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East Boston crime

Violent crime incidents over the past year, as reported by Boston Police and the media (see caveats). More listings in text format below the map.

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Date and timesort icon Incident Type Address Comments
3/30/13 - 2:36 pm East Boston jewelry store robbed at gunpoint; clerk pistol whipped when he resists being handcuffed Armed robbery 11 Bennington St. Add comment (1)
3/7/13 - 7:12 pm East Boston gas-station clerk deters would-be robber by yelling at him Armed robbery 470 Meridian St. Add comment (1)
2/24/13 - 1:20 am Police: Muggers preying on people walking the streets of Maverick Square late at night Unarmed robbery Paris St. and Gove St. Add comment (2)
2/11/13 - 4:46 am Police: Man breaks into East Boston residence overnight and gropes women Indecent assault and battery Orleans St. and Murray Ct. Add comment (1)
1/13/13 - 7:00 am Slashed in the throat in East Boston, victim taken away in bad shape Stabbing 161 Cottage St. Add comment
1/3/13 - 7:40 pm East Boston gas station held up at shotgunpoint Armed robbery 470 Meridian St. Add comment (1)
12/14/12 - 12:00 pm In East Boston, police came for the stolen MacBook, stayed for the illegal weapons Illegal gun possession 247 Meridian St. Add comment (19)
11/6/12 - 6:30 pm Stabbing at East Boston Burger King Stabbing 1 Maverick Sq. Add comment (2)
10/24/12 - 1:07 am Police: Woman jumped from behind in East Boston; passerby scares off attacker Assault and battery Lexington St. and Meridian St. Add comment
10/18/12 - 5:30 pm Alleged dumbass of the week: Steals girl's phone, then uploads photos of himself to her Facebook account Armed robbery Bremen St. and Brooks St. Add comment (10)
10/15/12 - 6:47 am Three rob East Boston store at knifepoint; one arrested Armed robbery 3 Gladstone St. Add comment (7)
9/25/12 - 11:45 pm Three women sexually assaulted in East Boston Rape Princeton St. and Putnam St. Add comment (6)
9/17/12 - 1:45 pm Another pregnant woman sought for holdup Armed robbery Havre St. and Gove St. Add comment (1)
6/21/12 - 11:56 pm Man stabbed to death in East Boston Murder Marion St. and Bennington St. Add comment
5/4/12 - 7:15 am Man found dead in East Boston Murder 220 Chelsea St. Add comment
4/25/12 - 1:10 pm Pink-loving woman sought for East Boston bank holdup Bank robbery 2 Meridian St. Add comment
2/5/12 - 12:53 pm Close shave at East Boston barber shop after man goes into a hair rage Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 333 Sumner St. Add comment (2)
1/2/12 - 2:30 pm East Boston man pistol whipped in armed home invasion Armed home invasion 96 Wordsworth St. Add comment
12/24/11 - 5:39 pm Stabbed to death in East Boston on Christmas Eve Murder 100 Meridian St. Add comment (1)
10/17/11 - 2:40 pm Man stabbed near Airport T stop Stabbing 212 Bremen St. Add comment (1)
10/8/11 - 10:30 pm House fire in East Boston Arson 165 Coleridge St. Add comment
9/21/11 - 7:03 am Woman brutally attacked in East Boston, near death Assault and battery 228 Webster St. Add comment (5)
8/23/11 - 1:40 pm DA: Guy tries to prepare for new baby by ripping gold chain off man's neck Unarmed robbery Paris St. Add comment
8/18/11 - 9:30 pm Man with knife charged with threatening to kill Blue Line worker, getting into it with T cop Assault and battery on a police officer 450 Bennington St. Add comment (8)
8/10/11 - 1:15 pm Man stabbed, beaten with bats by Sumner Tunnel tolls Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Porter St. and Havre St. Add comment (7)
6/25/11 - 2:00 pm Dude, the sunglasses don't help much if you don't wear them Bank robbery 246 Border St. Add comment (4)
6/20/11 - 4:00 pm Teen charged with stabbing in East Boston park Stabbing Bremen St. Add comment
5/26/11 - 12:30 pm Teen charged with trying to sneak loaded gun into East Boston High School Illegal weapons possession 86 White St. Add comment (3)
5/24/11 - 7:20 pm Stabbing in East Boston Stabbing 319 Meridian St. Add comment
5/23/11 - 7:58 am One dead, one injured in East Boston fire Murder 877 Saratoga St. Add comment
5/21/11 - 3:48 am Police: Man takes a drive on the wild side, learns what a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world this is Assault and battery Brooks St. and Saratoga St. Add comment (9)
5/12/11 - 11:23 pm T worker tackles robbery suspect at Maverick, holds him for police Armed robbery 220 Sumner St. Add comment (8)
5/1/11 - 10:15 pm If only Jim Croce were still alive and living in East Boston Assault and battery 1045 Saratoga St. Add comment (4)
2/26/11 - 4:34 am Police: East Boston shooting suspect escaped via tunnel, captured on Storrow Drive Shooting 234 Maverick St. Add comment
2/10/11 - 10:45 pm Orient Heights liquor store robbed at gunpoint Armed robbery 1035 Saratoga St. Add comment
1/5/11 - 9:43 pm Three teens charged with East Boston armed holdup Armed holdup Brooks St. and Saratoga St. Add comment
11/2/10 - 3:00 pm Man sought for fatal East Boston beating in 2010 Murder Meridian St. Add comment (3)
10/16/10 - 12:00 pm Body found on Constitution Beach in East Boston has signs of foul play Suicide Constitution Beach Add comment (14)
9/2/10 - 10:27 pm Two shot on East Boston side of Meridian Street bridge Shooting 498 Meridian St. Add comment
7/29/10 - 6:13 pm East Boston teen punched, kicked and stabbed repeatedly after telling guys to stop staring at him Stabbing 333 Sumner St. Add comment (9)
7/1/10 - 9:00 am DA: Winthrop man arrested in East Boston parking lot after threatening to carve up ex-girlfriend and do the same to police Assault with intent to murder 1150 Saratoga St. Add comment
6/30/10 - 6:58 pm He should have stuck with panhandling Attempted armed holdup 470 Meridian St. Add comment
6/19/10 - 12:04 am Police find holes in man's story of how he got stabbed in East Boston Stabbing 944 Bennington St. Add comment
5/18/10 - 5:20 pm Usually it's the buyers who are supposed to beware on Craigslist Illegal weapons possession London St. Add comment (6)
5/5/10 - 11:30 pm Man surrounded, beaten into unconsciousness on East Boston street Assault and battery W. Eagle St. and Meridian St. Add comment (3)
4/30/10 - 1:39 am Guy with four earrings in one ear sought for East Boston bar stabbing Stabbing 272 Bennington St. Add comment
4/27/10 - 2:30 pm East Boston bank held up Bank robbery 1 Bennington St. Add comment
4/20/10 - 6:30 am Police: Guy took a different approach to buying cocaine in Orient Heights Drug investigation 1000 Bennington St. Add comment
4/18/10 - 1:00 am East Boston man with five machetes calls 911 to announce he will shoot the first person he sees Illegal weapons possession 410 Saratoga St. Add comment (3)
4/10/10 - 8:17 pm One arrested at East Boston gang battleground Illegal weapons possession Meridian St. and White St. Add comment (6)
4/4/10 - 1:00 am Man stabbed twice in East Boston Stabbing 103 Everett St. Add comment
4/1/10 - 3:30 pm Somebody in East Boston might want to be careful: There's a beefy guy with an earring and a gun after him Attempted assault and battery Falcon St. and Putnam St. Add comment (1)
3/28/10 - 3:30 am Cab driver robbed at gunpoint in East Boston Armed holdup 127 St. Andrew Rd. Add comment (1)
3/17/10 - 12:05 pm Police: Gang member caught in East Boston with spray paint, large knife Illegal weapons possession 251 Bennington St. Add comment (2)
3/9/10 - 9:08 pm East Boston convenience store held up at gunpoint Armed holdup 215 Trenton St. Add comment
2/13/10 - 9:00 pm Police: Guy with gun gets nervous, leaves East Boston store with nothing Attempted armed holdup 120 Byron St. Add comment
2/6/10 - 10:30 pm Police: East Boston teens used brass knuckles to punch out, rob other teens Armed holdup 120 Byron St. Add comment
2/5/10 - 11:00 pm East Boston bank robbed Bank robbery 856 Bennington St. Add comment (1)
1/30/10 - 8:00 pm East Boston market held up at knifepoint Armed holdup 140 Princeton St. Add comment
1/24/10 - 3:54 pm East Boston armed-robbery suspect is 13 Armed robbery 199 Noyes St. Add comment
1/24/10 - 12:30 am It's a good thing there's no gun school for punks Illegal gun possession Callender St. and Lyford St. Add comment
1/18/10 - 11:50 pm Beware of strange women who take you into East Boston alleys to kiss Armed holdup London Ct. Add comment (2)
1/17/10 - 2:34 pm Police: East Boston pizza delivery guy punched in the eye for no apparent reason Assault and battery 117 Porter St. Add comment
1/16/10 - 12:00 pm Robbed at knifepoint at noon by masked men in East Boston Armed holdup Lexington St. and Brooks St. Add comment
1/12/10 - 2:25 pm Gun-toting house invaders steal East Boston resident's safe Armed home invasion 44 White St. Add comment
1/10/10 - 10:14 pm Guy with red gas can sought for armed holdups across Boston Armed holdup 3 Neptune Cir Add comment
1/4/10 - 5:28 pm Gap-toothed Dominican cop impersonator sought for armed holdup in East Boston Armed holdup 55 Chelsea St. Add comment
12/13/09 - 8:20 pm Man says he was punched, robbed at knifepoint across street from East Boston police station Armed holdup 45 Meridian St. Add comment (1)
12/12/09 - 12:33 am Man smacked, shot at in East Boston robbery attempt Armed holdup 294 Bremen St. Add comment (10)
12/10/09 - 9:45 pm Three punks sought for attacking man from behind, mugging him in East Boston Armed holdup 50 Eutaw St. Add comment
12/6/09 - 6:00 pm Beefy guy in black Sox hat sought for East Boston holdup Armed holdup 112 Paris St. Add comment
11/18/09 - 6:40 pm East Boston gunman follows man into his building, robs him Armed holdup 169 Princeton St. Add comment (1)
11/17/09 - 10:00 am Two charged with stabbing man in broad daylight in East Boston Stabbing Gove St. and Bremen St. Add comment
11/14/09 - 11:00 pm East Boston man's ride home ends in beating Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 800 Border St. Add comment (6)
11/7/09 - 6:08 pm Gang of face punchers take East Boston man's wallet, MIT class ring Unarmed robbery 66 London St. Add comment