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The Boston Police Department reports finding a man in his mid to late 20s with multiple gunshot wounds behind 18 Hosmer St., around 4:10 a.m. on Friday. The victim was pronounced at the scene. Mattapan and Dorchester murders over the past year.
A Dorchester man was ordered held without bail Wednesday at his arraignment on charges fatally stabbed a friend early Tuesday. Lester James, 24, and Francis Kargbo, 23, had been on James's third-floor porch at 92 Sumner St. for several hours when they got... Read more
Boston Police report a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death around 12:10 a.m. at 92 Sumner St. Lester James, 24, of Dorchester, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of murder, police say. He is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Dorchester District... Read more
A man in the back seat of a car on Dorchester Avenue near Fuller Street was shot shortly after 11 p.m., Saturday. Witnesses said the car then speed off inbound on Dorchester Avenue The victim was dropped off at Boston Medical Center about 15 minutes later...
The Boston Police Department is investigating two shootings on Hamilton Street Thursday afternoon. One victim was found at Bowdoin Street, the other at Coleman Street. Both were transported to local hospitals.
A Topliff Street resident was arraigned Wednesday on charges of being an armed career criminal after police found a gun and more than two dozen bags of crack in his apartment, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Armed with a search... Read more
The general manager of the MBTA will decide how to deal with the Radford Lane entrance to Ashmont Station, agency officials said on Monday. Rich Davey, the head of the agency, will make the call by late next week, they said. The entrance has stayed closed... Read more
A man with three OUI convictions created a swath of destruction starting in his girlfriend's apartment and ending in a car crash on I-93 early Wednesday, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office charges. Prosecutors say Charles Rampino, 47, of... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting two men for firing guns outside 95 Auckland St. around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Responding officers found one of the suspects, Ashawda Nelson, 19, of Quincy, inside the Savin Hill Red Line stop, police say: "... Read more
A 54 year-old Port Norfolk man is facing a slew of serious charges — including armed robbery and kidnapping— after he allegedly held-up the Tedeschi’s convenience store in Neponset at gunpoint last Thursday morning. The suspect made good his escape just... Read more

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