A man who had been sought by police in the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old teen last summer during a street festival near Franklin Park has been captured and charged with the murder.

In Suffolk Superior Court on Monday, Omara Shears, 44, pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder during his arraignment and was ordered held without bail. He stands accused of killing Javare Sommerville, on Aug. 28
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’s office said Sommerville was watching a Caribbean festival when Shears stabbed him in the neck at around 9 a.m. The office said the two had no known connection to one another.

Sommerville was rushed to Boston Medical Center where he died from his injuries. Shears, who was captured on surveillance video with the knife in his hand, was located by the Boston Police Department’s Fugitive Unit last Friday. He is due back in court in January. His lawyer said he’s in the early stages of preparing his client’s defense. (AP)
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A 55-year-old Dorchester man was arrested on Mon., Dec. 13, on gun and drug charges after police say they recovered a loaded gun from his person while arresting him on an outstanding warrant for an illegal gun violations. Joseph Bartley was taken into custody in the area of Mora and Washington streets around 12:40 p.m. According to police, he was carrying a handgun and “two plastic bags containing crack cocaine.” He was set to be arraigned for the new charges in Dorchester court this week.

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Transit Police arrested a man for allegedly assaulting a woman at Andrew T station on Dec. 6. Police say officers on patrol at Andrew heard screaming from the area of the busway around 9:30 p.m. The suspect, Erik Conroy, 30, already had 19 outstanding warrants for assaults issued in courts downtown, Roxbury, West Roxbury, South Boston, and Dorchester.