A 26-year-old man from Dorchester was arrested Sunday after allegedly biting another passenger on the Red Line, according to transit police.

Bernadino Baran-Garcia —MBTA Transit police

Police responded to Andrew Station around 1:15 p.m. for a report of an assault. Upon their arrival, a man and woman told officers the assault had occurred while they were traveling on a Red Line train. Police said the couple reported that while they were between Fields Corner Station and Andrew, a man they did not know began verbally harassing them.

The man, later identified by police as Bernadino Baran-Garcia, then began to physically assault the 22-year-old male victim, according to police.


“The victim attempted to create distance from Baran-Garcia but was unsuccessful,” police said. “At one point Baran-Garcia grabbed hold of the victim’s arm and bit into it.”

When the 22-year-old’s girlfriend attempted to stop the assault, Baran-Carcia allegedly grabbed her hair and pulled it “sharply.”

Officers located Baran-Garcia “acting aggressively by pounding on his chest and using profanities” at the bottom of the station escalator. When they approached, officers “observed a 40 OZ can of beer protruding from his jacket pocket and the odor of alcohol about his person.”

Transit police said the 26-year-old was taken into custody but did not specify the charges brought against him.