Public Safety
Crews worked through the night to contain and clean up a gasoline spill from a tanker truck whose driver managed to bust open valves on its side, sending more than 1,000 gallons of gas into the street and Dorchester Bay, shutting Dorchester Avenue at... Read more
The Boston Fire Department arson squad is investigating a fire reported around 12:50 p.m. at 195 Norfolk St. because of witness reports somebody may have thrown something into the building just before the flames erupted.
The department reports the fire... Read more
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 13, 2012….Casino backers and opponents would be required to electronically disclose ballot campaign spending to the state under a bill supported by Secretary of State William Galvin and filed by Rep. Angelo Scaccia that both said... Read more
Carl Benoit, 23, of Bellevue Street was one of five men indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury for his alleged participation in a Charlestown crack and heroin ring, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office report.
Benoit was charged with 16 counts... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports two men were shot around 12:40 Saturday outside 5 Ballou Ave.
Police found one man, 24, there, and had him transported to Boston Medical Center. A second man, 25, got himself to Boston Medical Center. Both are expected... Read more
The commander of the Boston Police Area C-11 issued a warning to Dorchester Ave. merchants today following a flurry of commercial break-ins along the avenue in the last ten days. In a letter, Captain Richard Sexton says that there have been a series of "... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports three people were shot at a cookout outside 15 Orlando St. in Mattapan around 12:15 a.m.
One woman was shot in the stomach, one man in the right eye and another man in the left arm, police say. The woman was taken to... Read more
A former Dorchester resident pleaded guilty Wednesday in the May 2011 shooting death of 19-year-old Derek Matulina at the Savin Hill Red Line station. Nhu Nguyen, 20, was sentenced to two and a half years in jail in a plea deal. He'll be on probation for... Read more
Nhu Nguyen, 20, pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing Derek Matulina during a fight at the Savin Hill Red Line stop on May 11, 2011.
Under an agreement between his attorney and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, Nguyen was sentenced to 2 1/2... Read more
The city of Boston issued an advisory today that the annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and other events being held this weekend may delay traffic and will result in additional pedestrian traffic on local streets.
"The Boston Transportation Department... Read more
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