Public Safety
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
Editor's Note: This story was updated on Wed., Sept.18 at 11:30 a.m.
A National Grid crew working in the street at Dorchester Avenue at Ashmont Street struck a Boston Water and Sewer Commission main around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, turning Peabody Square into an... Read more
Two men were shot, one in the head, inside the Exclusive Barber Shop, 184 Washington St. in Dorchester's Four Corners neighborhood shortly before 12:55 p.m. on Monday - across the street from where another man was fatally shot last Sunday.
The Boston... Read more
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled Monday that Suffolk County prosecutors can't use the drugs police say they found hidden in a packet under a man's genitals as evidence against him, because the Boston officers conducted their strip search on the side... Read more
Is there any hope that Carney Hospital might stave off a date with the locksmiths and keep the lights on past Aug. 31? The likelihood of a reprieve diminished greatly on Monday after Gov. Healey said that while there was “nothing” she could do to deter... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports five people were shot at 10 Greenwood St. shortly before 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday.
All the victims were 21 or younger, including one 11-year-old. Police found three victims outside, two in a second-floor apartment.... Read more
Backlash is mounting this week following the abrupt demotion from the Boston Police Department’s command staff of a veteran officer who had recently been appointed to the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission that is aimed at improving... Read more
A man and a woman were shot at Gladeside Avenue and Donwood Terrace in Mattapan around 12:25 p.m. on Friday.
The man was shot several times; the woman once in the arm. The man was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The Boston Police Department reports... Read more
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