Public Safety
Boston firefighters responded to 23 Barry St., off Quincy Street, around 5:45 a.m. for a fire that started in the basement, the Boston Fire Department reports.
The fire, which caused no injuries, caused an estimated $75,000 in damage, the department... Read more
There has been some social media chatter recently about another news organization’s analysis of Boston Police Department crime data that drew its conclusions from a misapplication of demographic information and an overgeneralization of neighborhood... Read more
A Dorchester man who fled the state 25 years ago after he was indicted for sexually assaulting two boys left in his care has finally been brought to justice.
John Hartin, 48, was convicted by a Suffolk Superior jury last Wednesday of five counts of child... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire Monday night at 11 Navillus Terrace displaced 15 residents and caused an estimated $150,000 in damge.
Firefighters responded at 9:40 p.m. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Organizations representing Boston’s minority firefighters and police officers are calling for an investigation into hiring practices they say make it prohibitively difficult for veterans of color to join the city forces.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil... Read more
Boston firefighters quickly knocked down a small blaze in a Savin Hill apartment building next to the Boys and Girls Club on Monday afternoon.
Smoke poured from a second story apartment in 1129 Dorchester Ave. at about 1 p.m., Boston Fire Department... Read more
Boston Police officers keeping an eye on Trevor Clarke, wanted for several armed holdups of Dorchester convenience stores, nabbed him last night when he forced somebody out of a car at gunpoint and tried to drive off.
Clarke, 24, is charged with holding... Read more
Two young men from Dorchester were held without bail on murder charges on Monday for there Jan. 14 murder of 17-year-old Chad O’Connor on Kenwood Street. The suspects— Richard Sheppard, 19, and Branden Singleton-Legget, 19, were allegedly among a group... Read more
Community health centers are edging ever closer to a “funding cliff” that would severely limit their ability to provide critical local care services, and US Sen. Elizabeth Warren this week leveled a sharp critique at congressional Republicans who she says... Read more
Two men from Dallas, TX face charges they went on a smash-and-grab spree in the Boston area last May that included a couple of local incidents.
Fredrick Williams, 29, and Matthew Gallagher, 32, face six counts of breaking and entering at night with intent... Read more
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