Public Safety
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire in the basement of 50 Barry St. spread upwards and required striking a second alarm before it was brought under control Tuesday morning.
The department estimates damage from the fire, reported around 9 a.m., at $... Read more
It was a troubling discovery. Last October, during a routine call to open a vacant warehouse on Hancock Street in Dorchester for a client viewing, a representative for the property owner stumbled into what from all appearances was a newly constructed, but... Read more
Proponents are told they need to make ‘strong case’
Top state transportation officials have informed advocates for the Blue Hill Avenue/Cummins Highway commuter rail station that the $25.2 million needed to build it have not yet been budgeted, meaning the... Read more
Amari Pope didn't like the way an argument between two other teens was going Sunday afternoon, so he went up to his Columbia Road apartment, got a kitchen knife and returned to plunge it into one of the teens, prosecutors said Monday.
Pope, 16, was... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports the arrest of two alleged drug dealers - whom they say stored a loaded gun in a baby seat in a house that had an armed home invasion in December.
Police say officers armed with a search warrant raided the house at 193... Read more
A man was killed Friday morning after exchanging gunfire with police responding to reports of an earlier shooting, officials said.
Boston Police officers arrived at the 107 Devon St. around 10:25 a.m., police said. They were called for a double shooting... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting three men on charges they held up the Pleasant View Market, Savin Hill Avenue and Pleasant Street at gunpoint on Wednesday evening. Two were wearing GPS ankle braclets from earlier gun arrests, the Suffolk... Read more
A volunteer group called the Campaign for Digital Fourth Amendment Rights will push Thursday for Massachusetts to join South Carolina as one of two states to mandate police body cameras.
Legislation (H 2170 / S 1257) before the Committee on Public Safety... Read more
A bill to require a high-visibility orange stripe on imitation firearms sold in Massachusetts that seemed poised to be debated and voted on by the House on Wednesday instead was sent back to a committee for further study.
Rep. Daniel Cullinane's bill (H... Read more
Julaine JulesOne of the city’s most heinous murder cases of the last two decades concluded in surprising fashion on Wednesday morning when a former Savin Hill man pleaded guilty to murdering his former girlfriend. Prosecutors had argued that Shabazz... Read more
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