Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports the arrest of Daventy Walker, 18, of Mattapan, for a double shooting on Washington Street on Saturday that left Treshawn Boyd, 19, dead.
Police say Walker was arrested Wednesday afternoon by homicide, gang and... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports that two men were shot on Washington Street at Normandy Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.
One of the men was declared dead at a local hospital. The other victim is expected to survive, police say.
Numerous... Read more
(Updated: Dec. 23, 2019)— The Nguyen family has reported that their daughter Emily has been found and returned safely home.
Boston Police say that a 16-year-old Dorchester girl is missing and have appealed to the public for help in locating her.
Emily... Read more
Police Commissioner William Gross and Mayor Marty Walsh said Thursday there's no truth to stories, circulating on Facebook, that Boston has been hit by a wave of vans driven by evil people trying to abduct children or young women.
The stories began... Read more
The rate of deaths due to opioid overdoses is slowing in Massachusetts, but still nearly 1,500 people died of an overdose in Massachusetts through the first nine months of the year, the state announced Monday.
The 1,460 confirmed or suspected opioid-... Read more
Authorities on Sunday announced arrests of men for two local murders.
The Boston Police Department reported arresting Marcus Ambroisio, 24, of Dorchester, on charges he fatally shot Gregory Phillips outside 155 Savannah Ave. in Mattapan around 10 p.m. on... Read more
The head of the Massachusetts State Police announced her retirement Wednesday morning, planning to depart the agency she has led for about two years at the end of next week. Col. Kerry Gilpin, superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, has helmed... Read more
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) today has closed a segment of Morrissey Boulevard (inbound and outbound) from Freeport Street to UMass Boston in Dorchester until approximately 3 p.m, due to roadway flooding caused by the incoming high... Read more
The Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday overturned Abdullah Yasin's conviction for second-degree murder for Chaz Burton's 2016 death outside a Mattapan party, saying the trial judge in the case should not have allowed the case to go to a jury after she... Read more
Boston City Councillors Ed Flynn and Kim Janey will be hosting a hearing next week to discuss public health disparities in communities of color in the City of Boston. The hearing will take place next Friday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. in the Boston City Council’s... Read more
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