A man whose name has not been released was fatally shot inside an apartment at 107 Bloomfield St., near Fields Corner in Dorchester, around 1:40 a.m. last Thursday (Oct. 2). Boston Police arrested Angel Rivera, 30, a resident there, on charges of manslaughter, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition. At his arraignment in Dorchester Municipal Court the next day, Judge Steven Kim set bail at $20,000, then ordered him held at the Suffolk County jail. He is scheduled for an Oct. 30 probable cause hearing.
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A man was shot on Friday (Oct. 3) around 10:30 p.m. in the area of 2 Michigan Ave. in Dorchester, according to Boston Police, who say the victim was “transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries” to his arm. No arrests have been made and it is an ongoing investigation, BPD officials said.
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Boston Police issued a warning to the public last week after C-11 police received a report of a phone scam involving an impostor claiming to be member of the police department. According to the account, the victim sent online payments to a scammer who claimed to be a BPD sergeant and demanded money owed for a “court-related matter.” The victim sent two payments to the fraudster before alerting actual police to the incident.
“The Boston Police Department reminds community members that we will never call and request money, banking information, or electronic transfers as part of any investigation or court matter,” Boston Police said in a statement. Call Boston Police or 9-1-1 if you receive any such calls.
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The Boston office of the FBI last week claimed it had arrested 404 people over the course of a three-month “Summer Heat” operation in New England states. The head of the office claimed it targeted “gang members, drug traffickers, child predators, and bank robbers” between June 24 and September 20. The arrests allegedly included “129 seizures of deadly drugs, recovered 38 weapons, and identified/located 27 children.”
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A smoky fire last week that was apparently caused by malfunctioning battery equipment in the basement of a former bank building at 2 Morrissey Blvd. in Dorchester’s Columbia Point neighborhood remains under investigation. The building was once leased by Santander Bank, but the company says it moved out of the complex earlier this year at the end of June.
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A Boston woman who was charged with “violently shoving” a 63-year-old woman out of a Route 28 bus last month, admitted to the crime in a Roxbury courtroom last Friday. Luz Pineda has been ordered to stay off the MBTA and will be confined to her home for three months while the case is continued without a finding for two years, based on a ruling from Municipal Court Judge Connor Barusch. If she stays out of trouble during that time, the charge of assault and battery on a person over 60 causing injury will be dismissed. Judge Barusch also ordered her to continue with mental-health treatment and to stay away from the victim.
