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
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 147 Draper St. in Dorchester for what quickly turned into a two-alarm fire around 12:05 a.m. on Sunday
The department reports six residents were displaced, but that there were no injuries.... Read more
A federal judge this week sentenced Eric "Bubba" Correia, 26, to 15 years in prison for his role in the Cameron Street Gang, who, when not posting YouTube rap videos exulting in the deaths of rival gang members, tried to have one of those archenemies... Read more
In the year since city police and public-works crews cleared out a growing encampment of homeless people and drug users on Atkinson Street, Mass and Cass has seen a significant decrease in crime and quality-of-life problems, officials from Boston's police... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Canton man for a double shooting inside a Washington Street barbershop that left Elijah Ricardo Clunie, 20, of Dorchester, dead.
Police say Diamond Jose Brito, 32, formerly of Roxbury but now living in... Read more
A man on a stolen scooter packing a gun full of ammunition tried to ram one of the cops who had pulled him over on a sidewalk early Thursday, only to have the officer step aside at the last minute, sending the guy and his passenger flying onto the asphalt... Read more
Editor's Note: This story was updated on Wed., Sept.18 at 11:30 a.m.
A National Grid crew working in the street at Dorchester Avenue at Ashmont Street struck a Boston Water and Sewer Commission main around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, turning Peabody Square into an... Read more
Two men were shot, one in the head, inside the Exclusive Barber Shop, 184 Washington St. in Dorchester's Four Corners neighborhood shortly before 12:55 p.m. on Monday - across the street from where another man was fatally shot last Sunday.
The Boston... Read more
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled Monday that Suffolk County prosecutors can't use the drugs police say they found hidden in a packet under a man's genitals as evidence against him, because the Boston officers conducted their strip search on the side... Read more
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