Public Safety
Vandalized statue on Columbia Rd.A statue of Jesus outside of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta parish on Columbia Road was destroyed by a vandal on Sunday morning. Rev. Jack Ahern, pastor of the church, said the vandal struck at 3 a.m. Sunday, leaving... Read more
Boston Police executing a search warrant at an alleged drug dealer's 30 King St. home found more than just drugs, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office: They also picked up a Ruger P345 .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun loaded with... Read more
A fire reported around 1 p.m. on Saturday in a two-family house at 25-27 Gallivan Blvd. quickly went to two alarms.
The Boston Fire Department reports the fire - just steps from the fire station at Gallivan Boulevard and Morton Street, was knocked down... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting Melvin Wright, 28, on charges he sent another man to Boston Medical Center with multiple life-threatening stab wounds shortly before midnight on Wednesday.
Wright, police say, stabbed another man repeatedly... Read more
State and Boston Police say a man driving a stolen car from Medford sped away from a state trooper today, eventually causing a four-way crash on I-93 and then fleeing on foot into Dorchester's Port Norfolk section, where police found him hiding under... Read more
A man in his 20s was fatally shot Saturday afternoon at 23 Trull St., the Boston Police Department reports.
Police say the man was found inside the house and was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Last April, a man was found... Read more
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story listed the incorrect address on Tremlett St. The address that was raided was 33 Tremlett St.
The Boston Police Department reports arresting Paul Brown, 25, on Friday on charges he and a Randolph man tried... Read more
More than 250 people crowded into the Dudley Square Branch Library on Saturday to voice their concerns about a pair of bills that would implement a “three strikes” sentencing policy in Massachusetts, claiming the legislation will disproportionately affect... Read more
A Boston teenager was arraigned Monday in a Suffolk Superior courtroom for last October’s murder of an Adams Corner man and a subsequent double-shooting near St. Mark’s that left one man with multiple gunshot wounds.
John Graham, 17, pled not guilty to... Read more
Luis Pimentel, 18, is charged with shooting Victor Brookens to death in a fight over marijuana the teen thought the 54-year-old man was hiding in his Samoset Street apartment, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said today.
Pimentel, arrested by... Read more
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