Overview
- Brookline police arrested Seitu J. Morel, 32, on Friday morning and said they are processing him on local charges including unarmed robbery, assault and battery, kidnapping, threats to commit a crime, and trespassing.
- Boston police had obtained arrest warrants accusing Morel of attacking a middle school student during Wednesday dismissal near 226 Causeway St. and pushing a student-teacher who tried to intervene.
- The juvenile was taken to a hospital for evaluation, and police say surveillance video shows the assailant acting without apparent provocation and then walking away.
- Investigators also allege Morel entered a nearby charter bus and grabbed a passenger’s bag, contributing to a larceny charge in the Boston case.
- Officials say Morel is also wanted in a Feb. 25 assault and unarmed robbery in Brighton, and earlier community alerts urged the public not to approach him and to report tips.