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ByMariaCramer

GLOBE STAFF

The jury in the federal trial of two

City Hall aides accused of extorting

the founders of the Boston Calling

musicfestival begandeliberations

Tuesday after a two-weektrialthat

put a spotlighton the behind-the-

scenes maneuvers of Mayor Martin J.

Walsh’s administration.

Four menand eightwomen will

decide whether Kenneth Brissette,

the city’s director of tourism, and

Timothy Sullivan, chief of intergov-

ernmental affairs,illegallypressured

Crash LineProductionsinto hiring

ninemembers of a stagehands union

to please Walsh, a former union lead-

er with close ties to organized labor.

Defense lawyers arguedBrissette

and Sullivan weresimplytryingto

avoid an embarrassing union picket

at the September 2014festival, and

US District Court Judge Leo T. So-

rokin gave the jury instructionsthat

legal specialists said sets a high bar

for a guilty verdict.

Sorokin told jurors Tuesday they

must concludethat Brissette and Sul-

livan usedthe company’s fear of eco-

nomic harm to obtain the unionjobs,

that it was wrongto do so, that they

“knowinglyand willfully obtained”

the benefits of the jobs, and that their

actions affected the company’s ability

to sell tickets or satisfy its investors.

“Seekingto obtain real work for

qualifiedpeople is not a wrongful

purpose, even if the work was un-

wanted or unneededby the employ-

er,” Sorokin said. “It is not a wrongful

purpose... for a publicofficialto as-

sist or favor his constituents or politi-

cal supporters, or to act in the hopes

of securing future political support.”

Ben Goldberger, a formerSuffolk

County prosecutor and attorney who

has followedthe case, said Sorokin’s

instructions could prove pivotal.

“To say that government officials

TRIAL,PageB

Boston

Calling

case goes

to jury

Defensesays pair

weretryingto avoid

uniondemonstration

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his is what rapid transitshould be: a 20-minute ride during

the morning rush,six miles and eight stops from Alewife to

downtown Boston.

By the end, the train is uncomfortably crowded, but

moving briskly between stations without interruption.

But the other end of the line is often a different story.

Braintree and Ashmont riders don’t know from one day to

the next, or even from hour to hour, whether the commute

will be quickand uneventful, or a long ordeal with lengthy

stops alongthe way.

Passengers often receive no indication of how long the wait will last and

don’t know how late they will be for work.

The June 11 derailment of a Red Line train that severelydamaged signaling

equipment has effectively separated the T’s most heavily traveled subway line

into two different worlds: The Alewife side has run relatively on time, while the

southernside fluctuates maddeningly.

“This is either going to be a 35-minute ride or an hour-and-a-half ride,” Jere-

my Korb said of his expectation boarding in Braintree every day. “Let’s see what

dice we’re rolling today.”

On a single day in late July, the Globe followed Korb and several otherriders

on all three branches of the Red Line to compare their morning commutes. The

trip from Braintree to Downtown Crossing that Thursday morning was some-

where between nightmareand normal: 47 mostly unremarkable minutes.

That’s still quitea bit longer than the usual commute before the derailment,

but not nearly as bad as the hour-plus ordeals many Braintree riders say they

have endured in recentweeks.

REDLINE, PageB

A RED LINE

ROLL OF

THE DICE

ByShelley Murphy

GLOBESTAFF

and Lauren Fox

GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

A Northeastern University student

was studying alone in an empty class-

roomlast month whena man tooka

seat nearby, mumbling to himself.

When she got up to leave, he allegedly

pushed her against a wall,exposedhis

genitals, and triedto rape her.

She shovedhim backand managed

to escapedowna hallway, screaming

for help,whileher attacker fled on the

MBTA’s Orange Line.Minuteslater, he

allegedly exposedhimselfto another

woman on a train at Forest Hills Sta-

tion, police say.

The terrified passenger alerted au-

thorities, but the man slippedaway.

It wasn’t the first time.

Police caughtup withKennedyD.

Colson Jr., a 29-year-oldLevel 3 sex of-

fender, two days later in JamaicaPlain

and charged him with bothcrimes.

But a review of Colson’s long criminal

history revealsnot only a frightening

pattern of sexualassaultsin public

places, but also the systemic challeng-

es authorities face in keepingsex of-

fendersoff the street.

Colsonwas releasedfrom jail in

May after serving 18 months for sexu-

COLSON,PageB

Suspect

has history

of indecent

assaults

STORY BY KELLEN BROWNING, ALISON KUZNITZ,

DIAMONDNAGA SIU|GLOBE CORRESPONDENTS

DATA ANALYSIS BY SAURABH DATAR|GLOBE STAFF

Quincy Adamsto

Downtown Crossing

(Braintreeline)

Davisto

Downtown Crossing

(Alewife line)

Shawmutto

Downtown Crossing

(Ashmontline)

Downtown Crossing

toShawmut

(Ashmontline)

Downtown Crossing

toDavis

(Alewife line)

Downtown Crossingto

Quincy Adams

(Braintreeline)

40 minutes

40 minutes

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20

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40 minutes

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Derailment Derailment

SAURABH DATAR/GLOBE STAFF

Rushhour?

2019 2019

2019 2019

SOURCE: MBTA. There is no travel time data on days whenMBTA ran shuttle

buses. Times are also missing for some daily trips because of issues with track

circuits and data processing.

Average daily trip time duringpeak hours (6 to 10 a.m. and 3

to 7 p.m.) on the Red Line

MORNINGPEAK EVENINGPEAK

Weekend

NIC ANTAYAFORTHEBOSTON GLOBE

PassengersrodeontheMBTA Red LinefromAshmontStationduringmorningrushhourin BostononJuly 25.

ByMartin Finucane
GLOBE STAFF
andDiamond NagaSiu
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
CAMBRIDGE — A Philadel-
phiamanwanted for allegedly
murdering his father overthe
weekend was arrested in a shop-
ping mall in bustlingHarvard
Square on Tuesday afternoon,
followinga tensesearch by heav-
ily armed policeofficers.
SohanPanjrolia,31, a gradu-
ate of Harvard University Exten-
sion School, was taken into cus-
todywithoutincident near the
Ben and Jerry’s ice creamshop
inside The Garage mallbuilding
on John F. Kennedy Street, Cam-
bridge policesaid.
He is due to be arraigned

Wednesday in Cambridge Dis-

trict Court on a charge of beinga

fugitivefromjustice,Police

CommissionerBranville G. Bard

said at a news conference.

The US Marshal’s Service no-

tifiedpolicelate Monday night

and again early Tuesday that

Panjroliamightbe in the area,

Bard said. A Harvard University

police officer on Tuesday located

a rented Toyota Camry that Pan-

jrolia was believed to be driving

in a Harvard Square garage.

“Within minutes” the suspect,

who was unarmed, was taken in-

to custody at the mallup the

street, police said.

“It appeared he wasn’t ex-

pecting to be engaged by police,”

Bardsaid.

Noting that police had been

advisedPanjroliamight be

armedwithan assaultrifle, Bard

PANJROLIA,PageB

Philadelphia murder suspect arrested in Cambridge

Man wanted in

shooting of father

MARK GARFINKEL/NBC10 BOSTON

SohanPanjrolia(center)wasapprehendedwithoutincidentby Cambridge

policeTuesday afternoonnearHarvardSquareaftera tensesearch.