(BOSTON) JUNE 21 – THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAYS IT LOSES ABOUT 42-MILLION A YEAR IN FARE EVADING, BUT THANKS TO ONE RELIGIOUSLY REFORMED FARE BEATER A LITTLE OF THAT HAS COME BACK.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE.
BOSTON’S TRANSIT AUTHORITY IN A STATEMENT SAYING THEY’RE HOPING ANDREWS’S ACTION REINFORCES THE MESSAGE THAT WHEN SOMEONE DODGES A FARE IT’S NOT FAIR TO OTHERS.
***
31 YEAR-OLD MATTHEW ANDREWES SAYS HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG.
***
ANDREWES SAYS IT WAS KIND OF LIKE HE WAS TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER.
***
ANDREWES SAYS SPENDING FOUR AN A HALF YEARS IN JAPAN WHERE HE TAUGHT ENGLISH AND RUBBED SHOULDERS WITH JAPANESE CULTURE MAY HAVE ALSO INFLUENCED HIS ACTIONS.