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District C-11 reports a man was mugged behind St. Mark's Church Monday evening by a trio of young robbers - two no more than 12. The man was walking in the parking lot behind the Dorchester Avenue church around 6 p.m. when he was surrounded by three kids... Read more
A two-alarm fire broke out shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday in the basement of the Fiesta Bakery, 14 Hancock St., the Boston Fire Department reports. The fire, caused by an electrical short circuit, did $400,000 in damage and sent one firefighter to the... Read more
UPDATE: He was found, safe, around 10 a.m. on Monday, police report. Boston Police report they are looking for John Fahey, 84, who has been missing since Dec. 9. Fahey, who has Alzheimer's is white, 5'9" with a slim build, gray hair and blue eyes - and... Read more
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Brian Lee, 45, first-degree murder for the 2006 death of his father, Edward Lee, in his Mattapan home, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Judge John Cratsley quickly pronounced the... Read more
Boston Police today issued an arrest warrant for Amos "Ace" Don for the Aug. 25 murder of Lewiston, Maine resident Erica Field in a car outside 105 Norwell St. Field and companion Shameek "Jo Jo" Garcia were sitting in a car outside 105 Norwell St. when... Read more
Boston Police say officers responding to calls from neighbors found the body of a woman with "head trauma" in an apartment at 7 Vassar St. shorly after 7 p.m., Saturday. Police say she was black and about 40; they declined to provide her identification.... Read more
Two Dorchester men were arraigned today on charges they tried to murder a member of a rival Cape Verdean faction on Albion Street in Roxbury last night. Vincent Davis and Jesse DeBurgo, both 18, were arraigned today in Roxbury District Court on charges... Read more
A man who only recently got out of jail for robbing banks was charged with holding up a Dorchester credit union last week after police matched fingerprints found on the demand note with his, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says. Perry... Read more
Thermal image: Gun in the snow (via Suffolk County DA). Jose Rodrigues, 25, last week became the first person in Massachusetts to be convicted by a jury on an illegal gun-possession charge based on technology that proved a gun he'd been holding on a cold... Read more
Boston Police report that one of two men shot while sitting in a car at Bowdoin and Norton streets on Monday has died. Police say they were called around 5:40 p.m. Monday evening about shots fired at a red motor vehicle. Both victims were taken to Boston... Read more

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