Public Safety
With the Sunday morning sunrise just a few hours away, the vacant three-decker at 8 Marie St. was ablaze.
Flames were billowing from the house when firefighters arrived at about 4 a.m. and leaping to the upper floors of neighboring homes. Ultimately, 17... Read more
House and Senate progressives, eager to seize whatever momentum there might be for comprehensive criminal justice reform this session, implored their colleagues Tuesday not to let the chance slip by to overhaul all aspects of the justice system.
The... Read more
Update: Mary O'Shea has been located and is safe.—Editor
The Boston Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating 55-year-old Mary O’Shea of Dorchester.
In a post today on the department's website it read:
"O'Shea is approximately 5’09”,... Read more
A man who was one of two people shot at 22 Thane St. around 8:40 p.m. on Sunday died after being transported to a local hospital, the Boston Police Department reports.
Police said the man was in his late 20s. A woman in her 30s who was shot with him is... Read more
Boston firefighters responded at 4 a.m. to 8 Marie St., near Ronan Park, for what turned into a six-alarm fire that damaged four three-deckers on Marie and Fox streets, causing an estimated $2.5 million in damage.
No residents were hurt; one firefighter... Read more
Boston Police have charged a 29 year-old Dorchester man with murder for a brazen shooting on Granite Avenue that police say followed a traffic dispute near the McDonald's restaurant on the afternoon of April 13. The victim, Joey DeBarros, 21, was shot... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man in his 20s was shot around outside the McDonald's at 511 Gallivan Blvd. on Thursday.
He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where we was pronounced dead, police say.
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Dorchester man who was helping somebody who'd just been shot run away from the area of Columbia Road and Glendale Street Wednesday evening.
Police say officers on patrol saw flashes from guns and heard... Read more
State Police report a Dorchester resident who sparked a search of the Charles River Thursday morning was found safe later in the morning at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.
State troopers in boats searched the Charles River for Tamika Danielle Jeune... Read more
College Bound Dorchester reports one of its employees is recovering after being shot at its 222 Bowdoin St. location around 3 p.m. on Thursday.
In a statement, Mark Culliton, CEO of College Bound Dorchester, said:
"We have since learned that his condition... Read more
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