A juvenile female who was struck by a car Tuesday night in the area of Columbia Road and Geneva Avenue is now expected to survive her injures after fighting for her life overnight. The post Pedestrian hit by car at Columbia Road, Geneva Ave. intersection appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Officers responded to a report of a person shot inside an apartment at 7 Whitfield St. around 5:30 p.m. The post Man critically wounded in Dorchester shooting appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
A 21-year-old Dorchester man has been charged with second-degree murder after Boston Police said he deliberately struck and killed a person riding a scooter in Grove Hall last Saturday afternoon (July 25). The post Man, 21, charged with murder in Grove Hall scooter crash appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Adding package theft to city's 311 system can help us track problem, writes Cara Gillis. The post What to do about the package theft that plagues our neighborhood? appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Two people were killed and several others wounded in a flurry of night-time shootings in Roxbury and Dorchester during the late hours of Sat., July 4 and early morning of Sunday, July 5...
Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever for scammers to impersonate loved ones, government officials, and trusted businesses, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden warned residents on Tuesday during a fraud prevention workshop in Dorchester...
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening. The post Boston Police: Taunton man struck cop cruiser while attempting to flee traffic stop in Mattapan appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Monday’s hearing focused on allegations of beatings, sexual assaults, and 20 deaths over the last seven years at the Suffolk County House of Correction...
A federal jury acquitted Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins of extortion charges Wednesday, September 2, following a trial in the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. Tompkins had been charged with two counts of extortion related to...
The shooting death of an 18-year-old woman found inside a Mattapan home earlier this month has been ruled a homicide, Boston Police said Thursday. The post Death of 18-year-old woman in Mattapan home ruled a homicide appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Information about a string of package and bicycle thefts in the neighborhood, along with complaints about college parties, were the highlights of last week’s Mission Hill Crime Committee meeting. Boston Police Officer Michael O’Rourke, the community service officer for Mission...
A security guard's request that a large group of people outside Little Haiti International Cuisine on Hyde Park Avenue leave because it was too late for them to get in ended in a mass shooting that left five people shot, one fatally. The post Haitian restaurant in Hyde Park could learn next week whether it can re-open following mass shooting outside appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Marico Levy, 17, of Aubrey, Texas, who is wanted for murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 29-year-old Tennessee man at South Station last week. The post Boston police seek 17-year-old from Texas in South Station murder appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Even though it has already upheld Javaine Watson’s first-degree murder conviction for the murder of Romeo McCubbin on Havelock Street in Dorchester in 2013, the Supreme Judicial Court today gave him and his lawyer permission to have “forensic testing” done of several phones seized after the murder in an attempt to make his case that he had nothing to do with the murder and that he was framed by one of the other three men who were also convicted – and that guy’s allegedly lying girlfriend...
The fire is at a three-family property that neighbors say is vacant...
Boston firefighters responded to 359 Geneva Ave. in Dorchester shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday for what turned into a three-alarm fire that spread to the neighboring three decker at 355 Geneva Ave., just a few feet away...
A 20-year-old Jamaica Plain man was arrested Wednesday night after police say he opened fire on Boston police officers during a foot pursuit in Dorchester...
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that the current legal interpretation of the Second Amendment gives the state the right to bar people under 21 from roaming around with guns, in the case of a man who was charged with unlicensed possession of a firearm - and also assault and battery on a state trooper - in December, 2021, when he was 20. The post Local man loses case over right of 20-year-olds to carry guns; he’s now imprisoned in separate manslaughter case appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
The Revere Police Department stated it will more closely monitor the city’s Flock camera system in the wake of an officer suspension earlier this year. A Revere police officer was suspended for three days without pay earlier this year for...
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office has moved to take control of $6,039 it says investigators from Boston and State Police and the FBI seized in April at two rooms at the Ramada Inn, 800 Morrissey Blvd. that they say were being used by a Flushing, NY woman to offer other women for sale...
The Boston Police Department reports arresting Dayanna Familiar, 35, on a manslaughter charge after a medical examiner concluded her 4-year-old daughter died Aug. 17 from 'acute fentanyl intoxication" in their Fuller Street apartment. The post Mother charged with manslaughter for fentanyl death of 4-year-old daughter appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
State senate legislation that is currently in committee could help curtail the nuisance of loud automotive exhaust systems in Revere and beyond. Monday night, Revere Police Chief Maria LaVita appeared before the city council to provide information about the police...
By Adam Swift Two new Revere Police Officers were sworn in at City Hall last week. Mayor Patrick Keefe, Police Chief Maria LaVita and several other local leaders were on hand to welcome David Riccio Jr. and Esau Lemus Aguilar...
With the summer of ’26 at about its midpoint, Charlestown had seen a 4-percent reduction in incidents of violent and property crime from the previous year. According to Boston Police, between Jan. 1 and July 12 of this year, 108...
“This class represents every culture of our city, every neighborhood throughout Boston,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. The post Diversity hailed at Faneuil Hall as BPD ranks rise by 118 officers appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Boston Police officials say nighttime shutdowns of Talbot Avenue and other selected streets near Franklin Park this summer have been successful in curbing late-night gatherings before they overwhelm neighborhoods — and police resources. The post Police call summertime street closures effective against late-night ‘takeovers’ appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Holiday weekend violence sparked a range of reactions from elected leaders, some of whom are calling for more police officers to reinforce the ranks, while others say more resources should go to other anti-violence workers...
Boston Police arrested a third suspect sought in connection with a May 12 shooting on Dacia Street in Dorchester that left one of the alleged gunmen wounded...
As the third quarter of ’26 was drawing to a close, District D-4 had seen a 4-percent reduction in Part One crime from last year. According to Boston Police, 2,298 incidents of Part One crime (i.e. major categories of violent...
Local Boston Police commanders discussed anti-crime strategies with neighbors during a lengthy public meeting in Codman Square on Monday evening that featured repeated concerns about late-night disturbances caused by large gatherings of revelers that have frustrated police and residents alike this summer. The post BPD commanders take up quality-of-life concerns at Codman Square discussion appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Boston Police say a man was fatally stabbed early Monday morning near Franklin Field in Dorchester. The post Man killed in overnight stabbing near Franklin Field appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
As the third quarter of ’26 was drawing to a close, Area A-1 had seen a 7-percent reduction in Part One crime from last year. According to Boston Police, 1,541 incidents of Part One crime (i.e. major categories of violent...
With the summer of ’26 at about its midpoint, District D-4 had seen a 4-percent reduction in incidents of violent and property crime from last year. According to Boston Police, between Jan. 1 and July 12 of this year, 1,586...
According to a BPD report, officers from District B-3 responded at about 8:53 p.m. to a report of a person shot near the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Talbot...
Revere Police Chief Maria LaVita addressed the department’s use of Flock license plate reader cameras at Monday night’s city council meeting. Councilor-at-Large Marc Silvestri introduced the motion to have the chief address the council about the department’s use and policy...
A suspect in the murder of a man last Wednesday, July 22, on the Boston Common had been previously arrested on a gun charge, according to published reports. Ashlie Jeremie, age 27, of Bedford is charged with murder, assault and...
A 39-year-old Dorchester man was arrested Wednesday night and charged with manslaughter in connection with a February assault on Dorchester Avenue that resulted in the death of a 66-year-old man, Boston Police said. The post Dot man charged with manslaughter in fatal Dot Ave assault appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
Prosecutors said the accused— 23-year-old Justin Ferrer—did not intend to shoot Bala, his friend, when a gunfight erupted in a municipal parking lot on Bowdoin Street between two groups...
If police criminalists had found three gunshot residue particles on Keith Williams after Dawnn Jaffier crumpled to the street, a fatal gunshot wound to her head during the 2014 J'Ouvert parade, that would have been enough for prosecutors to use during Williams's murder trial. But the expert found just two, prosecutors failed to explain to the jury why that was still enough proof of Williams's guilt and so Williams deserves a new trial, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday. The post SJC orders new trial for man convicted of murdering Dawnn Jaffier at 2014 J’Ouvert parade appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
The Revere Police Department has big plans for a new community policing truck that will be unveiled soon. At Monday night’s meeting, the city council approved establishing a gift account for the police department. This account will allow the department...
A 24-year-old Boston man was ordered held without bail today after being charged with murder in the July 5 shooting death of Travis Washington near 500 Blue Hill Ave...
With the summer of ’26 at about its midpoint, Area A-1 had seen a 9-percent reduction in incidents of violent and property crime from last year. According to Boston Police, between Jan. 1 and July 12 of this year, 1,070...
A 22-year-old Worcester man was ordered held on $250,000 bail at his arraignment in Dorchester court last week on a manslaughter charge in the fatal stabbing of 30-year-old Wesley Humphrey, also of Worcester. The post Worcester man charged in Aug. 17 Harvard St. murder appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...
A police pursuit of a suspect vehicle ended in Lower Mills with one arrest on Thursday afternoon. The post Police pursuit ends in Lower Mills appeared first on Dorchester Reporter...