Public Safety
Boston Police arrested a suspect in a brazen early afternoon bank robbery in Dorchester Lower Mills today, and he was arrested with the help of a fleet-footed bank executive.
A lone robber demanded cash from a teller at Meetinghouse Bank shortly before 2... Read more
As the city struggles to contain a dramatic spike in gun violence, 18 handguns bought through an illegal straw purchase in Georgia in 2009 are believed to have wound up on the streets of Boston. So far two of the 18 handguns have been recovered by Boston... Read more
Overall crime is down by 5 percent so far this year on the Area C-11 police district that covers much of eastern Dorchester. But, larcenies are on the rise, much of driven by a specific crime: shoplifting.
Capt. Steve Sweeney, who commands the C-11... Read more
A 21-year-old man was found with life-threatening gunshot injuries early Sunday morning near the Milton-Dorchester line in Lower Mills. Milton Police report that the victim was found on Wharf Street near Milton Landing around 3:50 a.m.
According to WCVB-... Read more
The man who fatally shot a Codman Square gas station attendant during an armed robbery on Oct. 6, 2018, received a life sentence without parole on June 30 in a Boston courtroom on June 30.
Jerron Perry, 33, of Canton, was convicted two days earlier for... Read more
The man who fatally shot a Codman Square gas station attendant during an armed robbery on Oct. 6, 2018, received a life sentence without parole on June 30 in a Boston courtroom on June 30.
Jerron Perry, 33, of Canton, was convicted two days earlier for... Read more
The rear third-floor porch on a three decker at 39 Harwood St. in Dorchester collapsed around 9:45 p.m. on Friday, injuring at least nine people.
One victim was transported to a local emergency room with injuries considered life threatening - which... Read more
A 21-year-old man was fatally shot at 163 Ruthven St. in Roxbury around 10 p.m. last Thursday (June 19), according to Boston Police who later identified the victim as Teo Vernice. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.... Read more
A man was shot and killed on Thursday night on a residential street near Grove Hall, police say.
Officers reponded to a call for a person shot in the area of 163 Ruthven St. in Dorchester just after 10 p.m., according to a BPD account.
A police statement... Read more
Mayor Wu and members of her cabinet— including Police Commissioner Michael Cox— gathered in Dorchester’s Mother’s Rest Park along Washington Street on Tuesday morning (May 27) to outline their strategy for securing public safety in Boston as the calendar... Read more
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