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Two men who were arrested Saturday on gun charges after gang-unit officers stopped the cab they were in on Norwell Street attacked a man in the Dorchester District Court lockup while awaiting arraignment on Monday morning, the Suffolk County District... Read more
Two employees from the MBTA's dispatch center received commendations Monday for helping clear Red Line trains out of the path of a subway car moving driverless down the track Thursday morning. "Based on all accounts after the fact, you two performed in... Read more
Transit police are investigating after an MBTA Red Line train loaded with passengers left Braintree station Thursday morning and traveled through four stops north without an operator. Investigators are looking into an initial report that someone may have... Read more
Questions about crime and punishment dominated the Mattapan installment of Mondays with the Mayor, a rotating series of public forums featuring Mayor Walsh and his senior staff. The evening event at the Mildred Avenue School included several key members... Read more
Two Vietnamese restaurants on Dorchester Avenue that don't have liquor licenses were cited by police detectives, who say they found patrons drinking beer out of tea cups last month. On Wednesday, meanwhile, the City Council could vote on a proposal by... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports Anthony Sinclair, 28, was stabbed around 12:30 a.m., Tuesday, at 5 Nightingale St. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Valerie Cirilo-Perez, 25, was charged with murder. She is... Read more
A Framingham man was killed last night after a collision between a motorcycle and a car at the intersection of Gallivan Boulevard and Adams Street. The incident happened at about 11 p.m. State Police say that the operator of the motorcycle, Mervyn Justin... Read more
Photo allegedly from Bigsbee's phone, showing a machine gun
Ashley Bigsbee, 26, was charged with possession of one of the machine guns stolen from a Worcester armory last month after investigators found photos on her phone of the weapon in her Page Street home - and after the man charged with the burglary... Read more
Sean Ellis has a huge reason to be thankful this week: On Thursday, he will celebrate his first Thanksgiving as a free man in 22 years. The 41-year-old Dorchester native was released from prison in June after serving more than half his life for the 1993... Read more
Boston Emergency Medical Services held their 23rd annual awards banquet on Friday, Nov. 6 at Dorchester’s Venezia restaurant to honor those who have dedicated their lives to “exemplary practice of emergency care, contributions to the advancement of EMS,... Read more

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