Public Safety
Officials at Montserrat Aspirers Community Center, 380 Washington St., told the Boston Licensing Board they've developed a detailed security plan to prevent a recurrence of an April melee that spun out of a 13-year-old's birthday party when word spread... Read more
Updated 8:06 pm., July 5 -- A man who was shot several times at Brookford and Dacia streets around 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday died not long after at Boston Medical Center, the Boston Police Department reports. Police identified the victim Thursday evening as... Read more
City officials are pushing back against rumors that Boston Police Commissioner William Evans is planning to leave the department to lead Boston College’s police force.
Citing unnamed sources, WBZ reported last Thursday that the Evans, who joined the BPD... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded at 2:55 a.m. on Sunday to 126 Armandine St. for what became a two-alarm fire.
The department reports the fire displaced ten residents. One firefighter was taken to the hospital with injuries not... Read more
It has been a year since a devastating six-alarm fire ravaged the Treadmark building at Ashmont, and after some demolition of the original structure, the six-story building – with its promise of 51 affordable rental units and 32 condominiums – has risen... Read more
A rash of home break-ins near St. Marks Parish and the Shawmut MBTA station has prompted a warning from Boston Police today.
According to a statement from BPD, "at least four victims" have reported early morning break-ins that happened with residents at... Read more
The Cambridge Police Department report arresting Jean Griffin, 41, of Corwin Street in Fields Corner, on a variety of charges - including armed assault to murder - for an incident May 20 in which several rounds were fired into a second-story residence... Read more
Police arrested two young men on Monday afternoon after a chaotic shooting and attempted carjacking was reported in the St. Mark’s Area just before 4:30 p.m. Police were called to the scene by witnesses whose quick relay of information led to the... Read more
The Boston Police Department says it's determined to end problems by daytime drinkers congregating outside Mattapan Square liquor stores downing the nips and single cans of beer they've just bought, and are now about a month into a crackdown that they say... Read more
Holding signs, banners, and t-shirts emblazoned with pictures of lost loved ones, more than 1,000 people rallied in Fields Corner on Sunday in support of families who have lost loved ones to violence before marching through Dorchester and Roxbury on their... Read more
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