BOSTON (WHDH) - Transit police have arrested a South Boston woman accused of spitting on and assaulting a disabled person at the MBTA’s Harvard Square Station last week.

Just days after releasing photos of a person of interest in connection with the July 31 attack, police arrested Joanna Drafahl, 20, on a charge of assault and battery on a disabled person.

Her arraignment information was not immediately available.

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