Uphams Corner
Man stabbed to death in Dorchester
By adamg - 10/11/11 - 6:23 pmBoston Police report finding the body of a man in his 50s at 3 Virginia St. shortly after 1 p.m.
The man, stabbed several times, was pronounced dead at the scene. He is Dorchester's 23rd murder victim this year (map).
Jury convicts two for double murder at Dorchester restaurant
By adamg - 10/6/11 - 12:23 pmA Suffolk Superior Court jury today found Emmanuel Pina and Sandro Tavares guilty of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of a man with whom they'd had a beef and an innocent cook gunned down by an errant bullet at the now closed Ka-Carlos Bar and Grill in 2009, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
The verdict means mandatory sentences of life without possibility of parole. The two were also found guilty of shooting a third man, who survived.
According to prosecutors and police, Pina and Tavares opened fire outside the restaurant on Jovany Eason early on Aug. 2, 2009. One of the bullets came through a window and hit Manuel Monteiro, a cook at the restaurant who was working two jobs to put his daughters through college - and who tried to defuse an argument among the men earlier that night.
The restaurant never recovered from the incident.
Uphams Corner bank held up
By adamg - 9/9/11 - 12:40 pmBoston Police are looking for a suspect in a bank robbery around 1:15 p.m. at the Sovereign Bank branch at 585 Columbia Rd.
The suspect is described as a black man, 5'5" to 5'7", weighing 200 to 220 lbs., with a beard and sunglasses. He left the bank in gray sweatpants, but took those off and was last spotted running in bluejeans.
The branch was also held up last October.
Man charged with early morning shooting in Dorchester
By adamg - 7/29/11 - 1:00 pmLeonard Young, 33, of Mattapan, was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail at his arraignment in Dorchester District Court on chages of armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and various weapons charges, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, which adds the victim, at first appearing near death, is now expected to recover.
Uphams Corner, Grove Hall and Readville could lose post offices
By adamg - 7/26/11 - 4:30 pm
Readville Post Office: Small, but no easy walk to the next post office.
The US Postal Service has released its list of Massachusetts post offices it's thinking of shutting down to save money.
In addition to those locations, the postal service is thinking of ditching post offices in Inman Square, East Arlington, East Dedham and a whole bunch in Newton, as part of an effort to close 3,700 post offices across the country.
Man shot and killed in Uphams Corner
By adamg - 5/31/11 - 8:58 pmBoston Police report a man was shot and killed around 8 p.m. at Humphreys Street and Humphreys Place.
When did Dorchester get an airport?
By adamg - 5/12/11 - 6:28 amConor Yunits discovers an interesting Google Maps satellite view of Uphams Corner.
Who is more likely to run for Chuck Turner's seat and who would win it?
By Williams35 - 12/2/10 - 2:25 amBank robbed in Uphams Corner
By adamg - 10/7/10 - 10:47 amBoston Police report the Sovereign Bank branch at 585 Columbia Rd. was robbed this morning by a white male in his late 20s, wearing a black sweater and a blue (Red Sox?) ball cap.
Man, woman shot repeatedly in the legs in Uphams Corner
By adamg - 8/17/10 - 8:32 amThe Globe reports on the late-night shooting on Bakersfield Street.
