Public Safety
A former Dorchester resident pleaded guilty Wednesday in the May 2011 shooting death of 19-year-old Derek Matulina at the Savin Hill Red Line station. Nhu Nguyen, 20, was sentenced to two and a half years in jail in a plea deal. He'll be on probation for... Read more
Nhu Nguyen, 20, pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing Derek Matulina during a fight at the Savin Hill Red Line stop on May 11, 2011.
Under an agreement between his attorney and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, Nguyen was sentenced to 2 1/2... Read more
The city of Boston issued an advisory today that the annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and other events being held this weekend may delay traffic and will result in additional pedestrian traffic on local streets.
"The Boston Transportation Department... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports two men were shot in the same incident outside 30 Hopewell Road last night.
Police say the two were shot around 10:10 p.m. One of the victims, 26, told police he heard multiple gunshots, then realized at least one of... Read more
The Boston Licensing Board Thursday rejected a proposed takeout place after city officials said its owner has failed to do enough to curb violence in and near the Warren Street block of stores he owns.
John Shear, who owns a commercial building on Warren... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked a two-alarm fire that damaged three addresses on Dean Street in Dorchester, displacing nine residents and sending two firefighters to the hospital.
The fire,... Read more
The FBI reports the arrest of a Dorchester woman in connection with a string of recent bank robberies across Boston, including two in Dorchester.
Johnna P. Quish, 45, was arrested around 2 p.m. in Danvers on Monday by member's of the FBI's Bank Robbery... Read more
Suspected bank robberJust hours after the FBI released surveillance images showing the female suspect in a string of bank robberies in Dorchester in recent weeks, the feds have a Dot woman in custody. She's not yet been charged with the local hold-ups,... Read more
Two Dorchester residents were arraigned Wednesday on coke trafficking charges after officials say they intercepted more than six pounds of the drug in packages mailed to them and an accomplice from California.
Robert Conley, 46, was ordered held in lieu... Read more
During budget deliberations that stretched to midnight last Wednesday, House lawmakers added $1.7 million for youth jobs and $4 million for youth violence prevention programs.
“It put us in better shape than we were last year coming out of the House,” Lew... Read more
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