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Downtown crime

Incidents over the past two years, from BPD, media and scanner reports.

Date Type Street
2/24/24 - 7:00 pm Man flipped his lid and pummeled employee at South Station McDonald's, police say Assault and battery
2/21/24 - 1:30 pm Mask hater attacks senior at State Street T stop, tries to drag her to the tracks, police, witnesses say Assault and battery State Street MBTA station
2/17/24 - 6:57 pm Police say gun-packing drug dealer was mingling on Tremont Street downtown until they arrived Illegal gun possession 128 Tremont St.
2/13/24 - 6:00 am Guy tossed lit cigarette at man at South Station, then threatened him with a knife, police say Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon South Station
2/11/24 - 1:40 pm Man holds up Downtown Crossing market Armed robbery 226 Washington St.
12/25/23 - 2:13 am Bloody Christmas: Police search for suspects in stabbings in the Theater District and downtown Stabbing 279 Tremont St.
11/27/23 - 5:15 pm Guy gripping both a machete and an axe goes after a group of teens in Downtown Crossing but is arrested before he can carve anybody up, police say Assault with a dangerous weapon Temple Place
11/21/23 - 8:40 pm Woman charged as downtown dog stomper Dog beating 131 Tremont St.
11/13/23 - 6:00 pm Svedka-swilling faux-letter-jacket guy sought for unprovoked Green Line smacking Assault and battery Government Center MBTA station
11/13/23 - 2:00 am Fourth Amendment and police investigation into domestic violence collide at waterfront hotel Assault and battery 510 Atlantic Ave.
11/2/23 - 3:39 am Teen smashes into downtown shop, then pedals a Bluebike back home to Dorchester, police say Breaking and entering 449 Washington St.
10/2/23 - 4:57 am Police hunt man they say held up a Park Plaza convenience store at gunpoint Armed robbery 4 Park Plaza
9/15/23 - 7:55 am Man sought for rush-hour sexual attack on the Red Line Indecent assault and battery Park Street MBTA station
8/27/23 - 11:00 pm Brawl outside Tremont Street movie theater: Five teens arrested, one cop is stomped Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon Washington St. and Avery St.
8/14/23 - 8:17 pm Group of teens beat man on Washington Street downtown for no particular reason, police say Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon 375 Washington St.
8/11/23 - 9:00 pm Orange Line rider punched in the mouth when he asks some teens to stop aggro-blocking the doors with their Bluebikes Assault and battery Downtown Crossing MBTA station
8/8/23 - 10:28 am Police hunt downtown carjacker Armed carjacking 37 Merrimac St.
8/7/23 - 5:36 pm Stabby teens arrested downtown Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon 450 Washington St.
7/20/23 - 11:35 pm Woman stabbed to death on Tremont Street near Park Street Murder 121 Tremont St.
7/7/23 - 8:33 am What kind of a dumbass uses the Orange Line to try to get away after robbing a bank? Bank robbery 24 Winter St.
6/30/23 - 3:45 pm South Shore man comes into town, grabs a bite to eat and is arrested not long after because he swiped the food and was packing a 'ghost' gun, police say Illegal gun possession 283 Washington St.
6/15/23 - 7:30 pm Door-hogging couple attack man on the Green Line, police say Assault and battery Tremont St.
6/13/23 - 7:30 am Human traffic cone beats man for accidentally brushing against him at State Street T stop, police say Assault and battery State Street MBTA station
5/26/23 - 7:05 pm Man was ambling around downtown with a loaded gun and crack, police say Illegal gun possession 131 Tremont St.
5/23/23 - 8:57 am Two sought for trying to carve man up with a machete in Downtown Crossing Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon Tremont St. and Temple Pl.
5/7/23 - 9:45 pm Man shot downtown Shooting 39 Kingston St.
4/13/23 - 11:00 pm As if constant Blue Line delays weren't enough: Man refuses to give seat up to a senior, so the senior tries to strangle him, police say Strangulation Aquarium MBTA stop
4/6/23 - 1:00 pm Guy charged with stomping man in an Orange Line car at Haymarket Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon Haymarket MBTA station
3/28/23 - 2:00 pm Whitman man comes up to Boston, kicks somebody onto the subway tracks at State Street, then goes home and stabs somebody in the face, police say Attempted murder State Street MBTA station
3/17/23 - 9:00 pm Man beaten in Downtown Crossing has died Murder 17 Winter St.
2/19/23 - 7:49 pm Suburban kids run amok in Downtown Crossing, beating some people, throwing bottles at others, police say Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon Washington St. and Franklin St.
2/7/23 - 2:00 pm Man walloped woman who said 'excuse me' to him in Downtown Crossing concourse, police say Assault and battery Washington St. and Summer St.
1/25/23 - 7:27 pm Four charged with slicing, tasing, beating man on the Red Line in robbery attempt; one also charged for crowbar beatings, robberies on the Green Line Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon South Station
1/21/23 - 9:30 pm Police say cop smashed in face while trying to arrest congresswoman's daughter in Boston Common protest Assault and battery Parkman Bandstand
1/15/23 - 7:39 pm Teen stabbed in the back on Temple Place downtown; two other teens arrested, one just 13 Stabbing Temple Place
1/1/23 - 5:40 pm Bro herd sought for downtown stomping on New Year's Day Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon 540 Atlantic Ave.
12/4/22 - 12:49 am Guy held on charges he slammed man to the pavement outside Faneuil Hall bar, causing possibly permanent neck injury Assault and battery 27 Clinton St.
11/5/22 - 8:00 pm Man opens fire on Rowes Wharf with a flare gun, attacks responding cops with uncapped hypodermic needles, police say Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon 70 Rowes Wharf
11/2/22 - 11:08 pm Two sought for beating, robbery outside Haymarket convenience store Assault and battery 149 Hanover St.
10/27/22 - 4:41 pm Woman tried lighting people on fire at Downtown Crossing supermarket, police say Assault with a dangeous weapon 8 Summer St.
8/20/22 - 11:46 pm Suspect in punching robbery attack on jewelry vendor at Blue Line stop arrested trying to get on an Orange Line shuttle bus a few days later, police say Assault and battery Government Center.
8/13/22 - 1:00 am Old guy stomps even older guy in dispute over a bag at Park Street T stop, police say Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Park St. MBTA station
8/4/22 - 3:00 pm Man stabbed in the neck near State and Congress downtown Stabbing 28 Congress St.
7/28/22 - 12:20 pm This isn't Times Square on VJ Day and you can't just grab some random woman and kiss her, man learns on the Green Line Assault and battery Park Street MBTA station
7/22/22 - 4:30 pm Short guy with distinctive mole pattern on his bald head wanted for downtown bank robbery Bank robbery 6 Tremont St.
7/9/22 - 4:00 pm Police look for man they say hurled a homophobic slur at woman at Park Street, then doused her and her dog with an iced drink Assault and battery Park St.
7/2/22 - 3:00 pm Man stabbed repeatedly on Boston Common; suspect quickly arrested Stabbing Tremont St and Avery St.
6/24/22 - 12:05 am Police hunt four who stomped a man outside South Station last night Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Atlantic Ave. and Summer St.
6/17/22 - 10:05 pm Man stabbed in the head in brawl on New Chardon Street Stabbing New Chardon St. and Bowker St.
6/5/22 - 12:40 am Gunfire outside the South Street Diner Gunfire 178 Kneeland St.
6/1/22 - 12:06 am Police: Man punches cop in the head after he and his brass-knuckled pal beat up a restaurant worker downtown Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon School St. and Province St.
5/26/22 - 3:20 pm Person is shot at Winter and Tremont streets downtown; suspect may have escaped on the Red Line Shooting Tremont St. and Winter St.
5/20/22 - 6:39 pm Teen arrested in Downtown Crossing for attack that included use of a shook-up soda can and the display of an unfolded folding knife, police say Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 365 Washington St.
4/27/22 - 6:30 pm Two Suffolk students beaten up on the Common by teens, police say Assault and battery Boston Common
4/12/22 - 12:35 pm One of the screaming anti-vax bucket bangers arrested at City Hall Assault and battery 1 City Hall Sq.
4/2/22 - 1:14 pm Man charged with punching two Asian-American women in the face in Boston; was already locked up for attack on elderly woman in Cambridge Assault and battery Oak St. W and Tremont St.
3/19/22 - 6:53 pm Man stabbed to death on Union Street downtown Murder 33 Union St.
2/7/22 - 10:01 pm Man stabbed at Downtown Crossing T station last month has died Murder Downtown Crossing T station
1/28/22 - 9:30 am Police say Georgia man kicked two women in the stomach on a train into South Station - one so hard they found his shoe imprint on her top Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 700 Atlantic Ave.