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Police to add patrols in violent 'hotspots'
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Police Commissioner Ed Davis and Mayor Tom Menino vowed today to crack down on a spate of violence in certain Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury neighborhoods, following last night's shooting of a three-year-old on Bowdoin Street. Read more
Toddler, woman shot on Bowdoin Street
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Boston Police report arresting a 16-year-old on charges he shot a 70-year-old woman and a 3-year-old boy inside the O.M. May Liquor store at 213 Bowdoin St. around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Read more
Warrant search yields gun stash at Morton Street home
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Boston Police relay news of a weapons cache that was seized during a search of a Morton Street home by the B-3 Drug Control Unit on Tuesday (May 12). An 18 year-old man was arrested and faces a series of drugs and gun charges.
White Honda Accord sought in Uphams Corner hit-and-run
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Updated: A 45 year-old man was struck by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of Dudley Street and Columbia Road on Tuesday night at 11 p.m. The victim, who has not been identified, is in “serious†condition with head trauma at Boston Medical Center, according to Boston Police.
Police are now asking for the public’s help in finding the car and its driver. The suspect’s car is described as a white Honda Accord coupe.
Elaine Driscoll, a spokesperson for the Boston Police Department, said that the car would have sustained damage in the incident. Read more
Peace walk draws hundreds on Mother's Day
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2009 Walk for Peace: Participants in the 13th annual Mothers' Walk for Peace pass the Second Church of Dorchester on Sunday, May 10, 2009. Read more
Police seek help IDing armed robbery suspect
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Person of interest: Boston Police think this man in red —shown at the Fields Corner T station on Tuesday — may be a suspect in a string of armed robberies. Police want to identify him and the woman holding an umbrella at right.Boston Police today released surveillance images of a suspect wanted in connection with armed robbery incidents in Boston and Brookline. Read more
BPS: Marshall School student has Swine Flu
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A kindergarten student at the John Marshall Elementary School in Dorchester has become the first Boston Public School student diagnosed with the Swine Flu, the Reporter learned this afternoon. Read more
Fifteen year-old mortally wounded on Dudley Street
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A 15 year-old student who was gunned down this morning on Dudley Street is not expected to survive his injuries, according to Boston Police. Read more
Gunfire erupts, teen dies
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Boston Police report neighbors heard numerous gunshots this evening shortly before a 17-year-old was found lying on the sidewalk at 70 Tonawanda St. around 7:19 p.m. Read more
