A Boston woman is facing charges in connection with pushing a 61-year-old woman onto the Green Line train tracks at North Station last week, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
Nyleamah Tinnell Kinsey, 50, pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person over 60 and disorderly conduct during her arraignment in Boston Municipal Court – Central on Monday, according to court records. The judge ordered Kinsey held on $15,000 cash bail and issued conditions for her release, including that she stay away from the victim and North Station.
The assault happened on Dec. 4 around 1 p.m. and left the 61-year-old woman with “numerous injuries,” the district attorney’s office said in a press release. Witnesses managed to pull the woman off the tracks before a train came through.
“It isn’t difficult to imagine the fear this victim must have felt after such a shocking assault. I thank the good people who helped her, and I wish her a speedy recovery from her injuries,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in the release.
MBTA Transit Police identified Kinsey as a suspect and arrested her after reviewing video of the assault, the district attorney’s office said. She is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on Jan. 5.
No further information about the assault has been released.
