Man arrested following alleged assault in Public Garden Monday

The Boston Public Garden.

By Charlie McKenna
September 29, 2020

Boston police arrested a man Tuesday for allegedly attempting to rape a woman in the Boston Public Garden Monday morning.

Police took Luan Maxwell, 30, into custody on Kneeland St. following a foot pursuit after officers identified him walking on Boylston St, according to a press release on bpd.com. Maxwell will be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on a charge of assault with intent to rape.

A woman reported the assault to BPD Monday. She said a man placed his hand over her mouth and attempted to remove an article of her clothing as she was walking through the garden. Officers responded to the incident around 6 a.m. Monday.

The individual made “sexually explicit threats and attempted to remove an article of clothing on the victim,” police wrote. “The victim was able to free herself from the suspect’s grasp and flee to safety.”

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Charlie McKenna

Charlie McKenna graduated in 2022. He is from Los Angeles, CA and served as The Beacon's Editor-in-Chief during the Fall 2021 semester, overseeing all of the paper's print and digital content in addition to daily operations. He has contributed to The Beacon since the Fall 2019 semester and previously served as a Content Managing Editor, the Deputy Express Editor, and the SGA correspondent. McKenna's work has appeared in The Boston Globe and in his...

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