Dorchester
Citizen complaint of the day: The tow driver can probably read, he just chose not to
By adamg - 5/24/12 - 12:08 pm
An irate citizen reports from Mt. Ida Road in Dorchester:
This morning I parked under a sign that said I would be towed on the 1st and 3rd Thursday. It is the 4th Thursday. I came out to see my car being pulled onto a flatbed truck. The 'supervisor' driving a public works truck with license plate number MB 2278 said he could not cancel my ticket and that I had to dispute it. He also said "Life isn't perfect". They lowered my car off the flatbed truck and quickly drove away. This is the second time the signs on my street have been wrong. Please fix.
Man gets 2 1/2 years for fatally shooting former friend who was beating him in the head with a padlock
By adamg - 5/23/12 - 4:43 pmNhu Nguyen, 20, pleaded guilty today to killing Derek Matulina at the Savin Hill Red Line stop on May 11, 2011.
Adams Village now more caffeinated
By adamg - 5/23/12 - 8:26 amSteve reports Southie's PS Gourmet Coffee is now officially open at the old Loonie's Liquors location.
Ed. note: Cool beans and all, but shouldn't they have called it Crazy Coffee?
Dorchester murder witness put in jail for refusing to testify could face more jail time, court rules
By adamg - 5/21/12 - 11:18 amA man thrown in jail for refusing to testify against four men charged with murdering a teenager in 2007 can be tried for contempt of court and face additional jail time, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled today.
Admilson Vizcaino would not face double jeopardy on contempt charges because the judge in the 2010 trial never formally entered her decision to jail him during the trial as a "sentence" in the court docket, the state's highest court ruled.
Haitian pride
By adamg - 5/20/12 - 11:33 pm
Mystery Pill took in the Haitian-American Unity Day parade today.
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Two shot in Dorchester
By adamg - 5/20/12 - 11:11 pmBrian D'Amico reports a man and a woman were shot around 8:30 p.m. on Monsignor Lydon Way.
Child seriously injured when hit by car in Dorchester
By adamg - 5/20/12 - 12:28 pmBrian D'Amico reports a five-year-old was taken to the hospital in bad shape after being hit by a car outside 34 Whitten St. shortly before noon.
Man shot in Dorchester
By adamg - 5/20/12 - 12:34 amBoston Police are investigating a shooting shortly after midnight on Homes Avenue between Topliff and Geneva.
Brian D'Amico reports several shots were fired at the victim before one hit.
Dorchester man gets six months in jail for pet neglect
By adamg - 5/14/12 - 3:56 pmBy the time a family member got Dana Thomson's Staffordshire Terrier to Angell Animal Medical Center, the dog was so severely emaciated and had so many open sores it had to be euthanized, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.
Thomson, 34, of Dorchester, pleaded guilty to two counts of animal cruelty last week and will spend six months in jail, the DA's office reports. Thomson's plea came as his trial was set to begin in Dorchester District Court.
