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By adamg - 5/4/24 - 11:46 am

Transit Police report that around 10 a.m. yesterday at the Ashmont T station, an officer "politely requested a 27y/o male cease smoking." Instead, police say, "He became hostile, combative and assaulted the officer" - all while packing a steak knife in his waistband. Read more.

By adamg - 5/3/24 - 5:11 pm

A woman was stabbed at 67 Brandywyne Dr. around 3 p.m. She was able to get herself to a nearby Branydwyne Village office to seek help. About ten minutes later, a possible suspect was detained nearby. The homicide unit was called in just in case due to the severity of the victim's injuries.

By adamg - 5/3/24 - 2:30 pm
Knife disguised as a pen

Photo of seized weapon by Transit PD.

Transit Police report "a large affray amongst juveniles" at the JFK/UMass T stop around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday ended with four teenagers under arrest, one after he allegedly tried to shank another combatant with a knife that could be disguised as a pen.

By adamg - 4/24/24 - 5:41 pm

A fight in the library at TechBoston Academy, 9 Peacevale Rd. in Dorchester, ended when one student stabbed another, around 12:25 p.m., NBC Boston reports.

By adamg - 4/7/24 - 10:25 pm

A woman was found stabbed at Newbury and Gloucester streets in the Back Bay around 9:45 p.m. Injuries did not appear life threatening.

By adamg - 4/6/24 - 10:30 pm

A person was found with possibly life-threatening stab wounds at Summer and Purchase streets across from South Station around 6:20 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 3/31/24 - 3:08 pm

Boston Police report arresting two men for knife-related incidents at Roberts Playground in Dorchester and Malcolm X Park in Roxbury. Read more.

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 9:50 pm

Boston Police report arresting an East Boston man on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon not long after an attack on Border Street near the Umana School in East Boston yesterday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 3/22/24 - 10:35 am

Boston Police report arresting a worker at the Burger King at Washington Street and Columbia Road in Dorchester for the way he allegedly used a knife to try to have it his way in a dispute with a patron Thursday morning. Read more.

By adamg - 3/11/24 - 4:58 pm

A man was sliced in the arm and chest on Thetford Avenue at Evans Street shortly before 2:40 p.m., then ran all the way down to Washington Street - after accepting some towels from a utility worker - before police found him. Injuries not considered life threatening.

By adamg - 3/5/24 - 1:23 pm

Update: Hotel found not at fault.

A man's planned $120 bed romp at the Back Bay Hilton turned into an armed robbery that ended with the prostitute and another john arrested immediately - and him being summonsed into court on a charge of sex for a fee - BPD detectives told the Boston Licensing Board this morning. Read more.

By adamg - 2/16/24 - 9:53 am
Wanted for assault and battery

Surveillance photo of suspect via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say threw a lit cigarette at a man's face - causing a burn - and then "displayed a knife in a threatening manner" at South Station around 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

If he looks familiar, contact detectives, anonymously if you prefer, at 617-222-1050.

By adamg - 2/15/24 - 2:37 pm

Boston Police report arresting Jerome Brown, 43, of Brockton, on charges he stabbed a man on the Washington Street side of Ramsay Park across from Newcomb Street in Roxbury around 10:35 p.m. on Feb. 1. Read more.

By adamg - 2/7/24 - 9:41 am

The turkey wasn't the only thing that was carved at a private Friendsgiving party at Bijou, 51 Stuart St., and now the Boston Licensing Board has to decide whether the club could have foreseen the slicing and done anything to prevent it. Read more.

By adamg - 2/1/24 - 9:26 pm

A 15-year-old was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon yesterday after she allegedly stabbed a 14-year-old at Jeremiah Burke High School on Tuesday, 60 Washington St. in Dorchester, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 1/31/24 - 5:26 pm

Transit Police report a 14-year-old-girl told officers she was sexually assaulted and threatened with a knife around 4 p.m. on Monday at Forest Hills. The next day, a teen, too young to be named because of his age, was arrested for the attack, police say.

By adamg - 1/18/24 - 12:27 am

A man was stabbed inside 442 River St. in Mattapan around 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday. Due to the severity of his injuries, the homicide unit was called in, just in case. Read more.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 11:32 pm
Surveillance photos of suspect

Surveillance photos of suspect via Cambridge PD.

Cambridge Police report they are looking for a man they say stabbed two people at the Porter Square Shopping Center around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and who they say is "a person of interest in multiple assaults in Boston and Cambridge." Read more.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 11:19 pm
Photo of Tropical Foods suspect

Surveillance photo via BPD.

Boston Police report they are looking for a man they say pulled a knife on a security guard who tried to keep him from walking out of Tropical Foods, 450 Melnea Cass Blvd. with items he hadn't paid for Sunday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 1/4/24 - 9:59 pm

One man was stabbed in the stomach and the other twice in the arm during a fight involving a third man at the Halal Guys in Porter Square around 7:40 p.m. WFXT reports both victims were taken to a local hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.

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