Public Safety
A bruising battle at the Avenue Tavern in Mattapan Square that sent three to the hospital on March 6 was due to some "older kids" trying to re-assert their authority in the neighborhood after 8 1/2 years in prison, a bar manager told the Boston Licensing... Read more
A Hyde Park man was murdered in his car in the Dorchester District Court parking lot last week minutes after he and a suspect's wife left a court hearing on a suit over a car engine, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.
Mario F. Burns, 37,... Read more
The Boston Police Department says the 19-year-old died as he tried running away from officers conducting an anti-gang sweep in the area of Navillus Terrace and Winter Street around 9:41 p.m. on Saturday.
In a statement, police said: "While conducting [... Read more
Steven OdomDavid Johnson, 20, of Mattapan, will serve six to eight years in state prison for giving an acquaintance a loaded .357 Colt Python that the guy used to murder Steven Odom - when he mistook one of Odom's friends for the gang rival he really... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot several times around 10:20 p.m., Tuesday, in a hallway at 31 Leyland St.
The man, described as black and in his mid 30s, was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Florian Hall has canceled a series of glitter-ball events because of a fight that left one woman with only nine fingertips on Jan. 22.
The two women, both originally from Dorchester, returned to the neighborhood that night from their current homes in... Read more
A series of recent incidents at the Upstairs Downstairs bar at Neponset Circle could cost the establishment its 2 a.m. closing time.
The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday what to do about incidents involving brawling women in December, January and... Read more
Boston Police report an outbreak of burglaries in the area since February, but that they are unsure if burglaries on Dorchester Avenue and Buttonwood, Moseley and Carson streets are related.
On Grafton Street, police say, the victim reported two men in... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports capturing a suspect in a holdup of the Citizens Bank at 217 Adams St. yesterday not long after the robbery - on the outbound platform of the Fields Corner Red Line station.
Police say the responded to the holdup by... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports finding a man in his early 20s with gunshot wounds inside 71 Norwell St. shortly after 11 p.m. yesterday.
He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Anyone with information can contact... Read more
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