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Man found shot to death on Norwell Street

Mar. 17, 2010

The Boston Police Department reports finding a man in his early 20s with gunshot wounds inside 71 Norwell St. shortly after 11 p.m. yesterday.  Read more

Missing girls found

Mar. 06, 2010

Missing girls

UPDATE: WCVB-TV reports the two were found in Everett and are OK.  Read more

Family offers reward for information on Ramone Daley's murderer

Mar. 05, 2010

Relatives of Ramone Daley gathered at Boston Police headquarters today to announce a $10,000 reward for information on whoever gunned down the young Floyd Street resident as he left for work early on the morning of Feb. 27.  Read more

Man shot to death on Draper Street

Mar. 04, 2010

Boston Police report finding a man lying in front of 85 Draper St. with gunshot wounds around 7:25 p.m. yesterday.

Benjamin Martins, 30, of Dorchester, was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Anyone with information can contact the homicide unit at (617) 343-4470 or the anonymous tip line by calling (800) 494-TIPS or texting 'TIPS' to CRIME (27463).

Uncle, two-year-old nephew found on Washington Street

Mar. 03, 2010

The Boston Police Department reports finding Troy Robinson and his two-year-old nephew on the 700 block of Washington Street tonight.  Read more

Government moves to seize, sell off house for role in international drug ring

Mar. 03, 2010

The federal government has started procedings to take control of a Dorchester house it says two brothers built to become the center of a family drug ring that was broken up with a series of arrests in 2007.  Read more

Man shot to death on Floyd Street

Feb. 27, 2010

The Boston Police Department reports a man was fatally shot around 4 a.m. on Saturday in front of 19 Floyd St.  Read more

Firefighter on way to work discovers fire; one resident seriously injured

Feb. 27, 2010

The Boston Fire Department reports Pat Foley was a block away from the Engine 21 firehouse in Dorchester this morning when he noticed a fire in an apartment building 40 Sumner St. around 7 a.m. Foley called in the fire, then raced into the building and began knocking on doors to rouse residents and get them out.  Read more

Former Savin Hill resident convicted of stabbing murder

Feb. 26, 2010

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Steven Odegard of first-degree murder for the death of Daniel Yakovleff in Odegard's Tuttle Street apartment on Jan. 17, 2008, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office announced.  Read more

Two Roxbury teens arrested for murder of store clerk

Feb. 24, 2010

UPDATE: The two were ordered held without bail this morning.

Onyx White, 16, and Martin Freeles, 17, were arrested today and charged with the murder of Geraldo Serrano at the Hermanos Unidos store on Dudley Street Sunday morning.  Read more