Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports a man driving a minivan reported stolen in Quincy Friday night crashed head on into an MBTA bus stopped at Talbot Avenue and Lithgow Street around 9:50 a.m. on Saturday.
The driver was taken to a local hospital, where... Read more
With many residents frustrated over drivers careening down neighborhood side streets, some individuals and community groups are looking to the city’s Neighborhood Slow Streets program for relief.
The traffic-calming initiative transforms multi-block... Read more
The family of Kevin Cellucci announced Sunday that he had died, 3 1/2 years after a speeding West Roxbury teenager rolled his SUV across the Arborway and plowed into Cellucci's pickup as he drove to a carpentry job.
The driver, Nikolas Papadopoulos, got a... Read more
Boston police have arrested a student at the Jeremiah E. Burke high school on firearm charges, police said Thursday.
The 17-year-old suspect from Dorchester was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. after he brought a handgun into the Washington Street school. He... Read more
Uphams Corner station: Chris Lovett photo
A bill filed by Dorchester lawmaker Evandro Carvalho last month that would direct the MBTA to launch a two-year “pilot service evaluation” of the Fairmount Line is a promising development. If adopted, Carvalho’s... Read more
Dorchester, especially the northern areas, is seeing a rash of home burglaries. Police are asking residents to be alert, check their locks, and call authorities if they notice any suspicious behavior.
Capt. Tim Connolly, commander at the C-11 police... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports Brianna Hardy, 22, of Jamaica Plain, was shot at 24 Juliette St. around 5:50 p.m. on Sunday. She died after being rushed to a local hospital.
A second person was shot, but survived, police say.
The shooting happened... Read more
The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday expressed its opposition to President Donald Trump's order on immigration and refugee policy by passing a resolution calling on Trump to rescind the order that "presents serious constitutional and other legal issues."... Read more
Update- Feb. 2— : Sadly, Boston Police tell the Reporter that Mr. Carson was discovered at a home in Roxbury and is deceased. His obituary appears in today's Boston Globe.
Boston Police are asking for the public's help to find a Dorchester man who was... Read more
A Dedham man was arrested in New York City on Tuesday and will be charged with killing a Dorchester father inside a Mattapan barber shop last June. The defendant, William Shakespeare, 30, was indicted last year by a Suffolk County Grand Jury. He is... Read more
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