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By adamg - 11/2/20 - 9:22 am

WBZ reports three men were stabbed at Bastille Kitchen, 49 Melcher St., around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. One victim walked to a nearby ER, the other two were taken by ambulance.

By adamg - 11/1/20 - 2:53 pm

Boston Police report officers in Downtown Crossing had to fire beanbags to subdue a man who refused to drop a knife at Winter and Washington street even after they pepper sprayed him early this morning, following a foot chase that ended on Franklin Street. Read more.

By adamg - 10/18/20 - 4:28 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Mattapan man on charges he stabbed a clerk at the Fernandez Cousins convenience store, 1150 Blue Hill Ave. in Dorchester on Friday afternoon. Read more

By adamg - 10/13/20 - 11:20 am

Boston Police report arresting two of three men they say tried to rob a man on a moped - who was able to drive away even though one of them had repeatedly stabbed his rear tire. Read more.

By adamg - 10/4/20 - 1:18 pm
Shoes left behind

Somebody left their Crocs behind. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports a group of women got into a fight on O'Reilly Way in the Bunker Hill development in Charlestown shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Saturday that ended with one participant stabbed and sliced several times. Police found a wayward pair of Crocs along the blood trail. The victim's injuries were described as serious but not life threatening.

By adamg - 10/2/20 - 2:02 pm
Guns, ammo and knife

Seized guns, ammo and knife. Photo by State Police.

Boston and State Police report arresting three men on gun charges in two incidents on Adams Street in Dorchester less than two hours apart overnight - with one of them after he was allegedly driving around Dorchester with two guns, more than 500 rounds of ammunition and a knife. Read more.

By adamg - 9/29/20 - 4:03 pm

Live Boston reports a man entered the Mass. General emergency room shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday with a stab wound he may have gotten on Washington Street. Read more.

By adamg - 9/23/20 - 10:25 am
Under arrest

Under arrest. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports a worker was stabbed in the leg at Tropical Foods, 450 Melnea Cass Blvd. shortly before 5:20 p.m. on Monday by a man store workers said had been shoplifting moments earlier.

The worker confronted the man as he tried to leave the store, a fight broke out and the man got out a knife, workers said. The man was transported in a police wagon to the B-2 station for booking; the worker was transported in an ambulance to a local hospital.

By adamg - 9/15/20 - 12:42 pm

Cambridge Police report charging both combatants in a battle with unusual weapons on Harvard Street between Windsor and Portland streets shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 9/13/20 - 4:43 pm

Boston Police report arresting a local man on a variety of gun, drug and driving charges after a maniacal drive that started on Glenway Street in Dorchester and ended with him under arrest at Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue Saturday evening. Read more.

By adamg - 9/13/20 - 12:11 pm
Stabbing scene

Stabbing scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports a man was beaten and stabbed by three to five other men on Temple Place in Downtown Crossing around 8 p.m. on Friday. He was found outside Boston Chops, although responding police also found blood on Park Street. Because of the severity of the man's injuries, the homicide unit was called in.

By adamg - 9/7/20 - 3:00 pm

Update: The Globe reports the victim was WCVB reporter Ted Wayman, while working on a story.

Boston Police report arresting a local man on charges he used a pair of scissors to stab another man in the forearm in an attack that ended when the victim managed to shut the door of his van, at Boylston and Dartmouth streets around 9:05 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.

By adamg - 9/6/20 - 8:53 am

Around 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, at the field off Wentworth Terrace and Washington Street, Live Boston reports. Shots may have also been fired.

By adamg - 8/28/20 - 9:29 pm
Kion Thomas

Thomas in cruiser awaiting transport to booking. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports a man walked up to a Boston EMT responding to a call at Blue Hill Avenue and Seaver Street, took out a knife and lunged at him around 11:25 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/18/20 - 10:42 am

Dedham Police report a man was robbed by two other men, one armed with a machete, outside the Hooters on Providence Highway around 11:55 p.m on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/17/20 - 10:47 pm
Boston EMS gets patient ready for ride to hospital

Boston EMS gets patient ready for ride to nearby hospital. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports a man was stabbed at Washington Street and Temple Place around 2 a.m.

As he was being transported to a local hospital with serious injuries that were not, however, considered life threatening, police found a suspect about a block away - a guy covered in blood, possibly from his own minor head injury.

By adamg - 8/10/20 - 9:46 pm

Shortly before 9:30 p.m. The victim fell to the ground, then ran through traffic a half block down Massachusetts Avenue before Boston EMS found him and transported him back a half block to the Boston Medical Center emergency room. Injury not considered life threatening.

It's at least the third knife attack in the general Mass/Cass area in the past two weeks, although the other two were fatal.

By adamg - 8/8/20 - 9:24 am

WHDH reports a man in his 60s was stabbed in his driveway off Christy Lane, across from Stony Brook Reservation and near Fairview Cemetery, around 1:50 p.m. on Friday.

The station reports the suspect is a black man, 6 feet tall, about 230 lbs. in a blue hoodie, who came out of woods behind the man's house.

By adamg - 8/6/20 - 8:24 pm
McClinton

Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office report the arrest of a Level 3 sex offender on charges that after an evening with a woman he met in Quincy and then took to Dorchester, he refused to let her leave the next morning and raped her at knifepoint. Read more.

By adamg - 8/6/20 - 9:11 am

Saugus Police report officers who responded to a report of a stolen U-Haul vehicle this morning found themselves under attack by a man with a knife this morning. Read more.

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