Somerville Resident, 4 Others, Indicted for Attacking a Disabled Man at a T Station

The suspects allegedly attacked a man with schizoaffective disorder, and two of the suspects are accused of striking the man with a belt and a traffic cone.

A Suffolk County Grand Jury indicted a Somerville resident and four others on charges of beating a mentally disabled man on an Orange Line platform at Downtown Crossing in August. Two of the suspects allegedly hit the man repeatedly with a belt and a traffic cone, according to an announcement from Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office The grand jury made its decision last week, the DA's office announced Monday. Karen Marie Akiba, 22, of Somerville, Ivan P. Bacai, 23, of Malden, Maryanne Hamilton, 28, of Jamaica Plain, Germail Johnson, 28, of Dorchester, and Byron H. Lashus, 32, of Watertown all face charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon—a shod foot—and assault and battery on a disabled person causing …

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