Public Safety
The news this week that the MBTA has come out against a plan to route the next phase of the Neponset Greenway though its property in Mattapan Square is a deep disappointment for proponents of the Greenway and a potentially huge setback in the decades-long... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports three men were shot around 7 a.m. Tuesday inside Hicks Auto Body, 10 Talbot Ave.
Police say only one of the men was the intended target; the other two were unintended victims. All were taken to local hospitals and are... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a 22-year-old Mattapan man on a variety of gun and drug charges yesterday, only a few months after he got out of a federal prison on a crack-trafficking conviction.
Police officers and federal marshals... Read more
Chris Lovett of BNN-TV's Neighborhood Network News interviews Dorchester Youth Collaborative's Emmett Folgert about the controversy surrounding the weekend's disturbances at Carson Beach and Savin Hill, which were initially attributed to gang activity.
At least four local law enforcement agencies responded to a series of rowdy student gatherings held at Carson Beach over the Memorial Day weekend. Police estimate that as many as one thousand high school students, from Boston and Somerville, flocked to... Read more
A holiday weekend that saw two men shot to death in Dorchester and Mattapan was followed Tuesday by two more shootings - one fatal - and a stabbing, the Boston Police Department reports.
The Boston Police Department reports a man was murdered around 8 p.m... Read more
The view from inside the building. Photo by BFD.
A fire reported around 2:30 a.m. did an estimated $350,000 in damage to a two-family house at 47 Codman Hill Ave., the Boston Fire Department says.
One firefighter went to the hospital with chest pains,... Read more
Boston Police report finding a man with a gunshot wound outside 29 Selden St. around 9:40 p.m., Sunday.
He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Anybody with information can contact homicide detectives at (617) 343-4470... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man, 22, was found with multiple gunshot wounds around 10:15 p.m. Sunday at Itasca and Messinger streets.
He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Anybody with information can contact... Read more
Extra police surveillance along Talbot east of Blue Hill Avenue may have prevented a murder on Thursday, but didn't stop two men from getting shot Sunday afternoon.
The Police Department says officers have stepped up surveillance there because of "a few... Read more
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