BOSTON (WHDH) - A Boston woman is facing assault and battery charges after she allegedly attacked the rideshare operator of the vehicle she was in, officials said.
A Transit Police officer heard a woman screaming for help while stopped at Melnea Cass Boulevard and Southampton Street in Roxbury around 11:45 p.m., officials said. When a car pulled up next to the officer he allegedly saw the passenger in the back seat attacking the driver, who was screaming for help, police said.
The officer arrested Charlotte Beasley, 62, of Boston. The victim, a 37-year-old woman, told the officer she is a rideshare driver who was sent to pick up Beasley and said Beasley began to attack her unprovoked.
No further information was immediately available.
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