Public Safety
The House and Senate on Thursday rejected Gov. Deval Patrick’s amendment that would have given judges the discretion to grant habitual offenders parole, forcing the governor now to make a decision that will determine whether the bill becomes law or dies... Read more
To hear some advocates of the crime bill tell it, Gov. Deval Patrick is risking the legislation’s passage with his amendment.
“His actions to jeopardize the passage of the crime bill are both ill-timed and ill-advised by trying to amend a good and... Read more
Antwan Wathey, 25, will be arraigned in Dorchester District Court on Monday on charges he fatally struck another man with his motor vehicle on purpose in April at the intersection of Talbot Avenue and Westcott Street, the Boston Police Department and the... Read more
In his deliberations over what to do with a sentencing reform bill on his desk, Gov. Deval Patrick apparently reached out to the state’s highest court for input on whether the Supreme Judicial Court’s review of capital cases might suffice for the judicial... Read more
Woodcliff Street Homes: Michael Kozu, left, speaks as homebuilder Vargas DaSilveira and city ISD asst. commissioner Darryl Smith listen outside 6 Woodcliff Street.
It was pretty much the last thing that the senior citizens living at the well-manicured... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds shortly before midnight at 67 Dakota St. The man, in his early 20s, was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Law enforcement officials who campaigned in 2008 against a ballot question to decriminalize possession of less than an ounce of marijuana have so far offered a more nuanced perspective on Question 3 on this year's ballot, which would legalize medical... Read more
Video by Mike Deehan, State House News Service.
Gov. Deval Patrick spoke with reporters on Tuesday, who asked what he plans to do with the sentencing/habitual offender bill on his desk: "I've said before, I think it's a good bill. It's not a great bill.... Read more
The Senate on Thursday voted 31-7 to approve a bill broadening crime-fighting tools, ensuring that certain repeat violent offenders serve their full sentences, and easing prison overcrowding by adjusting sentencing laws for drug offenders.
Shortly after... Read more
Arcadia Street building hit by lightning: Sent bricks flyingA lightning strike sent masonry flying from the top of a historic Fields Corner building on Wednesday afternoon.
The building was struck at around 5 p.m., according to Donna Finnegan, the CEO of... Read more
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