"Investigators say that on Sept. 18, transit police responded to the agency's IT department at Park Plaza after 40 Cisco network modules - which help carry data and are valued at approximately $3,069 each - were reported missing. According to Hayden, an investigator traced the stolen equipment to Batista-Sales after searching eBay listings for the missing modules. That search led to an account under the username "marcbatist27," which investigators say sold 51 Cisco network modules."
"Transit police subsequently arrested Batista-Sales, who had been employed as a cleaner and had access to secure areas inside MBTA headquarters, Hayden said. "This is a major theft from a public agency dedicated to moving nearly one million people each day around the metro Boston area, so it's really a theft from all of us," Hayden said in a statement. "I thank the MBTA investigators for their work in identifying a person to answer for this offense.""
Marcelo Batista-Sales, 39, of Lynn, was arraigned Nov. 24 in Boston Municipal Court on a larceny-over-$1,200 charge. A judge set bail at $2,000 and ordered him to stay away from MBTA headquarters. Transit police responded Sept. 18 after 40 Cisco network modules, each valued at approximately $3,069, were reported missing from the agency's IT department. Investigators traced the stolen equipment through eBay listings to an account under username "marcbatist27," which sold 51 Cisco modules. Batista-Sales, a former MBTA cleaner with access to secure areas, was arrested. He is scheduled to return to court Jan. 22 for a pretrial hearing.
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