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
Boston firefighters responded to 31 Hazelton St. around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
The Boston Fire Department reports the fire, which burned through the roof, displaced nine adults and five children, but that there were... Read more
Boston Police put out a “wanted” alert on Dec. 3 for 31-year-old Gerald Vick of Dorchester, whom police say is a suspect in a shooting incident in August 2023 during a parade on Talbot Avenue. Vick is wanted on a warrant out of Suffolk Superior Court for... Read more
Teen charged with fatally shooting a man driving a car, who then crashed into a Fifield Street house
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a teenager on murder charges for the June 28 death of Edwin Diaz-Geraldo, 20, of Brighton, who was shot and then crashed into a house at 24 Fifield St.
A passenger in Diaz-Geraldo's car suffered a broken leg... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 147 Draper St. in Dorchester for what quickly turned into a two-alarm fire around 12:05 a.m. on Sunday
The department reports six residents were displaced, but that there were no injuries.... Read more
A federal judge this week sentenced Eric "Bubba" Correia, 26, to 15 years in prison for his role in the Cameron Street Gang, who, when not posting YouTube rap videos exulting in the deaths of rival gang members, tried to have one of those archenemies... Read more
In the year since city police and public-works crews cleared out a growing encampment of homeless people and drug users on Atkinson Street, Mass and Cass has seen a significant decrease in crime and quality-of-life problems, officials from Boston's police... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Canton man for a double shooting inside a Washington Street barbershop that left Elijah Ricardo Clunie, 20, of Dorchester, dead.
Police say Diamond Jose Brito, 32, formerly of Roxbury but now living in... Read more
A man on a stolen scooter packing a gun full of ammunition tried to ram one of the cops who had pulled him over on a sidewalk early Thursday, only to have the officer step aside at the last minute, sending the guy and his passenger flying onto the asphalt... Read more
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