Public Safety
A Topliff Street resident was arraigned Wednesday on charges of being an armed career criminal after police found a gun and more than two dozen bags of crack in his apartment, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
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The general manager of the MBTA will decide how to deal with the Radford Lane entrance to Ashmont Station, agency officials said on Monday. Rich Davey, the head of the agency, will make the call by late next week, they said.
The entrance has stayed closed... Read more
A man with three OUI convictions created a swath of destruction starting in his girlfriend's apartment and ending in a car crash on I-93 early Wednesday, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office charges.
Prosecutors say Charles Rampino, 47, of... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting two men for firing guns outside 95 Auckland St. around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Responding officers found one of the suspects, Ashawda Nelson, 19, of Quincy, inside the Savin Hill Red Line stop, police say:
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A 54 year-old Port Norfolk man is facing a slew of serious charges — including armed robbery and kidnapping— after he allegedly held-up the Tedeschi’s convenience store in Neponset at gunpoint last Thursday morning. The suspect made good his escape just... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports four men were shot around 12:20 a.m., Sunday, and that one died Sunday night.
Police say the victim, 20, was the only one of the four who did not flee the scene after being shot at 40 Ames St.
Two victims, 18 and 21... Read more
A Mattapan man was arraigned today on charges he shot somebody outside the Dublin House on Stoughton Street early Friday morning.
Leonard Young, 33, was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail at his arraignment in Dorchester District Court on chages of... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports a two-alarm fire called in around 4:45 a.m. at 487 Quincy St. did an estimated $200,000 in damage.
Eight adults and two children were displaced, but no residents were injured. The cause is still under investigation.
Boston Police report finding Alessa Castellon, 21, shot to death around 3:05 a.m. at 50 Granger St.
Junior Fernandes, 22, of Dorchester, was arrested on charges of murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.
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Warning that the extreme heat conditions now being experienced in Boston "can cause regular activities to quickly become dangerous situations,” Mayor Menino this afternoon extended a heat advisory for another day. Temperatures eclipsed the 100 degree mark... Read more
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