Officials: Trolley driver paid man $2K to attack him on job

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts trolley driver paid a man in a Halloween mask $2,000 to attack him on the job so the driver could fraudulently collect workers' compensation and disability insurance.

A Suffolk County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Trolley Operator Thomas Lucey on charges of insurance fraud, workers' compensation fraud, misleading a police investigation and perjury.

Prosecutors say Lucey reported the man pulled him out of a trolley shortly after midnight on Oct. 30, 2016, and punched him repeatedly. The attacker wore a "Michael Myers" Halloween mask and carried a plastic pumpkin.

Authorities lifted fingerprints from the pumpkin left behind at the scene to find the man, who said Lucey paid him for the phony attack.

An attorney for Lucey couldn't immediately be reached Thursday.