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After several years searching, police nab man charged with trying to burn down ex-girlfriend's Roxbury house and shooting a man

By adamg on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 12:00am

Boston Police report arresting James Stewart, 32, on a 2012 arson charge and a 2014 charge of shooting a man repeatedly.

Stewart was picked up in Stoughton, police say.

In 2012, Stewart evaded police who charged him with setting his ex-girlfriend's house at 7 St. James St. in Roxbury on fire.

Two years later, police blamed him for shooting a man at least four times on Bowdoin Avenue.

He now faces arraignment on a charges that include arson and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Innocent, etc.

Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
Roxbury
Topics: 
Crime


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By anon on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 12:24am.

...not James St.

But if you google "7 James St., Boston" you end up on a cool road through the Oak Lawn Cemetery that looks like it might offer a shortcut to the Towers of Doom, if they're still there.

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By adamg on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 8:18am.

Alas, one of the first things Eversource (well, maybe it was NStar at the time) did when they bought the land was to take down the towers. Then they posted "No Trespassing" signs all along the perimeter.

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By Gary C on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 8:48am.

That Towers of Doom is one of my favorite threads. It was fun to relive it.

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By Wiffleball on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 8:03am.

made him do it.

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By Lunchbox on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 9:24am.

How does an alleged arsonist and shooter remain on the lam for 4 years? Particularly when he was only about a dozen miles from the city?

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By anon on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:18am.

They work "off the books" - which can mean for cash or they deal drugs or other hidden enterprise.

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