Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports arresting two of the seven or eight teens they say tried to rob a man at knifepoint outside the KFC at 481 Washington St. around 10:20 p.m. on Friday.
According to police, the man was walking past the restaurant when... Read more
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday announced that he had installed new Licensing Board members in an overhaul of the body that regulates alcohol, food, and hotels within city limits.
The new members are Hyde Park attorney Christine Pulgini, Lisa Maki,... Read more
Seven people suffered minor injuries last Wednesday morning (Nov. 26) when an out-of-service MBTA trolley rolled backwards and collided with an inbound Ashmont trolley along a stretch of the Mattapan High Speed line inside Cedar Grove Cemetery just after... Read more
Protestor in Dudley Square: Isaiah Wilkerson, 19, is from Fields Corner and joined a protest march from Dudley Square to South Bay last night. Photo by Lauren Dezenski“Hands up!” “Don’t shoot!”
(Thud, thud)
Isaiah Wilkerson gazed up at the four floors of... Read more
Seven people suffered minor injuries this morning when an out-of-service MBTA trolley rolled backwards and collided with an inbound Ashmont trolley along a stretch of the Mattapan High Speed line inside Cedar Grove Cemetery just after 7 a.m. The incident... Read more
Gov. Deval Patrick said he was disappointed listening to the announcement Monday night that a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., did not indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man. The case has... Read more
An early morning police raid of a suspected Stanton Street drug den resulted in the seizure of a high capacity assault rifle and the arrest of a 39 year-old Dorchester man. The Boston Police Drug Control Unit, aided by the BPD's Entry and Apprehension... Read more
Police are chasing a new lead in the Lower Mills shooting on Election Day that has puzzled both the community and investigators.
Police hope a newly identified motor vehicle that was near the CVS parking lot on Dorchester Avenue and Richmond Street will... Read more
Police are searching for the suspect in an armed robbery that took place on the UMass Boston campus just after 11:30 a.m. today, according to university officials.
A man indicated to a student that he had a firearm at 11:33 a.m. between the Quinn... Read more
A Jamaica Plain man collared in September after allegedly firing gunshots near Ashmont Station has been indicted for first-degree murder in a separate case. A grand jury has charged Johnnie Bonnie, 22, with the June 29 shooting death of 17 year-old Evens... Read more
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