Man hit, killed by car in Roxbury

adamg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:06:47 -0400

On Washington Street in Egleston Square, WBZ radio and the Globe report.

NOTE: I originally pointed to a Channel 4 report, which said the man was killed on Washington Street in Roslindale, and I should have known better than to trust Channel 4, because they seem unable to figure out the geography of any neighborhood south of the Fenway.

Six Boston public schools locked down as police looked for armed kidnapper

adamg — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:48:12 -0500

Boston Police report they are looking for a man who held up a Hyde Park market, ordered the owner into his own van and then drove it up to Egleston Square, where the thug crashed the van and the owner escaped.

Police ordered six nearby schools locked down as they looked for the robber/kidnapper - who is still at large tonight. He's described as black, about 5'7" and in his 40s. Police report what happened after the robber walked into the store with a gun: