Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports one of two men shot around 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, at 27 Cameron St. was pronounced dead not long after his arrival at Boston Medical Center.
The other victim is expected to survive, police said.
Both men were 21,... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a 17-year-old they say was toting a gun he'd just fired near Dorchester High School Tuesday night.
Police say that around 7 p.m., officers watching the Pop Warner practices at Dorchester Education Complex... Read more
A long-time Codman Square pharmacist was convicted on Monday of Medicaid fraud, federal officials said.
Amadiegwu “Joe” Onujiogu, 63, pleaded guilty before a U.S. District judge on Monday to a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. He is scheduled to... Read more
Boston law-enforcement agencies, courts and clergy are planning a four-day "safe surrender" program next month that will let people with outstanding warrants turn themselves in at a "safe" church on Blue Hill Avenue that will double as an impromptu... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports an 18-year-old who was shot in the head on Tonawanda Street late Monday has died.
The teen was found at 9 Tonawanda St. with a gunshot wound around 11:15 p.m. and was rushed to Boston Medical Center - about 2 1/2 hours... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports an 18-year-old was fatally shot around 8:40 p.m. Monday at Astoria and Elizabeth streets.
The teen was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Anyone with information can contact homicide... Read more
Roger Paron strangled his wife Victoria on Saturday, then hung around their Dorchester neighborhood until police found him - and her body - the next day, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office charges.
At his arraignment Tuesday, Dorchester... Read more
The Boston Police Department today charged Yamiley Mathurin, 17, with the murder of a delivery man found stabbed to death at a Roslindale house she and two accomplices allegedly broke into late Wednesday.
Mathurin, Michel Andre St. Jean, 20, of Hyde Park... Read more
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Even without Earl, a tree fell on Train Street Thursday evening, taking out an electric line that supplied residents and nearby traffic signals.
The Boston Police Department reports that two 18-year-olds were shot shortly after midnight, Thursday, at Blue Hill and Geneva avenues.
One of the teens was pronounced dead at the scene, the other was taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment.
In a... Read more