By Jessica Fargen
The Boston Herald
A former Boston firefighter who was caught on tape competing in a bodybuilding contest while he awaited a disability pension is in trouble again.
Albert Arroyo, 46, was arrested last night for allegedly violating a restraining order taken out by a 45-year-old woman who claimed the beefcake would not stop calling her and showed up unwanted at her house, Boston Police say.
The alleged victim told police that Arroyo, who lives in Roslindale, was lurking behind her Jamaica Plain house at about 7:50 p.m. yesterday, according to Boston Police. She called police, but Arroyo was not found on the property when officers arrived.
The woman told police she is afraid of Arroyo and has accused him of harassing her. The woman received the restraining order on Oct. 28 from West Roxbury District Court.
“(The) victim stated that suspect continuously comes to her home by car and hides behind hall door,” according to a Boston police statement. “Victim states that she is very scared of suspect.”
Arroyo, who was fired from the Boston Fire Department in August, was arrested at Faulkner Hospital last night, following the alleged violation.
He spoke to police on the phone from the hospital emergency room, according to Boston Police. It’s unclear if he called police or if officers called him.
Arroyo, who complained of an “ailment,” remains hospitalized this morning.
He is expected to be arraigned today in West Roxbury District Court.
The arrest is the latest chapter in Arroyo’s very public downfall.
In March, Arroyo claimed an unwitnessed injury at a station he wasn’t assigned to work at. Arroyo was on paid leave awaiting consideration of his disability pension application when he competed in a May bodybuilding competition. Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser then ordered Arroyo to return to work. Arroyo did not report back to work and was eventually fired.
The Boston Retirement Board rejected Arroyo’s disability pension application Aug. 4 because it was incomplete.
Arroyo made $81,000 a year as a Boston fire inspector.
Arroyo’s attorney Neil Osborne could not immediately be reached.
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