Public Safety
Attorney General-elect Maura Healey intends to make combating opiate addiction her first order of business, laying the groundwork before she takes office for a task force to help bolster state efforts to reduce heroin and prescription drug abuse.
Healey's... Read more
Boston Police detectives continue to look for the person who fatally shot Jimmy Velasquez, 49, around 11:15 p.m. on Sept. 14 at 14 Glenarm St.
Velasquez, originally from Honduras, left his wife Catalina and eight children.
Anyone with information can... Read more
A two-alarm fire at 34 Bellevue St. Friday night also caused extensive exterior damage to the neighboring three decker, the Boston Fire Department reports.
The department says the fire, reported shortly before 8 p.m., was caused by "a spark from frayed... Read more
Can’t you be both pro-police and anti-excessive force?
That very reasonable but fine line has begun to feel like a tightrope in the days since the execution-style murder of two New York City police officers on Dec. 20. The absolutist rhetoric being hurled... Read more
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and police officials on Tuesday said they would seek to "accommodate" expected protesters at the city's celebration of New Year's Eve, but stressed that the event is "family" oriented and not an appropriate venue for a... Read more
Just after noon on July 20, 2014, as Donnie Palmer walked out the doorway of his sister’s Fields Corner three-decker and onto a small porch, he spotted a Black Toyota lurking down the block. Yeah, he thought, it could very well be the same dude whom he... Read more
A veteran Boston City Council member on Sunday condemned the assassination-style killings Saturday afternoon of two New York City police officers while saying he fears more violence against police officers.
Councilor Charles Yancey extended condolences to... Read more
Saying he has reformed his life, current and former law enforcement officials on Monday backed the proposed pardon of a man convicted of armed assault with attempt to murder for his part in a 1989 shooting that left a victim paralyzed.
True-See Allah,... Read more
Police are looking for a man they say pointe a gun at an officer around 11 p.m. outside the Lee K-8 School on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester. The officer shot at the man, then chased him to a fence at the cemetery behind the school, which the man jumped and... Read more
A web-based system for criminal background checks is helping ex-offenders in Massachusetts apply for jobs and other opportunities without being automatically disqualified, while sentencing reform has led to nearly 400 inmates serving drug offense... Read more
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