Public Safety
Andre Junior Lamerique, 26, was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Tuesday for his part in an effort to wring more than $10 million out of lenders in bogus transactions on properties across Boston, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports.... Read more
A Dorchester man started screaming at two gay women coming out of a market and was attempting to beat them with his cane when police arrived on the scene Wednesday evening, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Henry L. Alexander, 41, was... Read more
A federal judge on Thursday denied former City Councillor Chuck Turner's request to move his sentencing date. The date is still set for Jan. 25, three and a half weeks before voters go to the polls to replace him.
Turner, who was tossed from the City... Read more
UPDATE 10:50 a.m. Wednesday— Mayor Thomas Menino's office issued a statement this hour telling city residents to "stay indoors throughout the duration of the snow event, as the storm continues to bring heavy, wet snow and high winds into Boston."
The... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports officers had to use pepper spray to control an unruly mob of people caught breaking into the cafeteria at Carney Hospital Sunday night.
Police say security guards at the hospital requested police around 9:15 p.m. when... Read more
A chase through residential streets and yards off Freeport Street and Morrissey Boulevard Saturday night ended with police shooting one of four men after he allegedly pointed an assault rifle at officers.
The man shot by police, Marvin Veiga, 21, of... Read more
Former Sen. Wilkerson's statement after her sentencing. Video by Gal Tziperman Lotan.
It was strike two for former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson. More than a decade after the Roxbury Democrat was convicted of federal tax evasion charges, Wilkerson was... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man in his 20s was shot at 614 Blue Hill Ave. around 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
He was brought to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police did not immediately identify him.
Anybody with information can... Read more
A fire that raced through a three-story, two-family home at 5 Page St. late Tuesday afternoon left nine people without a home.
The Boston Fire Department says a short circuit on the first floor caused the fire, which resulted in an estimated $400,000 in... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports the residents of 251 Boston St. were forced out of their apartments this morning by a 60-gallon heating-oil spill Sunday morning. They will have to find other places to live until the spill is cleaned up, police say.
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