Public Safety
Feds threats called ‘fear-monering’
In response to the top national law enforcement official vowing to hold back funds from cities that flout federal immigration law, the Massachusetts attorney general accused U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions of fear-... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports it is looking for two men they say broke into a Columbia Road house with a pry bar yesterday morning and made off with a small safe.
The two broke into the rear of 151 Columbia Rd., near Warren, around 9:05 a.m.
"At... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports officers investigating two separate reports of gunfire arrested two men with loaded guns on Saturday - one of whom had his guns fall down his pants to the ground. A third man was arrested in another incident Saturday... Read more
Body-worn camera pilot: Program to be extended for six months under deal with BPPA.
Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston’s largest police union have agreed to extend the city’s ongoing body camera pilot program for another six months. The mayor and Police... Read more
the Boston Police Department reports a man found stabbed around 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday at 66 Hartford St. died after being transported to a local hospital.
The victim was 35 and had multiple stab wounds, police say.
State Police report a man suffered serious injuries, and the driver minor injuries, when their car crashed around 12:20 a.m. on Saturday in the turnaround in front of the Boston Globe plant on Morrissey Boulevard.
The passenger, a 27-year-old man, was not... Read more
As officers make a number of solid arrests, police have seen burglaries lighten across the Boston police C-11 district recently, said Capt. Tim Connolly.
On Thursday, police patrolling around the Washington Street/Codman Square area arrested Michael... Read more
Students at the University of Massachusetts-Boston were asked Wednesday to be on alert after campus officials learned an apparent white supremacy group has been posting "intimidating" flyers on campus.
Under the subject line "Disturbing Behavior on... Read more
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
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