Public Safety
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 15, 2012…..Describing a "war" on Beacon Hill over mandatory minimum sentence policies, a freshman lawmaker contended Thursday that most of his colleagues voted to crack down on habitual felons last year without understanding the... Read more
Months after federal officials passed over their initial proposal for funding, the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is renewing its pursuit of federal dollars to complete the Neponset Greenway trail.
Community activists and state... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man making a delivery around 3:15 p.m. at Milton Avenue and Edson Street was stabbed and robbed.
The suspect is described as a black male, early 20s, about 5'6" with a slim build and wearing a gray hoodie and blue... Read more
The Patrick administration and its legislative allies on Beacon Hill are once again pinning the future of the long-delayed Neponset Greenway expansion on winning a federal grant worth almost $12 million.
The state’s application for the federal grant is a... Read more
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 14, 2012…... Despite warnings from Republican lawmakers that foot-dragging threatened to derail talks, the House’s lead negotiator on a sweeping, high-stakes crime and sentencing package guaranteed Wednesday that a deal would... Read more
A hearing for a plea change has been set for next week in the campaign finance violation case of former state Rep. Brian Wallace. The South Boston Democrat and his former campaign treasurer were indicted last year by a Suffolk grand jury for allegedly... Read more
Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office has filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against the owner of an apartment building in the Port Norfolk neighborhood.
According to the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court, Shirley Smith Bragel allegedly told... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a fight inside Alex Market, 322 Talbot Ave., Sunday night ended with a stabbing.
The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center in serious condition, but is expected to survive, police say.
The Boston Police Department reports a man was stabbed shortly after midnight on Saturday outside 40 Norton St.
Police say the man he told officers he was walking down Norton when two men approached him and displayed a knife as they demanded his money. "... Read more
On average, there is one young black homicide victim in Boston every two weeks. Young black males are 39 times more likely than young white males to be murdered.
These statistics come from the Mass. Department of Public Health, which looks at police... Read more
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