Two adults and two children had to be taken to a local hospital after they were injured in a fire at 115 Deering Rd. in Mattapan on Sunday morning. Firefighters responded shortly after 10 a.m. to a fire that consumed the house’s rear porches and attic. A total of 17 people were made homeless by the fire, the department says, adding that the cause is under investigation.

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A Mattapan man was arraigned last week on charges of cocaine trafficking and disturbing a correctional institution after he was reportedly caught with more than 18 grams of the white powder - some found “on his person” during a strip search - the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office reported.

Woldson Noel, who, at 22, already has 40 arrests on his record, was in the Suffolk County Jail awaiting trial on gun-possession charge last June when jail officers monitoring phone calls heard him tell somebody he “still had ‘stuff’ on him that was missed during searches” and that he was making “four times the money” while behind bars. 

As a result of the information, jail officials conducted a search of Noel’s cell and found a white powdery substance inside a piece of paper. Officials also found a large white package inside Noel’s property bag, which was under his bunk.

He was then transferred him to the medical unit for a strip search during which time he threatened guards and created a disturbance, according to the DA’s office. Officials found additional substances on Noel’s person during the strip search.
He was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court via Zoom from the Berkshire County Jail, where he was transferred following his arrest for Suffolk jail dealing, the DA’s office said.

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An 18-year-old Boston man was arrested on Saturday night on illegal gun charges by police officers who were called to shut down a house party, complete with DJ, at 35 Dunlap St. in Dorchester. Phillip Blain was taken into custody after police say officers observed “a prominent bulge under the floor mat” in a car in which Blain was a passenger. The gun under Blain was a semi-automatic, 9-mm handgun with a magazine, and loaded with a total of 12 bullets, police say. A second gun was also recovered from the car. Police say it was in the possession of a Weymouth teen too young to have his name released.

Blain was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a large-capacity feeding device, carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number and possession of a large-capacity firearm on a public way, police say. The 17-year-old was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, police say.