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Boston Police say officers responding to calls from neighbors found the body of a woman with "head trauma" in an apartment at 7 Vassar St. shorly after 7 p.m., Saturday. Police say she was black and about 40; they declined to provide her identification.... Read more
Two Dorchester men were arraigned today on charges they tried to murder a member of a rival Cape Verdean faction on Albion Street in Roxbury last night. Vincent Davis and Jesse DeBurgo, both 18, were arraigned today in Roxbury District Court on charges... Read more
A man who only recently got out of jail for robbing banks was charged with holding up a Dorchester credit union last week after police matched fingerprints found on the demand note with his, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says. Perry... Read more
Thermal image: Gun in the snow (via Suffolk County DA). Jose Rodrigues, 25, last week became the first person in Massachusetts to be convicted by a jury on an illegal gun-possession charge based on technology that proved a gun he'd been holding on a cold... Read more
Boston Police report that one of two men shot while sitting in a car at Bowdoin and Norton streets on Monday has died. Police say they were called around 5:40 p.m. Monday evening about shots fired at a red motor vehicle. Both victims were taken to Boston... Read more
Boston Police say a 22-year-old man shot inside the John Marshall Elementary School gym last night "is well known to law enforcement" and that he attempted to flee the scene rather than wait for help. Police say the man, shot shortly before 7 p.m. at a... Read more
Boston Police are looking for two men for a series of robberies in the area of Welles, Talbot and Dorchester avenues. In a community alert, District C-11 describes both suspects as black, in their 20s, about 5'9" with slim builds. One is further... Read more
Suspect.The FBI has released a surveillance photo of a man wanted for holding up the Sovereign Bank branch at 780 Gallivan Blvd. around 4:25 p.m. on Nov. 5. The FBI describes him as a black male, medium build, about 5'7" and in his mid-30s. He carried a... Read more
Prince Hall Grand Lodge says it's tightened its policies on hall rentals after a post-dance incident in September that left one woman attacked and a police officer fearing for his safety. Prince Hall board member Leslie Lewis told the Boston Licensing... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports a one-alarm fire at 10 Winter St. this afternoon did roughly $30,000 in damage and displaced seven adults and two children. The department says the blaze, on the second floor of a three-decker, started as a stove fire... Read more

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