Public Safety
Boston Police arrested a suspect in a brazen early afternoon bank robbery in Dorchester Lower Mills today, and he was arrested with the help of a fleet-footed bank executive.
A lone robber demanded cash from a teller at Meetinghouse Bank shortly before 2... Read more
As the city struggles to contain a dramatic spike in gun violence, 18 handguns bought through an illegal straw purchase in Georgia in 2009 are believed to have wound up on the streets of Boston. So far two of the 18 handguns have been recovered by Boston... Read more
Dorchester resident Dean Toulan says that in the seven years he has lived in and walked around his Armandine Street neighborhood, close to Tech Boston High School (formerly Dorchester High School) and the Dorchester YMCA, he has had around 20 near-misses... Read more
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Aizavier Roache, 31, of Roxbury, to 4 3/4 years in prison for selling at least six guns he'd obtained from a pal who bought them at gun shops in South Carolina.
One of those guns was used in a double shooting on... Read more
A man who was shot in the head as he sat behind the wheel of his car on Levant Street in Dorchester early Sunday morning is in stable condition, according to a Boston Police account of the incident obtained by The Reporter.
Police who descended on the... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports it is looking for a man they say stabbed a clerk in the stomach at O'Brien's Market and Deli, 1660 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester, around 8:45 p.m. on Thursday.
The suspect, surveillance photos of whom BPD released, is... Read more
Boston Police Capt. Steven Sweeney has taken the helm at the C-11 police district in Dorchester after a re-assignment from his most recent post as commander of the South End’s D-4 district about two weeks ago. Capt. Shawn Burns, who has been in charge at... Read more
Drops Market Oversight Bill On Guv's Desk With Only Hours Left In Session
Lawmakers rushed a hospital oversight bill to Gov. Maura Healey on Monday, agreeing on policy responses to the Steward Health Care crisis that aim to better regulate private equity... Read more
Boston firefighters responded to 31 Hazelton St. around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
The Boston Fire Department reports the fire, which burned through the roof, displaced nine adults and five children, but that there were... Read more
Boston Police put out a “wanted” alert on Dec. 3 for 31-year-old Gerald Vick of Dorchester, whom police say is a suspect in a shooting incident in August 2023 during a parade on Talbot Avenue. Vick is wanted on a warrant out of Suffolk Superior Court for... Read more
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