Public Safety
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh made an emphatic push on Wednesday to license undocumented immigrants who drive in Massachusetts, throwing his support behind legislation pending on Beacon Hill that faces an important deadline. Walsh penned an opinion piece for... Read more
The Supreme Judicial Court on Monday ordered a new trial for David Nicanor Diaz Perez of Mattapan, sentenced to life without parole on charges he shot a man in the back outside a baby shower at the Roslindale Amvets post in 2003.
The state's highest court... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports that Yonan Guerrero, 16, of Dorchester, was stabbed during a large fight on Blue Hill Avenue, near Seaver Street on Saturday afternoon.
After being stabbed outside 575 Blue Hill Ave. around 4:50 p.m., he was taken to a... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports four people were injured in a fire at 357 Seaver St., from which one resident and a cat were rescued from the third floor.
The fire, called in around 4:15 p.m., displaced a total of five people, the department says.... Read more
A young man was shot and later died at a Boston hospital last Wednesday night (Jan. 22) after a shooting incident unfolded on Juliette St. near Ronan Park. Boston Police say they were alerted to the gunfire by the Shot Spotter system around 7:14 p.m.
An... Read more
A Mattapan teen was ordered held without bail today at his arraignment on charges he murdered Treshawn Boyd at Washington and Normandy streets in Grove Hall Saturday night.
Daventy Walker, 18, was arraigned in Dorchester District Court on Thursday - on... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports the arrest of Daventy Walker, 18, of Mattapan, for a double shooting on Washington Street on Saturday that left Treshawn Boyd, 19, dead.
Police say Walker was arrested Wednesday afternoon by homicide, gang and... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports that two men were shot on Washington Street at Normandy Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.
One of the men was declared dead at a local hospital. The other victim is expected to survive, police say.
Numerous... Read more
(Updated: Dec. 23, 2019)— The Nguyen family has reported that their daughter Emily has been found and returned safely home.
Boston Police say that a 16-year-old Dorchester girl is missing and have appealed to the public for help in locating her.
Emily... Read more
Police Commissioner William Gross and Mayor Marty Walsh said Thursday there's no truth to stories, circulating on Facebook, that Boston has been hit by a wave of vans driven by evil people trying to abduct children or young women.
The stories began... Read more