Public Safety
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 22 Hannon St. in Dorchester around 1:45 a.m. on Sunday for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
The house was vacant and boarded up at the time, the department reports, adding the cause of the... Read more
The Supreme Judicial Court on Friday set out ways that police can subpoena tens of thousands of cell-phone records to try to link specific phone calls to crimes, in a case in which they used the technique to connect a Canton man to the murder of Jose Luis... Read more
A Milton senator wants legislators to wield their oversight authority and examine delays in upgrades to the MBTA's Mattapan Line.
Sen. Walter Timilty has asked the Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight to conduct an oversight investigation about... Read more
A federal judge in Boston on Thursday sentenced Bruce "Arki" Brown, 43, of Dorchester, to 11 1/2 years in federal prison for a 15-year career as a pimp that included routine beatings and threats to keep the women - and one 16-year-old - working for him in... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to Corona Street, off Geneva Avenue for a fire on first- and second-floor porches that extended into the rest of the building, around 5:25 p.m. on Saturday
The department reports the fire displaced... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports detectives arrested a man with "a sizeable kitchen-style knife" just as he was reaching into the cash register of the Pleasant View Market on Savin Hill Avenue at Pleasant Street Thursday afternoon.
Police say the... Read more
The FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force is looking for the guy they say held up the Santander Bank branch at 780 Gallivan Blvd around 2:45 p.m. on Jan. 24.
He's described as short, with a light complexion.
If he looks familiar, contact Trooper Traister at 857... Read more
State Police report a man driving south on the northbound side of the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester around 2:30 a.m. died after crashing into a bus, a pickup and a sedan, injuring two of the drivers, but not fatally.
State Police say:
"The crash... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 9 Bowdoin St. for what turned into a two-alarm fire around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The department reports firefighters were met by heavy black smoke and fire that extended through the roof. They... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to the Ramada Inn, 800 Morrissey Blvd. in Dorchester, around 2:50 p.m. on Sunday for a fire on the second floor.
The department declared a second alarm to bring in additional firefighters to aid in... Read more
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