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The Reporter's Crime Maps allow you to track crimes by category and check for trends on a street-by-street basis. Click on each pin-point for more detail on the time, location and type of crime. The data used to generate this map-based tool is supplied to the Reporter by the Boston Police Department (see caveats).
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Latest public-safety news
B-3 cop saves distraught woman from rooftop fall
Feb. 8, 2012
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
Neighbors report daytime housebreak in Port Norfolk
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Neighbors at a home in Port Norfolk returned home at mid-day on Tuesday (Feb. 7) to find that someone had broken into their home, stealing laptops, construction equipment and a safe. Read more
Firefighter injured at two-alarm fire
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After the fire. Photo by BFD.
A short circuit in a second-floor bedroom caused a two-alarm fire Saturday morning at 101 Maxwell St., the Boston Fire Department reports.
No residents were injured in the fire, reported around 9:40 a.m., but one firefighter was taken to Carney Hospital with a head injury, the department says. Damage was estimated at $200,000.
Mattapan man charged with stabbing in his own apartment
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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
Police seek suspects in trolley attack ‘hate crime’
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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
Man charged with Christmas shooting while out on bail for attempted shooting
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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
Jesus statue vandalized on Columbia Rd.; police hope witness will come forward
Jan. 26, 2012
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
Police: Man tired of Greenwood School parents stopping in front of his driveway threatens one with a rifle
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The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Greenwood Street resident who'd finally snapped at all the parents who stop in front of his driveway to pick up kids at the school across the street.
According to police, a father of a Greenwood School student pulled up in front of Henry Perry's house at 136 Greenwood St. around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. Read more
DA: King Street man nabbed with large ammo cache, bullet-proof vest
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Boston Police executing a search warrant at an alleged drug dealer's 30 King St. home found more than just drugs, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office: They also picked up a Ruger P345 .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun loaded with eight rounds, a BSA laser sight, a bulletproof vest; 47 live shotgun shells and almost 300 rounds of ammunition in calibers ranging from .22 to .45 in Sarro's bedroom. Read more
Two-alarm fire erupts just steps from firehouse
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27-29 Gallivan Blvd. Photo by BFD.
A fire reported around 1 p.m. on Saturday in a two-family house at 25-27 Gallivan Blvd. quickly went to two alarms.
The Boston Fire Department reports the fire - just steps from the fire station at Gallivan Boulevard and Morton Street, was knocked down around 1:30 p.m., after doing roughly $300,000 in damage. The cause of the blaze, which apparently started in a second-floor bedroom, is now under investigation, the department says.
One resident was taken to a local hospital with smoke inhalation. A total of six residents are now homeless.
Man charged with Grove Hall stabbing
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The Boston Police Department reports arresting Melvin Wright, 28, on charges he sent another man to Boston Medical Center with multiple life-threatening stab wounds shortly before midnight on Wednesday. Read more
Police: Alleged car thief races onto Expressway the wrong way, causes four-car crash
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State and Boston Police say a man driving a stolen car from Medford sped away from a state trooper today, eventually causing a four-way crash on I-93 and then fleeing on foot into Dorchester's Port Norfolk section, where police found him hiding under another vehicle. Read more
Man shot to death in city's first murder of the year
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A man in his 20s was fatally shot Saturday afternoon at 23 Trull St., the Boston Police Department reports.
Police say the man was found inside the house and was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Last April, a man was found shot to death across the street.
This was Boston's first murder of 2012 (Dorchester and Mattapan murder map).
SWAT unit raids Tremlett Street home, arrests man for attempted murders in Allston
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The Boston Police Department reports arresting Paul Brown, 25, on Friday on charges he and a Randolph man tried to gun down two other men in an Allston apartment on Dec. 30. Read more
Foes rally against ‘three-strikes’ legislation
Jan. 12, 2012
State Rep. Byron Rushing (D-Roxbury/South End) spoke during a public forum on Saturday at the Dudley Square branch of the Boston Public Library. Shown at right are State Reps. Gloria Fox (D-Roxbury), Russell Holmes (D-Mattapan/Dorchester) and Carlos Henriquez (D-Dorchester/Roxbury).
More than 250 people crowded into the Dudley Square Branch Library on Saturday to voice their concerns about a pair of bills that would implement a “three strikes” sentencing policy in Massachusetts, claiming the legislation will disproportionately affect communities of color. Read more
Teen arraigned for Nahant Ave. murder, double-shooting on Lydon Way
Jan. 9, 2012
A Boston teenager was arraigned Monday in a Suffolk Superior courtroom for last October’s murder of an Adams Corner man and a subsequent double-shooting near St. Mark’s that left one man with multiple gunshot wounds.
John Graham, 17, pled not guilty to all nine charges— including first-degree murder in the Oct. 10 shooting death of 36 year-old Ciaran Conneely— and will likely stand trial for the crimes next year. Read more
Roxbury teen charged with Samoset Street murder
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Luis Pimentel, 18, is charged with shooting Victor Brookens to death in a fight over marijuana the teen thought the 54-year-old man was hiding in his Samoset Street apartment, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said today. Read more
Stolen ATM dumped on Richmond Street, take two
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ATM dumped curbside on Richmond Street on Dec. 23Richmond Street has evidently become the preferred dumping ground for ATMs thieves working towns on the South Shore. On Dec. 23, someone dumped the ATM shown above around 5 a.m. on the sidewalk outside 115 Richmond Street. Boston Police later said that the ATM had been stolen overnight from a veterans post in Abington.
Today, neighbors were awoken at 3 a.m. by the familiar banging sound of a stolen ATM being dumped from a vehicle outside 113 Richmond, just one door up from the earlier incident. This time, Boston Police say the cracked-open machine had been hauled out of a Weymouth barber shop a few hours before it was dumped. Read more
Evaluation ordered for man charged with robbing delivery driver at gunpoint
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A delivery guy for a Norfolk Street pizza place whose owner was murdered in 2007 came close to buying it himself on Dec. 10 when he tried to reason with a man on Capen Street who pulled a gun on him, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more
Early morning fire leaves one dead, several injured at Columbia Point
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40 Westwind Rd. Photo by BFD.
A three-alarm fire that broke out around 3 a.m. on Tuesday at 40 Westwind Rd. left an elderly man dead and sent four residents and one firefighter to the hospital, the Boston Fire Department reports. Read more
Police arrest man sought in Mather Street pit bull abuse
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A Dorchester man turned himself in today after police put a warrant out for his arrest on animal-abuse charges related to an alleged dog-fighting ring uncovered last month on Mather Street. Tyrone Perry, 44, will be arraigned tomorrow in Dorchester District Court, according to the Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Read more
Gun violence reported across Mattapan, Dorchester
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The Boston Police Department was busy Monday investigating at least two shootings, two incidents of gunfire without injury and a carjacking.
At least one person was injured when two groups exchanged gunfire around 10 p.m. on Columbia Road near Geneva Avenue. One group was in a white mini-van, the other group was on foot. Read more
Everett man charged with two holdups of food drivers; second suspect sought
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An Everett man well known to police was arrested on charges he helped hold up two food-delivery drivers in Dorchester after police began to track him down thanks to the GPS that was in the iPhone he allegedly took from one of them. Read more
No matter the issues, evictions always take time
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Alan Duffy, a Dorchester resident who works as a constable in Suffolk County, says there is little that the city can do to speed up an eviction process. Photo by Pat Tarantino
The landlord of a troubled property on Savin Hill Avenue home has started the process of evicting a trio of tenants arrested after a large brawl outside the house earlier this month. But Boston’s complicated eviction process means the raucous residents are likely to remain in the apartment for at least another month and a half. Read more
Police arrest suspect in string of pizza delivery robberies
Dec. 28, 2011
Boston Police have arrested a young man suspected of robbing two pizza delivery drivers on Monsignor Lydon Way in the last week. Read more
Bad Santa makes overnight delivery in Lower Mills
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ATM dumped curbside on Richmond StreetNeighbors on Richmond Street awoke to find an ATM machine dumped curbside this morning. The machine was apparently stolen overnight and dropped off on the Lower Mills street sometime before daybreak. Read more
Fields Corner store robbed at gunpoint
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The Radio Shack store at 1524 Dorchester Ave. was robbed on Tuesday evening by two masked men, one of whom brandished a silver handgun. The incident took place at 8:40 p.m. As one suspect stood guard at the door, the other man dumped the store's cash drawer and two Kindle tablets into a bag before fleeing, according to a Boston Police report.
Police probe death of baby found in distress at Franklin Field apartment
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A four-month old baby who was found in distress inside an apartment at the Franklin Field housing development this week has died. Boston Police say they are probing the death of Allejah Jarrett, but have not yet determined the cause and manner of her death. Police found her early Tuesday morning after someone called police to report an infant "in distress and not breathing" at 70 Ames St. There were no visible signs of trauma, according to the BPD.
Teen indicted for Nahant Ave. murder
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Ciaran Conneely: Shot dead on Oct. 10, apparent victim of a street robbery turned deadly.A Dorchester teenager was indicted this week for allegedly killing Ciaran Conneely, a 36 year-old man who was shot to death outside his Nahant Avenue apartment building on Oct. 10. John Graham, 17, will be charged with first degree murder in Conneely’s murder, which rocked the Adams Corner neighborhood last fall.
The indictment also charged Graham with two counts of armed assault with intent to rob in an Oct. 30 incident on Monsignor Lydon Way in which Graham is alleged to have shot two men during an attempted robbery. Read more
Police probe alleged dog fighting ring; one dog found dead, 11 rescued in "very bad shape"
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Boston Police are investigating the circumstances around an apparent dog fighting ring that was uncovered on Monday night at a house near the Shawmut T station. At least one dog was found dead at the scene and 11 "pit bull-like" dogs were taken from the basement of the house after police found them crying in crates covered in urine, feces and blood. The canines are now in the custody of the Animal Rescue League as police weigh likely criminal charges against the dogs’ owner. Read more
Neponset Greenway project fails to win federal funding
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Mattapan Crossing and Canopy Walk: A section of the proposed Neponset Greenway is depicted in a plan prepared by the DCR.In a major disappointment to state officials and community activists, the US Department of Transportation has passed over a grant application from the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to fund the expansion of the Neponset Greenway. The decision could further delay the completion of key elements of the popular Greenway trail, including two bridges in Mattapan that are considered essential to safely navigate a missing link of the trail in that part of Boston. Another key missing link on the trail in Dorchester near the landmark rainbow gas tank was also included in the grant application.
The US Department of Transportation announced the winners of its national TIGER III grant awards on Thursday, months ahead of schedule. The DCR had submitted its application seeking $10 million for the Neponset Greenway project in October and the timeline from the federal agency called for a decision in April 2012. Read more
Stepped up patrols in Savin Hill lead to gun, drug bust
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Boston Police have stepped up their patrols in Savin Hill this week in response to a string of high-profile incidents, including a brawl last Friday outside a troubled house on Savin Hill Ave. The extra presence seems to be paying off: On Wednesday night, a team of cops busted up an apparent drug deal that began at the corner of Dot Ave. and Savin Hill Avenue and resulted in three arrests for gun and drug charges after a traffic stop in South Boston. Read more
The menace on Savin Hill Avenue
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Several levels of city government have swung into action this week to confront a “problem property” on Savin Hill Avenue that has become a real menace in recent years, according to neighbors and police reports. City officials have not yet opted to fine the property’s owner for his role in creating the nuisance— something they could do under a new city ordinance passed earlier this year. Instead, they are using their leverage and experience to compel the owner, My Lan Nguyen, to evict the tenants who are responsible for the trouble at 47-49 Savin Hill Ave. Read more
Cameras will help improve flow at Dot. Ave. intersections
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Traffic flow in various sections of the city is monitored by technicians using an array of cameras in a windowless room on the seventh floor of City Hall.
It might come as a surprise, but one of the most impressive views of Boston can be found in a dim, windowless room on the seventh floor of City Hall.
From his station here in the city’s Traffic Management Center, a technician watches a dozen flat screen televisions displaying live feeds of major intersections from the Back Bay to Franklin Park, part of a growing network of more than 100 traffic cameras installed along busy roadways. Read more
Man busted for alleged break-in attempt on Gallivan Blvd.
Dec. 14, 2011
An Allston man carrying what may have been a laundry list of potential burglary targets was arrested by C-11 Boston Police officers on Tuesday afternoon after a tip from a concerned neighbor. Read more
City officials allege second abuse claim against Harbor School assistant
Dec. 14, 2011
Boston Public School superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson urged parents and students to come forward with questions and concerns during a press conference held at City Hall Wednesday night. Photo by Pat Tarantino
City officials announced late Wednesday that a second claim of abuse has been lodged against a Harbor Middle School teacher's assistant accused of lewd conduct with a student.
Meanwhile, the assistant, LaShawn Hill, was arrested Wednesday night on larceny and forgery charges in connection with computers stolen from the school. Police say the arrest was unrelated to the investigation into the lewd-conduct charge. Read more
Police seek to ID man connected to Franklin Park assault
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Franklin Park sketch: Police want to ID this man.Boston Police want the public's help in identifying the man depicted in this sketch released today. Police want to speak to him about a sexual assault that occurred in Franklin Park on Nov. 28. In that incident, a female victim pushing a child in a stroller through the park was attacked from behind around 1:30 p.m. Investigators say the man shown here is "not considered a suspect at this time." Read more
Man calls 9-1-1 to report mugging, then is himself robbed at gunpoint
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A man told Boston Police that he was robbed at gunpoint in a Dorchester Ave. parking lot last night by a man whom he just observed trying to steal a woman’s purse nearby. The incident took place on Dec. 12 at about 7 p.m. across from 1432 Dorchester Ave. near Fields Corner.
According to the police report, the victim told police was leaving work at a Dot Ave. market when he saw a man in a hooded sweatshirt attempting to steal a woman’s pocketbook. As he started dialing 9-1-1, the man says the suspect started following him as he walked into the parking lot behind 1432 Dorchester Ave. There, the thief pulled out a large black firearm and grabbed a bag that the victim was carrying, knocking him to the ground. Read more
Teaching assistant at Harbor Pilot Middle School to face charges of inappropriate behavior with student
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The Boston Police Department reports it will be charging an assistant at the Harbor Pilot Middle School with lewd and lascivious behavior for an incident involving "a disabled, non-verbal student." Read more
City official: Landlord will move to evict Savin Hill tenants
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47-49 Savin Hill Ave: Landlord has told police he will evict tenants who were involved in brawl on Friday.(Updated, Tuesday, Dec. 13)— Five people were arrested on Friday night following a raucous street brawl outside a notorious multi-family house on Savin Hill’s main drag. Now, a top official in the Mayor's office says that the owner of the property has promised to evict the tenants who were arrested in the incident.
As many as 20 people were allegedly fighting outside of 49 Savin Hill Ave. when the first police unit rolled up around 10:45 p.m. on Friday. More than a dozen cops from district C-11 and neighboring district C-6 were needed to quell the violence and cuff the worst offenders, one of whom fled inside the six-family house that neighbors have repeatedly cited as a trouble-spot. Read more
Roxbury man charged with Mattapan strangulation murder
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Eldrick Broom, 27, was arrested Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted and then murdered Rosanna Camilo, a Dominican resident who had moved to Boston to obtain medical care for her young son. Read more
(UPDATED) Robberies unsettling Savin Hill; residents pack meeting, hear police promise more attention, offer safety tips
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Above, this video released by Boston Police today warns the public of an increase in street robberies in several pockets of the city, including Savin Hill.
(Updated, Wed, Nov. 8)— A spate of robberies in Savin Hill prompted a higher-than-usual turnout for the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association meeting on Monday night with residents packing the Cristo Rey School’s library to hear from police officials.
Capt. Richard Sexton said that while crime is down in most categories in District C-11 this year, the number of robberies is up 15 percent. He blamed some of the crime on teen-agers stealing cell phones in an attempt to raise money for a video game system and said he was devoting more resources to the area, including bike patrols. Among other considerations, he urged residents to leave their porch lights on and not to text while walking. Read more
Fire tears through Sydney Street home
Dec. 5, 2011
Firefighters worked to control a two-alarm house fire this morning at 161 Sydney Street. Photo by Pat Tarantino
At least eight Boston Fire Department vehicles responded to a house fire this morning at 161 Sydney St. in Savin Hill. The two-alarm fire began around 10:45 a.m., sending a large plume of smoke across the Southeast Expressway and doing heavy damage to rear of the single-family house and a car parked in the back yard. Fire officials say everyone was safely evacuated from the building. Traffic is currently being redirected around the area.
Bloodshot eyes help police ID two teen armed-robbery suspects
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The Boston Police Department reports arresting two teens on charges they stole some candy at knifepoint from the Centre Market, 1660 Dorchester Ave., Friday evening. Read more
Liquor store robbed by masked gunman
Dec. 1, 2011
A Codman Square liquor store was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night by a masked gunman who stole about $200 from the cash register. According to a Boston Police report, the gunman entered the Budget Liquor Depot at 861 Washington St. about 9 p.m. and ordered the employees to get behind the counter while pointing a black handgun at them. The masked man asked the employees, "Do you want to be a hero?" The employees did not intervene and the robber fled the store on foot. No arrests have been made.
Suspected burglar busted by alert neighbors in Neponset
Dec. 1, 2011
A pair of observant Neponset residents helped District C-11 patrolmen catch a suspected burglar who was allegedly seen casing houses on Tuesday afternoon.
Officers received a 911 call from a witness who said he had observed a young teenager ringing doorbells and looking through windows on Sedalia Road around noontime on Tuesday. Approximately 90 minutes later, a 911 caller reported that a man matching that description was inspecting houses on Westglow Street and entered a fenced-in backyard at 35 Westglow St. Read more
Man admits he killed mechanic over a Volvo engine
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Cornelius Evans, 36, of Dorchester, admitted today he shot a mechanic to death outside Dorchester District Court to help out a friend's wife, who didn't like the engine the man sold him, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more
Three arrested for overnight home invasion
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The Boston Police Department reports busting up a home invasion at 153 E. Cottage St. near Edward Everett Square shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
According to police, officers responding to a report of a man with a gun surrounded the house. A man tried to flee, was pursued through several backyards and then brought down after what police described as a violent struggle. Police recovered a white zip tie, two phones and a large amount of cash after subduing him at E. Cottage and Columbia Road. Read more
Dad walking with two kids robbed at gunpoint
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A rash of armed street robberies in and around Savin Hill hit a new low last week when a father walking with two small children was robbed by two teenage suspects near the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester. One of the teens flashed a handgun and demanded that the man give up his cell phone and cash.
The incident took place just before 6 p.m. last Tuesday (Nov. 22) in the parking lot of a strip mall that runs along 1156 Dorchester Ave., just steps from one of the clubhouse buildings on Deer Street. The victim was walking back to his car in the parking lot, escorting his two kids, ages 9 and 4. Read more
Owner of stolen phone tracks it through GPS, leads police to suspect
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The Boston Police Department reports arresting a local man on charges he broke into a car after the car's owner started tracking his missing iPhone via its GPS.
Police say Ismael Diaz, 49, was one of two men who broke into a car outside 183 Howard Ave. in Dorchester sometime Wednesday morning and made off with a backpack, laptop and iPhone while the owner was picking something up at a nearby store before driving away in a Nissan. Read more








