machetes

Robbery with a machete on Mission Hill

adamg — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:54:05 +0000

11/15/11 (All day)

Boston Police are looking for two suspects who held up a guy around 4 p.m. on Terrace Street near Alleghany Street.

One suspect was apparently armed with a gun. The other, however, carried a machete. Both are described as black males.

And when he was done, the machete-wielding robber told his victim to have a good day

adamg — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:14:12 +0000

Norwood Police report they are looking for a guy who held up a Sunoco station on Rte. 1 south with a machete on July 26. He's described as white, about 25, 5'11" with dark hair and "brown, puppy-dog eyes." He's believed to have gotten away in an older Corolla with no hubcaps, driven by somebody else.

According to the video, the robber asked for all the clerk's money, as well as five cartons of Newports and "a ton" of scratch tickets. Then, just before he left, he said, "Alright, have a good day. Thank you."

If you can't afford an assault weapon, a machete will do, apparently

adamg — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:27:13 +0000

9/23/10 - 1:26 pm

AlertNewEngland tweets somebody was threatened with a machete this afternoon at the gas station at 1605 Hyde Park Ave. The suspect got away in a white Ford pickup.

Man attacked with machete in Harvard Square

adamg — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:43:52 +0000

Wicked Local Cambridge explains why you should never try to break up an argument in the Pit.

Westie gangstas pack machetes - made of plastic

adamg — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:41:45 +0000

Wicked Local Roslindale/West Roxbury reports the Tedeschi on Spring Street in West Roxbury was held up the other day by a guy with a machete:

The employee said he touched the suspect’s knife as the suspect went around the counter and that the knife was plastic.

It's never a good sign when somebody whips out a machete, especially when he's covered in feces

adamg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:07:17 +0000

Wicked Local Allston/Brighton reports a feces-covered homeless guy waving a machete last Friday so disturbed some Head of the Charles Regatta spectators that they attempted to flee by running into rush-hour traffic on the Soldiers Field Road bridge. Nobody was injured; homeless guy was arrested.

Bloody night in Dorchester: Four shot, four hacked with a machete, one dead

adamg — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:51:38 +0000

9/20/09 - 1:00 am

Boston Police report four people were shot around 3:50 a.m. at 7 Edson St. Carl Hentz Belizaire, 21, of Mattapan, was pronounced dead at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The other three victims - a man, 26, a man, 40, and a woman, 19 - are all expected to survive.

Belizaire is Dorchester's 17th murder victim of 2009 and Boston's 40th. Police say he was the intended victim; the other three people were just in the way.

The Herald reports that around 5 a.m., a man involved in a large fight outside a party at 98 Intervale St. whipped out a machete and began slashing: Four people were injured, but are expected to survive.

Four violent attacks in two days in East Boston, one involving a machete

adamg — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:46:02 +0000

Boston Police report on a series of incidents last Friday and Saturday:

Man slashed with machete in East Boston

adamg — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:27:39 +0000

1/23/09 - 10:00 am

Boston Police report on a fight at Eutaw and Meridian streets around 3 p.m. on Jan. 23:

The victim stated that while walking he was bumped in the shoulder area by one of three Hispanic males and that an argument ensued between the victim and the three unknown Hispanic males. The victim stated that the argument became physical and that suspect # 1 a white Hispanic male wearing a black North Face jacket with fur on the hood, used a machete to cut him on the back of his right hand causing a very serious laceration.

Ban machetes?

adamg — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:10:30 +0000

City Councilor Chuck Turner notes the absence of sugar-cane fields in Boston and so proposes banning the giant knives.

Machete-wielding Eastie teens bring beef downtown; try carving guy up at Government Center, police say

adamg — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:54:33 +0000

Boston Police report arresting a pair of East Boston teens on charges they tried to slice a guy up at the Government Center T stop around 4:20 p.m. today.

The victim, in his late teens or early 20s, was slashed in the arm, but is expected to survive.

Police charged Juan Chavez, 18, of East Boston, with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and affray. Another teen, 15, was charged with disturbing the peace and affray. Both will be arraigned Friday in Boston Municipal Court.

Channel 5 reports the fight started inside the T station, then spilled outside onto City Hall Plaza. Channel 7 reports the pair fled toward Downtown Crossing, where they were arrested.

Machetes seem to be a preferred weapon among Eastie thugs.

Losing their freedom on Independence Day

adamg — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:55:49 +0000

BPDNews today is filled with the sort of stupid carnage you normally associate with really hot days:

A man allegedly tired of people parking in front of his house on Cygnet Street in Brighton took decisive action yesterday evening - When yet another person parked in front of his house, he started throwing bricks at his car. Police report arresting Wei Chin, 25, "after a brief struggle."

Look out, Eastie: They've got machetes in Roslindale, too. Two guys who'd been drinking steadily since 11 a.m. got into a fight around 7 p.m. when one of them began to suspect the other was fooling around with his woman. Police report he got out a machete and took a swing. In the melee that ensued, both men got cut and wound up being transported to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Francisco Correa, 52, of Roslindale was arrested and charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.

Speaking of Eastie, police also report that a July Fourth discussion on Webster Street on the relative merits of two guys' home countries ended a bit abruptly when one of them allegedly smashed the other one in the nose with a Corona bottle. Walter E. Guillen, 23, of East Boston was arrested and charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon

Finally, a 14-year-old Dorchester lad was put in the pokey on a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute - after police noticed him bicycling with a friend down Washington Street with some fireworks in his back pocket:

Both individuals were stopped and asked if they possessed any contraband to which both replied negatively. Officers then pointed out to one of the two stopped individuals that fireworks could clearly be seen protruding from his pocket. ...

Now even the out of towners are packing machetes in Eastie

adamg — Fri, 04 May 2007 21:20:59 +0000

Boston Police report arresting a Saugus man spotted walking down Bennington Street with a two-foot machete protruding from his pants.

Earlier:
Police stop machete-wielding thug before he can finish carving man up
Ready to rumble in East Boston.

Police stop machete-wielding thug before he can finish carving man up

adamg — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:16:45 +0000

Boston Police report officers on patrol in East Boston around 9 last night spotted a man chasing another man around Maverick Square with a machete. Before they could intervene, the attacker swung at his victim several times, opening him up in the arm and thigh. One officer used his belt as a tourniquet to help stop the victim's blood loss.

Josue Pineda, 22, of East Boston, now faces several charges, including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to murder.

Also last night, police responded to a shooting at 35 Harmon St. in Mattapan; the victim was taken to Boston Medical Center and is expected to live.

Note: BPDNews reports six stabbings and three shootings across the city over the weekend (most of which were not detailed on the site).

Ready to rumble in East Boston

adamg — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:35:16 +0000

Unfortunately, for the carload of machete-wielding Sharks on the way to fight the Jets, somebody dropped a dime. Police report arresting three 20somethings armed with two machetes and their 14-year-old beer-guzzling chica after stopping their car on Gove Street.

Also yesterday, somebody got shot in Jamaica Plain and somebody else got stabbed in Brighton, police report.