Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports officers used a "less lethal" shotgun Saturday night to capture a man inside an apartment at 383 Geneva Ave. who was armed with a knife and who had turned on all the gas on the stove.
"Officers observed that the... Read more
More than 300 people gathered in Adams Corner last week in a rally held to begin the new year with a show of support for local police officers. The Citizens on Patrol group, along with Pope's Hill and Cedar Grove neighborhood associations, organized the... Read more
Mayor Walsh fields questions at Mattapan meeting on Tuesday night: Photo by Lauren Dezenski
Mayor Martin Walsh stayed around at the Mildred Avenue Community Center Tuesday night to answer community members’ questions over a proposal to site treatment... Read more
A public meeting set for Thursday night (Jan. 8) at St. Peter’s Teen Center will review the city of Boston’s current system for reviewing civilian complaints against police officers. The meeting will feature comments from Eugene O’Flaherty, the city’s... Read more
A 23 year-old Dorchester man died from influenza on Jan. 4, the Reporter has learned. The death is the first fatality of the season in Boston caused by the disease, according to Dr. Anita Barry, the director of the city's Infectious Disease Bureau. Dr.... Read more
Dawnn JaffierA 19 year-old man has been indicted in one of last year's most brazen and awful shooting deaths in the city. Keith Williams was arraigned today in Suffolk Superior Court for the murder of Dawnn Jaffier, a 23 year-old teacher who was gunned... Read more
Attorney General-elect Maura Healey intends to make combating opiate addiction her first order of business, laying the groundwork before she takes office for a task force to help bolster state efforts to reduce heroin and prescription drug abuse.
Healey's... Read more
Boston Police detectives continue to look for the person who fatally shot Jimmy Velasquez, 49, around 11:15 p.m. on Sept. 14 at 14 Glenarm St.
Velasquez, originally from Honduras, left his wife Catalina and eight children.
Anyone with information can... Read more
A two-alarm fire at 34 Bellevue St. Friday night also caused extensive exterior damage to the neighboring three decker, the Boston Fire Department reports.
The department says the fire, reported shortly before 8 p.m., was caused by "a spark from frayed... Read more
Can’t you be both pro-police and anti-excessive force?
That very reasonable but fine line has begun to feel like a tightrope in the days since the execution-style murder of two New York City police officers on Dec. 20. The absolutist rhetoric being hurled... Read more
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