Uphams Corner

Man stabbed to death in Dorchester

adamg — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:23:32 +0000

10/11/11 - 1:11 pm

Boston 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

adamg — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:23:18 +0000

A 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

adamg — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:40:07 +0000

9/9/11 - 1:15 pm

Boston 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

adamg — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:00:47 +0000

Leonard 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

adamg — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:30:56 +0000

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

adamg — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:58:41 +0000

5/31/11 - 8:12 pm

Boston Police report a man was shot and killed around 8 p.m. at Humphreys Street and Humphreys Place.

When did Dorchester get an airport?

adamg — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:28:45 +0000

Conor 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?

Williams35 — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:25:19 +0000

Bank robbed in Uphams Corner

adamg — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:47:31 +0000

10/7/10 - 11:00 am

Boston 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

adamg — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:32:28 +0000

8/16/10 - 11:35 pm

The Globe reports on the late-night shooting on Bakersfield Street.

Double murder at Uphams Corner restaurant claims another victim: The restaurant

adamg — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:38:11 +0000

The owners of Ka-Carlos, scene of a brutal fight last August that ended with two murders, have shut the place down and are in the middle of selling off its assets.

Boston Police organizing special crime-watch group for Uphams Corner businesses

adamg — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:19:57 +0000

There's a meeting tomorrow, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Grove Hall Community Center, 51 Geneva Ave. Police say they're calling the meeting both because of an increase in store robberies across the city in general and the murder of Hermanos Unidos clerk Geraldo Serrano in particular.

DA: Thugs shot Dorchester clerk, and when that didn't kill him, they shot him again

adamg — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:20:24 +0000

A Roxbury District Court judge ordered two Roxbury teenagers held without bail this morning for the murder of Hermanos Unidos clerk Geraldo Serrano on Sunday, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Martin Freeles, 17, and Onyx White, 16, both face trial as adults on charges of murder, armed robbery while masked, and firearms offenses. The DA's office provided this account of Serrano's death around 10:30 a.m. at the Dudley Street store, by assistant DA David Fredette:

Their faces were covered and at least one of the assailants brandished a handgun. As the clerk behind the counter complied with a demand for cash, Serrano made his way from the back of the store to the front. He resisted the robbery. One shot was fired and Serrano grabbed his cane. When he did so, a second shot was fired and struck Serrano. That shot mortally wounded the Roxbury family man, who died a short time later. The assailants fled with a quantity of cash.

Innocent, etc.

Dorchester convenience-store clerk shot to death this morning

adamg — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:44:22 +0000

2/21/10 - 10:30 am

Boston Police report a 71-year-old clerk at Hermanos Unidos, 728 Dudley St., was shot to death around 10:30 a.m.

Police are looking for two guys, one in a red hoody, one in a black hoody, whom witnesses spotted going into the store. The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

City to shut Dorchester bar turned 'drug bazaar'

adamg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:36:19 +0000

The Boston Licensing Board vowed today to shut Cataloni's, 10 Hancock St., after police described a Nov. 28 incident in which a woman was arrested inside the bar on charges of selling cocaine to bar patrons.

This was only the latest in a series of coke-related arrests at the bar - police records show arrests on June 24 and June 9 - and board Chairman Daniel Pokaski said he'd had enough. Pokaski said he would vote at a Thursday meeting to revoke the bar's license immediately. "This is a drug bazaar out of control," Pokaski said. "Public safety demands it to be closed immediately. This place has gone beyond the pale."