East Boston
Stabbed for no apparent reason outside East Boston restaurant
District A-7 reports a man waiting for a cab outside a Central Square restaurant was stabbed in the ribs around 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 12.
The main was standing in front of Cafe Meridian, 271 Meridian St. when two white Hispanic males stabbed him for no reason he could figure out.
One suspect is 5'8", 180 lbs., with black hair, between 25 and 27. The other is 5'6", 180 lbs, with black hair, between 30 and 32.
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Cops: East Boston tough guy won't tell them who stabbed him
District A-7 reports a man stabbed in the middle of the afternoon on Sept. 11 at Brooks and Princeton streets is refusing to help cops find his stabber. "This incident appears to be gang related," police say.
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Court lets East Boston man continue to rot in jail for strangling his wife
The Supreme Judicial Court today upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Kevin Hensley, found guilty of strangling his wife Nancy with a necktie in 2002.
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Another head punching in East Boston
District A-7 reports a man standing in front of his Princeton Street home on Sunday night was struck in the head by an unknown person who took his wallet and ripped a gold chain off his neck.
This is at least the fourth head-punching incident in the area immediately north of Maverick Square in the past month. One of those incidents was at the same Princeton Street address as Sunday's attack.
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East Boston gang fight ends with two arrests
District A-7 reports a pair of gangs rumbled at Brooks and Saratoga streets around 9 p.m. on Monday.
Jorge Luis Dones, 23, of Woburn, and Angel Dones, 20, of Falcon Street in East Boston, were arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
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An Eastie sunset
Sekbaavi watched the sun go down from the Hyatt Harborside Hotel.
Copyright Sekbaavi. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
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Police say they arrived in time to stop a punching, kicking mugger in East Boston
District A-7 reports some kids riding through Memorial Park around 8 p.m. on Sept. 6 were confronted by three guys who wanted their bikes. One refused, at which point one of the attackers began punching and kicking him in the face, police say.
Officers who happened by arrested Paul Costa, 17, of East Boston, on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and assault with intent to rob. His two alleged accomplices, Vincent Bellanti, 18, and Angel Dones, 20, were ordered to appear in court on lesser charges.
Innocent, etc.
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A loaded gun, a machete and a large block of concrete
District A-7 reports that when police stopped a car at Prescott and Bennington streets shortly after midnight on Sept. 5, and the occupants seemed excessively fidgety, officers called in backup and then started inspecting the car - in which they found the three items. Two teens were arrested on illegal weapons charges.
Innocent, etc.
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Body turns up on East Boston street
Boston Police tweet officers are on Falcon Street, attempting to determine how the body of a 21-year-old male wound up there.
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