An MBTA bus. (Michael Dwyer/AP)
An MBTA contract bus driver from Revere was arraigned Tuesday on charges of kidnapping, assault to rape and indecent assault and battery on a passenger.
A female rider was on board the 713 bus from Orient Heights to Winthrop on Saturday evening when the driver, Ali Ennab, 45, allegedly attacked her after she missed her stop, according to the Suffolk District Attorney s office.
The woman was the only passenger on board, but the incident was captured by the bus s surveillance system, the district attorney s office said.
Prosecutors said the victim, who does not speak English, was picked up from Orient Heights on April 24 at around 7:20 p.m. She was talking on her phone and missed her stop, then used a translator app to ask the driver to take her back to Orient Heights. Ennab began speaking to her, but he did not return to Orient Heights. Instead, he parked the bus at a stop near the beach in Winthrop.
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