Somebody fired as many as 11 rounds shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday on Kingsdale Street near Wales Street in Dorchester. No injuries, but three cars were hit.
Via Stanley Staco.
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By adamg - 7/27/23 - 11:51 am
"Noted," Jonathan Mardukas says about the slightly altered electronic signboard he spotted at the playground parking lot at McConnnell Park, overlooking beautiful Dorchester Bay.
By adamg - 7/25/23 - 4:35 pm
From video by Timothy Dunn.
The MBTA shut power on the Red Line in both directions at JFK/UMass after a third rail caught fire just before the station around 4:20 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 7/25/23 - 3:48 pm
As the torrential rains pour down, Columbia Road has flooded at Hamilton (where the train tracks cross) and in the area of Devon Street.
The flooding there sent motorists down Quincy Street, where they promptly had to stop near Ceylon Street, because of flooding under the train tracks there. One motorist climbed out of his car and was standing on the roof of his car due to floodwaters that came about halfway up his car.
By adamg - 7/25/23 - 3:08 pm
Photos via BPD.
Update: Suspect arrested.
Boston Police report they are looking for Cristofanes Mendes, 33, on charges of kidnapping and auto theft for an incident in which he got into a couple's vehicle at Geneva Avenue and Leroy Street in Dorchester, drove off, then returned to drop off their 2-year-old son before speeding off again. Read more.
By adamg - 7/24/23 - 5:14 pm
Boston Police report a man was found stabbed at 6 Hartford St., in Dorchester around 12:05 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Read more.
By adamg - 7/24/23 - 11:49 am
A man faces a dangerousness hearing tomorrow on charges he reacted to a woman failing to say "good morning" to him by punching her seven times in the face and then trying to run her over with one of his Mercedes, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports - adding he was nabbed in part due to data from the GPS tracker he was wearing while on bail for an earlier assault. Read more.
By adamg - 7/19/23 - 12:23 pm
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let D'Buly Chimis, 1151 Blue Hill Ave., near Morton Street, extend its closing hour from the current 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday through Sunday. Read more.
By adamg - 7/15/23 - 3:59 pm
Surveillance photos of suspect via BPD.
Update: Suspect arrested.
Boston Police report they are looking for the guy they say stole a couple's pickup at Geneva Avenue and Leroy Street in Dorchester yesterday afternoon with their two-year-old child still inside. Read more.
By adamg - 7/12/23 - 1:43 pm
A federal judge this week sentenced Jarmori Brown, 21, to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a ring that purchased guns in Alabama, then rode with them on buses up to Boston, where they sold the weapons on the black market. Read more.
By adamg - 7/12/23 - 10:03 am
The Dorchester Reporter reports on the proposal for 45 affordable apartments by the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp. - part of whose mission is to build affordable housing.
By adamg - 7/10/23 - 9:48 pm
Amy Weingarten Salvucci took in the post-storm rainbow over the South End this evening. Brooks Payne captured it as well.
Romeo Trauma watched the rainbow over Dudley Street in Dorchester: Read more.
By adamg - 7/10/23 - 1:21 pm
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld the second-degree murder convictions of three men for beating and stabbing a teenager to death at Blue Hill Avenue and Wilcock Street in 2007, rejecting arguments that a juror who answered "no" to questions about relatives involved in criminal cases or the court system meant the three couldn't get a fair trial. Read more.
By adamg - 7/10/23 - 8:43 am
Freed from those pesky rules that keep federal officials from endorsing candidates, current NHL Players Association President Marty Walsh has made an endorsement for the District 3 (Dorchester) City Council seat Frank Baker is giving up, the Dorchester Reporter reports: John FitzGerald, whose father, Kevin, shared an office with Walsh when Walsh was first elected a state rep back in the day.
By adamg - 7/7/23 - 7:17 am
Shooting scene, photo by Gavin Schoch.
Victim identified as Tywon Meek, 19.
Boston Police report a man was shot to death on Leyland Street, just past East Cottage Street, in Dorchester, around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.
By adamg - 7/4/23 - 11:09 am
MassDOT reports there were "major delays" on the Expressway southbound this morning due to separate big-rig rollovers. One truck ended on its side, spilling fuel and forcing the shutdown of three lanes near Southampton Street, then another truck jackknifed near Savin Hill, forcing two lanes shut. The trucks and messes were cleared arond 10:30 a.m., MassDOT says.
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