Public Safety
Norman Barnes, already charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Dorchester High School student and forcing her into prostitution at Boston-area motels, now faces charges he used a 16-year-old for the same purposes.
Indictments unsealed today charge Barnes... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports two teens, one 16, one 14, were found shot around 3:20 p.m. on Sunday outside 253 Geneva Ave.
Both were taken to Boston Medical Center. The 16-year-old died not long after; the 14-year-old remains near death, police... Read more
Boston Police report a man was fatally shot around 9:20 p.m. Thursday at 15 Abbot St.
Police identified the victim only as black and 29. He is Dorchester's 20th murder victim this year (Map of murders in Dorchester and Mattapan).
Shawn Young: Gun seized from his Topliff St. home has been linked to illegal 'straw' purchases in Georgia. A year after murder by gunfire spiked 66 percent in Boston, the city is on pace for an equally deadly 2011 as weapons imported from states with... Read more
Romsey Street house fire: Photo by Bill ForryFire tore through the second floor of a home 8 Romsey Street around noontime today. No one was injured in the blaze, which triggered a two-alarm response from the city's fire department. The blaze was largely... Read more
Boston Police arrested a 31-year-old Sydney Street man on Monday morning in connection with a series of violent attacks early on Sunday morning in Savin Hill, including the rape of one woman who was assaulted at gunpoint near the corner of Savin Hill... Read more
Fire at Gallivan Blvd. McDonald'sA gas-fueled kitchen fire at the McDonald’s restaurant on Gallivan Boulevard injured one worker and caused heavy damage inside the building this morning. The fire began shortly before 7 a.m. as workers were trying to... Read more
Federal and local officials announced the indictments of 12 men on charges they ran drugs and Codman Square, Uphams Corner and the Warren Gardens apartment complex in Roxbury.
Indicted: James Boyd, James Jones, Deondre Snow, Tyson Jenkins, Michael Negron... Read more
Traffic mess: Cars and trucks were stacked up at 2:15 on Tuesday on Dorchester Ave. southbound near Glover's Corner.City Hall is seeking ways to remedy the traffic troubles plaguing the intersection at Dorchester Avenue and Freeport Street, also known as... Read more
The Mattapan Square Main Streets board of directors held a public “visioning” meeting at the Mattapan Branch Library on Tuesday night, the first such event held by the organization since it was officially designated by City Hall last fall. Tuesday’s... Read more
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