and again on Dec. 1, at South Station on Dec. 25, Chinatown station on Jan. 3 and Feb. 25, and in and around the Back Bay station on Feb. 12.  Several incidents were captured on surveillance cameras within the stations.

Assisted by Boston University Police, who were also seeking the person using the tag name “CIGA” for damage on BU property, Transit Police were able to identify the individual as Meadowcroft, prosecutors said.

During the course of their investigation, Transit Police spoke with Amtrak Police regarding Meadowcroft’s arrest at South Station on Dec. 29 after he allegedly became assaultive and disorderly toward an Amtrak inspector after he and a companion refused to pay their fare.  The inspector identified the individual captured in surveillance images defacing property as the same person he arrested at South Station.

Meadowcroft was taken into custody at his home yesterday afternoon on a default warrant after he failed to appear in court on the pending assault case.

Meadowcroft was represented by Mark Perkins.  He returns to court June 4.

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