A Boston cop is being hailed as a hero after he caught a distraught woman as she fell from the roof of a house in Dorchester on Wednesday morning. Officer Robert Robichaud was one of several B-3 police officers who were called to Wilbert Road at 3:45 on Wednesday morning for a report of a person on the roof who was threatening to jump.  Read more

Jean Weevens JanvierThe Boston Police Homicide Unit has issued an appeal for the public’s help in locating their chief suspect wanted in connection with the double homicide of two sisters, Stephanie and Judith Emile, who were found shot to death in their Harlem Street apartment on Nov. 14.

Investigators say that 30 year-old Jean Weevens Janvier of Dorchester "has been identified as the person responsible for the homicides" of the sisters— who were 21 and 23 years old when killed.

According to Boston Police, "This investigation has included numerous interviews, along with the recovery of forensic evidence, which ultimately led to the issuance of an arrest warrant for Janvier."  Read more

Jimmy Ammons, 50, was arraigned today in Dorchester District Court on charges he plunged a knife into a woman in his apartment at 884 Cummins Highway yesterday morning.

The woman, 31, is recovering today at Boston Medical Center from a single stab wound so severe a doctor told a Boston Police detective at one point he expected her to die within 20 minutes, Assistant District Attorney Megan O’Rourke told Judge Rosalind Miller. "There was a lot of blood," O'Rourke said. "It was a very gory crime scene - there was blood everywhere."  Read more

With a potential casino in East Boston and the pit in the middle of Downtown Crossing as backdrops, tensions are flaring between the Menino administration and City Council President Stephen Murphy.  Read more

While route and policy improvements have helped Boston Public School administrators tackle the problem of chronically-late school buses that plauged the first month of the school year, drivers say some routing problems continue to hinder their on-time performance.  Read more

Decked out in snorkels, fins, and scuba gear, more than 150 activists took to the streets of Boston’s financial district on Monday to call attention to “underwater” mortgages which they say are the root cause of the nation’s ongoing foreclosure crisis.

The demonstration - a joint effort made by members of City Life/Vida Urbana, MassUniting, and elements of the Occupy Boston and Wall Street movements - was met with curious looks from bank employees standing in the lobbies of Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Fannie Mae. But organizers did catch the ear of City Councillor-At-Large Felix Arroyo, who last week announced a proposed ordinance that would require the city only conduct business with banks working to reinvest in Boston.  Read more

A resounding “No!” was the word of the night on Tuesday evening in Mattapan. The word rang from every corner of the auditorium at Mildred Ave Community Center in Mattapan on Tuesday evening, scene of the latest public hearing on proposed fare increases and service cuts on the MBTA.

This was the ninth of at least 25 scheduled hearings in and around the T’s service area, and it drew riders, activists, and concerned citizens from far and wide, city neighborhoods and suburbs alike.  Read more

City Hall’s plan to combine Dorchester’s two zoning districts into one revamped district is entering its final phases.

The proposal would do away with a Dorchester Ave.-specific region and integrate the thoroughfare into the greater neighborhood-wide district. Managed by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the plan will come before the BRA’s board next month ahead of a vote by the Zoning Commission in April.  Read more

Suspect #2 in trolley attack: Captured on surveillance video at Butler Street station on Monday. MBTA Police imageMBTA police are investigating a Monday night attack of a man riding the Mattapan trolley as a possible anti-gay hate crime.

The incident took place at 10:30 p.m. on Monday night as the 48 year-old male victim was a passenger on a Mattapan-bound high-speed trolley in the vicinity of Butler Street station. According to MBTA Police, the two men “assaulted the victim while berating him with racial and homophobic slurs.” The two suspects— who have not yet been identified or caught— allegedly tried to pull the victim off the trolley to continue the assault.  Read more

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Randolph man on charges he shot somebody on Christmas morning, three months after he was arrested on charges he tried to shoot somebody else.  Read more

Vandalized statue on Columbia Rd.A statue of Jesus outside of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta parish on Columbia Road was destroyed by a vandal on Sunday morning. Rev. Jack Ahern, pastor of the church, said the vandal struck at 3 a.m. Sunday, leaving the statue without a head.

Boston Police are investigating the incident, but say they need help from a mystery witness, who called police to the scene on Sunday and then left before police could speak to them further. Police say they have a potential suspect in the crime, but without the witness' help, they may not be able to make an arrest.

Ahern said the statue had been toppled from its pedestal. The statue had once sat outside St. William Church on Dorchester Ave., but was re-located in 2009 after that church was closed.  Read more