Crime

SJC orders new trial for man convicted of murdering Dawnn Jaffier at 2014 J’Ouvert parade

SJC orders new trial for man convicted of murdering Dawnn Jaffier at 2014 J’Ouvert parade

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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...

Jury acquits Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins of extortion charges

Jury acquits Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins of extortion charges

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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...

Haitian restaurant in Hyde Park could learn next week whether it can re-open following mass shooting outside

Haitian restaurant in Hyde Park could learn next week whether it can re-open following mass shooting outside

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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...

High court offers man a chance to make case he deserves new trial for a 2013 murder on Havelock Street

High court offers man a chance to make case he deserves new trial for a 2013 murder on Havelock Street

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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...

Police call summertime street closures effective against late-night ‘takeovers’

Police call summertime street closures effective against late-night ‘takeovers’

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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...

BPD commanders take up quality-of-life concerns at Codman Square discussion

BPD commanders take up quality-of-life concerns at Codman Square discussion

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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...

Revere Police ready community policing van

Revere Police ready community policing van

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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...