Around 11 p.m. on Woodledge Street. Two black men - one skinny with braids, the other heavyset - ran away.
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By adamg - 8/29/14 - 10:47 am
WBZ reports on a memorial vigil last night in honor of Dawnn Jaffier, shot to death while waiting for a parade on Blue Hill Avenue.
By adamg - 8/28/14 - 9:15 pm
The Dorchester Reporter reports that when some guy robbed the Lower Mills branch of Meetinghouse Bank this afternoon, the bank president sprung into action and ran after the guy, managing to get a punch in before police arrived.
By adamg - 8/26/14 - 11:45 pm
Stanley Stacos reports a man was shot several times in the chest and shoulder around 8 p.m. at 241 Woodrow Ave. in Dorchester.
By adamg - 8/26/14 - 5:52 pm
Around 5:40 p.m. One car was hit, no people. Police are looking for a silver Taurus with Connecticut plates.
By rvillarson - 8/26/14 - 3:49 pm
Roxbury, MA – It is election season for Massachusetts residents! There are so many important issues that need to be addressed. Whether it be violence in the community, education, the economy, or green energy, everyone needs to be heard. For the first time, the Young Professionals Network of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (YPNULEM) is hosting a series entitled “Candid Conversations”. During this series, the community has the opportunity to speak to candidates directly and learn how each candidate stands on issues that matter the most to them. All are welcome to attend.
By adamg - 8/26/14 - 12:17 pm
The guns in question. Photo by BPD.
Boston Police report recovering five guns, magazines and ammunition that were just sitting there in a plastic bag in an alley off Lucerne and Harwood streets in Dorchester early this morning.
By adamg - 8/25/14 - 4:49 pm
Peter Gelzinis reports how the Olde Town Team is threatening legal action against some Dorchester guy who runs an adult hockey league in the Boston area called StinkySocks Hockey.
By adamg - 8/25/14 - 3:27 pm
Around 8:15 a.m. on Saturday, Keith Williams took out a loaded .357 revolver at Blue Hill Avenue and McLellan Street and began firing into a crowd of people waiting for the J'Ouvert parade, assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Mark Lee said today.
One of the bullets hit Dawnn Jaffier in the head as she stood a block away at Charlotte Street, killing her, Lee said. Another bullet traveled more than four blocks down Blue Hill Avenue, hitting another woman in the leg as she sat on a curb with her friends.
By adamg - 8/24/14 - 12:35 pm
Stevil watched an artist painting the scene on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay the other day.
In Fields Corner, a woman looked at some of the life-size self portraits on Dorchester Avenue, part of Dot Art's annual "Portraits, People and Places" exhibit.
By adamg - 8/23/14 - 8:45 pm
The Dorchester Reporter reports on the 4:15 p.m. incident on Gallivan Boulevard in which an occupant of one car opened fire on the occupants of another car.
By adamg - 8/23/14 - 6:48 pm
UPDATE, Monday: Dorchester teen charged with shooting her in the head.
Dawnn Jaffier, 26, a 2010 graduate of UMass Amherst, died today when she was shot in the head during the J'Ouvert parade on Blue Hill Avenue.
By adamg - 8/23/14 - 8:20 am
UPDATE: Boston Police report the first victim, Dawnn Jaffier, 26, died.
By adamg - 8/23/14 - 7:10 am
But he was conscious and alert when police and EMTs arrived at Westview and Ames streets around 3 a.m., Boston EMS Incidents reports.
By Lemonade - 8/22/14 - 4:37 pm
With the rising rents in South Boston, I'm thinking about moving to Dorchester. I realize that Dorchester is very big and that some parts are safe while other parts are less safe. What is the crime situation in Fields Corner, particularly around Geneva Street between Park Street and Bowdoin Street? I'm thinking about renting an apartment on Westville Street near Up Academy (John Marshall Elementary School). I've heard mixed things. Would it be safe to walk from the Fields Corner T station to the elementary school at night?
By adamg - 8/22/14 - 2:48 pm
Around 3:35 p.m. on Brunswick Street off Blue Hill Avenue. Suspects: Two black men in a newer-model, beige Camry.
By adamg - 8/22/14 - 1:16 pm
Boston Police report they are looking for four people in connection with the robbery of $20,000 worth of jewelry at Thai Binh Jewelry, which recently opened at 1283 Dorchester Ave.
According to police, one of the four walked into the shop around 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 11, looked around, declared he didn't want anything they had, then walked out.
As the individual left the store, he appeared to leave the door propped open, allowing the entry of two males and a female. The two males and female then began to smash the cases.
They then fled in a green Camry and a black Volvo SUV, police say.
By adamg - 8/20/14 - 7:48 pm
The scene outside Ashmont station. Photo by David Finnerty.
Boston Police report a man was shot around 7:40 p.m. just outside the station.
Officers on patrol saw the shooting and immediately took off after the suspect on foot. Police say they captured Balfour McLean, 22, of Dorchester, on Alban Street and charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition. They also recovered the Ruger 357 firearm they say he discarded during the chase.
By adamg - 8/19/14 - 7:41 pm
The Supreme Judicial Court today gave Suffolk County prosecutors a choice: They can retry Mario Gonzalez of Dorchester for stabbing his girlfriend to death in 2009 or they can accept reducing his current conviction from first to second-degree murder.
A first-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole. A second-degree conviction also carries a life sentence but with the possibility of parole, as early as 15 years after conviction.
At issue is the legal theory under which prosecutors charged Gonzalez with first-degree murder and the judge's instructions to his jury.
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