Public Safety
Ayanna Woodhouse, 26, of Wellesley admitted beating the other woman, then six months pregnant, on April 10, 2010, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Prosecutors say the two - who knew each other through the child's father - got into an... Read more
Eugene Sutton, 46, will be arraigned today in Suffolk Superior Court on charges he stabbed Richard Gleason to death in a crack den on School Street on May 16, 1989.
Boston Police cold-case investigators took up Gleason's case in 2009 and spent two years... Read more
State officials warn a cyberbreach may have let somebody collect personal data on people receiving Massachusetts unemployment benefits.
In a statement on Tuesday, the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development said, "EOLWD learned yesterday... Read more
The Boston Police Department report arresting a local teen on charges he shot another teen to death on the platform of the Savin Hill Red Line station this past Saturday.
Police say Nhu Nguyen, 19, fled to Portland, Maine, where he was arrested last night... Read more
Four men were shot around 7 p.m. on Thursday outside Camilo Liquors III, 522 River St.
Police had to call for reinforcements for crowd control as officers investigated the shooting.
Stolen trash can recovered. Photo by MBTA.
MBTA Transit Police report arresting a man they say used a hand truck to try to steal a 441-pound trash barrel from the Melville Street side of the Shawmut stop on the Red Line.
Officers found Patrick Beech, 23,... Read more
Lower Mills traffic on Monday: Major back-ups reportedDetours prompted by a months-long MWRA water pipe project triggered heavy back-ups in and around Lower Mills this afternoon. One motorist reported that he sat in a 20-minute queue on Richmond Street,... Read more
Man in tree. Photo by BFD.
Firefighters shimmed into a tree behind 415 Columbia Rd. around 6 p.m. on Sunday to rescue a man who'd gotten stuck about 25 feet up.
The Boston Fire Department reports the man was cutting a large limb when it snapped back,... Read more
Michael Flaherty: Campaigning for mayor in '09. He'll return to the citywide stump tomorrow. Former City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty said Sunday he’s launching an effort to reclaim one of the four at-large seats he held prior to running for mayor... Read more
A lightning strike shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday caused a three-alarm fire that did an estimated $250,000 to the three-family house at 9 Alban St., the Boston Fire Department reports.
The lightning hit the third floor balcony and the fire quickly... Read more
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