Public Safety
Click for larger.The Boston Police Department says a man arrested Friday is responsible for a series of armed holdups of gas stations and convenience stores in Dorchester, Mattapan and Medford - with a replica firearm.
Michael Gomes, 35, was arrested... Read more
A Revere man admitted yesterday he helped kill a man who was outside talking with some friends one May night two years ago, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Abiona Sharpe, 21, was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder... Read more
Armed Robbery Suspect: From surveillance footage at a Shell gas station in South Boston on March 29.A rash of armed robberies of convenience stores — including three in Dorchester’s C-11 police district in recent days—is prompting a Boston Police alert... Read more
Mattapan’s Mildred Avenue K-8 School briefly went into “safe mode” on Tuesday morning, following a spat between two parents, according to the Boston Police Department. A spokesman on Tuesday afternoon said that the situation had been resolved and students... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a 24-year-old man was shot around 7:40 p.m. on Saturday near 37 Ellington St.
He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The man, not identified by police, was Dorchester's fourth murder... Read more
By Mike Deehan
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
BOSTON, MARCH 25, 2011….Former Boston Mayor and U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Raymond Flynn's home in South Boston was broken into and ransacked Thursday while he and his wife attended the funeral Mass in... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports an 18-year-old was fatally shot around 3:10 p.m. at Norfolk and Whitman streets.
Immediately following the shooting, police were looking for two black males spotted leaving the scene in a red truck with New York... Read more
Damante Burrell, 18, pleaded guilty to manslaughter today for the death of Fred Bing, gunned down while standing outside talking to some friends on May 13, 2009 in retaliation for another murder Bing had nothing to do with.
Burrell was sentenced to 15 to... Read more
An 18 year-old man died last night after he was gunned down on the porch of his mother's house near Uphams Corner. Neighbors say that the victim is Luis Tavares, who grew up in Cape Verde and joined his family here as a teenager.
Isaura Mendes, an anti-... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a woman crossing the street at Dorchester Avenue and Dix Street around 9 p.m. yesterday was hit by a vehicle that then kept going.
In a statement, police said, "On arrival, officers located the victim, a pedestrian,... Read more
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