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While Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said he is in the dark about Uber's background check system, his predecessor - now an adviser to the ride-hailing company - said Tuesday he had met personally with the background check teams. "I've learned... Read more
Ridgewood Street fire aftermath
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire in a three decker at 25 Ridgewood St,. sent a man to Mass. General in critical condition early this morning. The fire, reported at 3:50 a.m., went to two alarms. The department says 15 residents were displaced... Read more
Dominic Shiner, 33, was ordered held without bail today at his arraignment on a charge he stabbed Sean Dwyer to death in front of Dwyer's barbershop on Adams Street in Dorchester last December. He was arrested Friday following his indictment by a Suffolk... Read more
Dominic Shiner, 33, of Malden, was arrested Sunday on charges he stabbed Sean Dwyer to death in front of Dwyer's Adams Street barbershop on Dec. 12, 2014, Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office report. Police arrested Shiner after... Read more
Suspects wanted for holdups
The Boston Police Department on Saturday arrested two men in Dorchester on charges they held up 11 convenience stores, gas stations and fast-food restaurants, mostly in Mattapan and Dorchester. Gerald Sibley, 34, was charged with armed robbery, unlawful... Read more
A Mattapan man was ordered held without bail Monday on charges he murdered Jean Louis, 20, and injured a teenager on Bailey Street on July 11. Among the evidence against Tyshawn Pereira, 21: Tracking data from the GPS device he was wearing as a condition... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports three people were shot around 2:40 a.m. on Saturday at 29 Creston St. All were rushed to local hospitals. One victim was pronounced dead; the other two are expected to survive. Police did not release any suspect... Read more
Boston Police report charging Tyshawn Pereira of Mattapan, 21, with the July 11 murder of Jean Louis on Bailey Street. Two other men, Michael Johnson-McNeil, 19, and and Bobby Robinson-Gilmere, 21, both of Dorchester, were charged as accessories after the... Read more
Yves Dambreville was a kaleidoscope of identities -- Boston police officer, community liaison, Haitian, American, veteran, family man. The 66-year-old former officer was shot and killed in Port-au-Prince Wednesday, according to the U.S. Department of... Read more
State Police report Scott Leader, 38, and Steve Leader, 30, both of 375 Old Colony Ave., were on their way home from a Thursday-night Red Sox game when they decided to attack a homeless man they found wrapped in a sleeping bag on Columbia Road next to the... Read more

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