Public Safety
For those of you who read last week’s column concerning suspects of advancing years (48+), I would like to start off this week by introducing you to a tough as nails, fiery 85-year-old Fields Corner crime fighter.
October 26, 4:12 p.m.
We start our little... Read more
Mascot Street death investigationSunday: One shooting, one dead; Tuesday: 2d body across the street
Boston Police are investigating whether the body of a 19 year-old man found dead in the driveway of a Mascot Street property on Tuesday morning was a... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man arrested inside a South Boston woman's apartment for housebreaking last night also faces charges for a series of incidents on Saturday that ended with one homeowner chasing him for several blocks until he got... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports the discovery today of a body behind 63 Mascot St., directly across the street from where a teenager was shot to death on Sunday.
Ian Gold had just put his three-year-old daughter down for a nap when he smelled cigarette smoke. Odd, since nobody in his family smokes. Then he saw a guy racing down the stairs from the third floor of their home on Howes Street in Dorchester.
That was... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports finding a male in his late teens with a gunshot wound at 64 Mascot St. around 12:55 a.m. today. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The victim, not yet identified by police, is the... Read more
Shooting scene: Dorchester resident Lloyd Payne's vehicle plowed through a fence on Bullard St. following the fatal midday shooting on Thursday.
The Boston Police Department reports 18-year-old Lloyd Payne was found shot at 34 Mallon Rd. around 1:20 p.m.... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting Christopher A. Higgins on charges he robbed a bank on Centre Street in West Roxbury Wednesday morning with the unwitting help of a friend who drove him across town.
Police said Higgins had thefriend drive him... Read more
We’ve all heard time and time again about the decline in morals, gratitude, and sometimes just plain common decency, when discussing the behavior of today’s teenagers. But in all honesty, I feel that when it comes to the younger generation, teenagers get... Read more
Second of two parts.
Three years ago, a series of newspaper articles raised serious questions of safety and supervision in the operation of so-called “sober homes” throughout the city of Boston, prompting city and state political leaders to call for... Read more
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