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‘Ninja’ charged with assaulting Mass. woman

A man who claimed to be a “ninja” and sported dramatic facial markings was arrested for indecent assault and battery of a woman

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By O’Ryan Johnson
Boston Herald

BOSTON — A man who claimed to be a “ninja” and sported dramatic facial markings was arrested yesterday for indecent assault and battery of a woman at Downtown Crossing T station, police said.

Josue Estrada, 30, of Boston is expected to be arraigned today in Boston Municipal Court, police said.

Yesterday morning, Transit Police said, a woman told police she had been assaulted as she walked from the Orange Line to the Red Line. She pointed to her attacker, who was seated on a bench not far away.

When police approached Estrada and told him he was being arrested, “Estrada refused to comply with the officers’ commands and challenged them to a physical confrontation referring to himself as a ‘Ninja,’ ” police said. “Officers were able to gain control of Estrada and placed him into custody.”

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