Public Safety
A Suffolk Superior Court jury yesterday convicted Jose Torres, 26, for the strangulation and slashing death of Melissa Santiago in her 689 Washington St. apartment in March, 2008.
The sentence carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole... Read more
Boston Police report two people were shot in a car at 105 Norwell Street Tuesday evening.
A woman was pronounced dead, a male companion was rushed to Boston Medical Center in critical condition, police say.
On Monday night, a teenager was gunned down a... Read more
Anis Cazeau, 87, of Mattapan, was sentenced today to three years' probation after he pleaded guilty to motor-vehicle homicide for the death of Marie Conley on Oct. 21, 2008 - and after Conley's family asked that he not be sent to jail, the Suffolk County... Read more
A report from State Auditor Joseph DeNucci’s office has admonished Dorchester District Court for incorrectly processing bail money, a result of the small staff at the busy court.
Bail money is used by defendants to obtain release; the court uses it to... Read more
A Mattapan man with no gang connections died in May because some of his gang-member neighbors killed a member of a rival gang two years earlier, a Suffolk County prosecutor said today.
Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum charged that Abiona Justice... Read more
Boston Police say an argument at the Ka-Carlos Bar and Grill, 33 Hancock St., ended in a hail of gunfire that left two dead and one injured early this morning.
One man, 47, was pronounced dead inside the restaurant, police say. The Web site ForCV... Read more
Boston Police say the 12-year-old was injured during an apparent barrage of bullets outside her Whitman Street home around 8:30 p.m. on Monday.
One of the bullets pierced the wall of her home and hit her in the leg, police say, adding she was taken to... Read more
Employees at Dorchester District Court walked into the pouring rain this morning after somebody called in a bomb threat, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, which reports a number of its workers stayed at their desks during the... Read more
Abiona Justice Sharpe, 20, of Revere, was arrested in New Jersey this week on charges he helped murder a man standing on the sidewalk at 23 Wilcock St. on May 13, according to Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
Earlier this... Read more
Boston Police report a Sudan Street resident awoken by a loud noise early Tuesday morning went downstairs to find a man standing there.
The homeowner yelled at him and the alleged burglar tried to flee, but had difficulty getting out of the house because... Read more
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