Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports four men were shot around 12:20 a.m., Sunday, and that one died Sunday night.
Police say the victim, 20, was the only one of the four who did not flee the scene after being shot at 40 Ames St.
Two victims, 18 and 21... Read more
A Mattapan man was arraigned today on charges he shot somebody outside the Dublin House on Stoughton Street early Friday morning.
Leonard Young, 33, was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail at his arraignment in Dorchester District Court on chages of... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports a two-alarm fire called in around 4:45 a.m. at 487 Quincy St. did an estimated $200,000 in damage.
Eight adults and two children were displaced, but no residents were injured. The cause is still under investigation.
Boston Police report finding Alessa Castellon, 21, shot to death around 3:05 a.m. at 50 Granger St.
Junior Fernandes, 22, of Dorchester, was arrested on charges of murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.
Castellon... Read more
Warning that the extreme heat conditions now being experienced in Boston "can cause regular activities to quickly become dangerous situations,” Mayor Menino this afternoon extended a heat advisory for another day. Temperatures eclipsed the 100 degree mark... Read more
Nhu Nguyen and Derek Matulina were once friends who fell out over money Nguyen felt Matulina owed him for a drug transaction, Suffolk County prosecutors said today. When the two crossed paths at the Savin Hill T stop on May 7, they began to fight and... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports three men were stabbed in a fight Monday afternoon at 324 Talbot Ave.
A 20 year-old Dorchester man has been arrested and charged with the June 26th murder of 25-year-old Aaron Wornum near Edward Everett Square. Prosecutors say that the defendant, Anthony Robertson, was talking to Wornum on his cell phone just before the... Read more
The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposal aimed at cracking down on absentee landlords whose properties have frequently drawn neighborhood complaints and a heavy police presence.
The proposal expands the definition of “public nuisance... Read more
The long process of mapping out a “missing link” on the Neponset Greenway between Mattapan Square and Lower Mills has been frustrating at times. There are still some serious hurdles to clear before actual work can begin on the riverside trail that is... Read more
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