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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
UPDATE: WCVB-TV reports the two were found in Everett and are OK. The Boston Police Department reports Maithe "Daniela" Ruiz, 10, and Angela Rivera, 12, were last seen leaving their home for school around 8:40 a.m. today. "It is believed that the two... Read more
Relatives of Ramone Daley gathered at Boston Police headquarters today to announce a $10,000 reward for information on whoever gunned down the young Floyd Street resident as he left for work early on the morning of Feb. 27. Jeannette Binton: Daley's... Read more
Boston Police report finding a man lying in front of 85 Draper St. with gunshot wounds around 7:25 p.m. yesterday. Benjamin Martins, 30, of Dorchester, was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Anyone with information can... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports finding Troy Robinson and his two-year-old nephew on the 700 block of Washington Street tonight. Robinson will be charged with kidnapping, police said, adding the toddler was brought to a local hospital for evaluation... Read more
The federal government has started procedings to take control of a Dorchester house it says two brothers built to become the center of a family drug ring that was broken up with a series of arrests in 2007. The government says it will sell off 59... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was fatally shot around 4 a.m. on Saturday in front of 19 Floyd St. The man, a black male in his early 20s, was rushed to Boston Medical Center, where he died several hours later. Police say the man was lying in... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports Pat Foley was a block away from the Engine 21 firehouse in Dorchester this morning when he noticed a fire in an apartment building 40 Sumner St. around 7 a.m. Foley called in the fire, then raced into the building and... Read more

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