Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports finding a male in his late teens with a gunshot wound at 64 Mascot St. around 12:55 a.m. today. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The victim, not yet identified by police, is the... Read more
Shooting scene: Dorchester resident Lloyd Payne's vehicle plowed through a fence on Bullard St. following the fatal midday shooting on Thursday.
The Boston Police Department reports 18-year-old Lloyd Payne was found shot at 34 Mallon Rd. around 1:20 p.m.... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting Christopher A. Higgins on charges he robbed a bank on Centre Street in West Roxbury Wednesday morning with the unwitting help of a friend who drove him across town.
Police said Higgins had thefriend drive him... Read more
We’ve all heard time and time again about the decline in morals, gratitude, and sometimes just plain common decency, when discussing the behavior of today’s teenagers. But in all honesty, I feel that when it comes to the younger generation, teenagers get... Read more
Second of two parts.
Three years ago, a series of newspaper articles raised serious questions of safety and supervision in the operation of so-called “sober homes” throughout the city of Boston, prompting city and state political leaders to call for... Read more
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found Verna Sewell, 65, guilty of manslaughter for the stabbing death of the man whose apartment she had shared for several months, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Prosecutors had sought a second-... Read more
A Roxbury man was arrested Tuesday on charges he exposed himself to students at the John Winthrop Elementary School, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Tyrone Curry, 31, was arrested after he allegedly unzipped outside a gymnasium... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a 30-year-old man was found shot around 8 p.m. on Monday at 481 Geneva Ave.
The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Anybody with information can contact the homicide unit at (617)... Read more
Boston Police report on the arrest of a 45 year-old man who was allegedly trying to grind his way into an ATM at the Meetinghouse Bank in Lower Mills earlier this morning. The suspect — Chris Doyle— had a ski mask and a bag full of "burglarious tools"... Read more
Boston Police tweet a woman was stabbed at 364 Centre St.
The homicide unit was called to the scene, as is done whenever there's a chance a crime victim could die.
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