Public Safety
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
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found Verna Sewell, 65, guilty of manslaughter for the stabbing death of the man whose apartment she had shared for several months, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Prosecutors had sought a second-... Read more
A Roxbury man was arrested Tuesday on charges he exposed himself to students at the John Winthrop Elementary School, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Tyrone Curry, 31, was arrested after he allegedly unzipped outside a gymnasium... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a 30-year-old man was found shot around 8 p.m. on Monday at 481 Geneva Ave.
The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Anybody with information can contact the homicide unit at (617)... Read more
Boston Police report on the arrest of a 45 year-old man who was allegedly trying to grind his way into an ATM at the Meetinghouse Bank in Lower Mills earlier this morning. The suspect — Chris Doyle— had a ski mask and a bag full of "burglarious tools"... Read more
Boston Police tweet a woman was stabbed at 364 Centre St.
The homicide unit was called to the scene, as is done whenever there's a chance a crime victim could die.
JFK-UMass rescue: An MBTA police officer and commuters tend to a woman moments after she was pulled from the tracks at JFK-UMass. Photo by Ed ForryThere are many heroes among us, and today I saw two of them save a life on the MBTA.
At about 4:40 this... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot around 3:30 p.m. at 68 American Legion Highway, between Morton Street and Blue Hill Avenue.
The man was taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds to the back, stomach and leg. Homicide detectives... Read more
Mattapan heroes honored: Councillor Charles Yancey, center, with Shaniqua Johnson and Saquawna AndersonBoston Police from District B-3 held a monthly community meeting on Tuesday at the Mattapan Library with a packed crowd of more than 70 people on hand.... Read more
Benito Maleveje and Juan Omi Velazquez were among 10 men charged in federal court today with running guns, heroin and cocaine in Boston and Chelsea.
For Velazquez, a.k.a., Cyclops, it's his second arrest this week. On Sunday, Lynn police say he was among... Read more
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