Knives
Pizza delivery guy held up by knife-wielding pack in Roslindale
By adamg - 5/15/11 - 8:27 pmAlertNewEngland reports a driver from Romano's was robbed at knifepoint by six men around 8 p.m. in front of 73 Bradeen St. They then fled into the Archdale project.
Man stabbed to death outside Boston Medical Center
By adamg - 5/15/11 - 9:28 amUPDATE: Man arrested for murder of Andrew Wyman, claims self defense.
A man stabbed right outside Boston Medical Center around 8:20 a.m. was rushed into surgery there but died, Boston Police report. Police identified him only as a white male in his late 20s.
Stanley Staco reports the killer may have fled the scene at 784 Massachusetts Ave. in a white minivan.
Afternoon stabbing in Ashmont
By adamg - 5/12/11 - 1:30 pmBoston Police are looking for a gray Honda in connection with a stabbing around 1 p.m. at Ashmont St. and Dorchester Avenue. The victim was reportedly stabbed in the back but his injury did not appear to be life threatening.
Marco the police dog takes a bite out of crime after holdup at Sullivan Square T stop
By adamg - 5/9/11 - 1:38 pm
MBTA Transit Police report arresting one of three men who allegedly held a woman up at knifepoint just past midnight Sunday at the Sullivan Square T stop - after a police dog bit him in the ass.
According to a police report, a woman was standing by the upper busway when three Hispanic men approached her, pulled out knives and demanded her money. For good measure, they called her a "nigger." She told them, in Spanish, that she was Hispanic herself, but that didn't work. After they fled, and police arrived, she got in an cruiser with an officer - and Marco, the police dog.
Stabbed in the neck outside Andrew T stop
By adamg - 5/8/11 - 11:13 pmAlertNewEngland reports the stabbing was around 8:45 p.m. and that the suspects ran up Dorchester Street.
Stabbing near the Common
By adamg - 4/29/11 - 5:44 pm
Suspects or witnesses? Captured on camera at Downtown Crossing T stop.
Boston Police report a teen was stabbed repeatedly at Park and Tremont streets around 5:20 p.m. and that they are looking for three men.
The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center in critical condition, but is expected to survive. Police taped off an area near the Park Street T stop; the Globe reports the stabbing actually happened outside a 7-Eleven on Tremont and that the victim collapsed just outside the Park Street stop.
Harvard grad student robbed at knifepoint
By adamg - 4/22/11 - 9:36 amThe Crimson reports it happened around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday on Prescott Street, across from the Harvard Faculty Club:
The shorter suspect rummaged through the victim's backpack while the taller suspect asked whether the victim had anything else on him.
Robbery, stabbing at Blue Hill Avenue gas station
By adamg - 4/14/11 - 8:45 pmAlertNewEngland reports somebody was stabbed in the stomach tonight during a robbery at the Citgo station at 310 Blue Hill Ave.
Police: Dorchester woman threatens neighbor with knife, gets released by judge, threatens him with a knife again
By adamg - 4/7/11 - 4:25 pmBoston Police report arresting a Bowdoin Street resident twice in less than a day for going after a neighbor with a knife.
According to police, Tamika Wilson, 33, was involved in an argument with a neighbor at 248 Bowdoin St. late Tuesday night when she "produced a knife and chased the victim into his home." Arriving officers found "cut or scrape marks on a door inside the location that appeared to have been made with a knife," police say.
Wilson was arrested and arraigned on a charge of assault by means of a dangerous weapon in Dorchester District Court Wednesday morning. Prosecutors asked for bail of $2,000, but Judge Robert McKenna decided to release her on personal recognizance - but ordered her to stay away from the victim - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Two Charlestown Dunkin' Donuts held up at knifepoint
By adamg - 4/7/11 - 6:27 amBoston Police tweet the Dunkin' Donuts at 15 Austin St. was held up around 5:10 a.m., followed about 15 minutes later by the Dunkin' Donuts at 99 Cambridge St.
Ex-con charged with slicing off three of girlfriend's fingers in South End; pinky found in street
By adamg - 4/5/11 - 6:38 pmA Somerville man was ordered held without bail today after he allegedly severed three of his girlfriend's fingers in an early morning argument on Washington Street on Saturday, then dropped her off at Boston Medical Center.
Boston Municipal Court Judge Patricia Bernstein ordered Jose Gonzalez, 32, of Somerville, held without bail pending trial under the state's dangerousness statute, after a Suffolk County prosecutor said Gonzalez had a record that included convictions for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm.
A police officer actually spotted the couple arguing in a car outside 1679 Washington St., according to a statement from the Suffolk County DA's office:
When the officer approached the tearful victim to ask if anything was wrong, she indicated that she was alright. About 15 minutes after this interaction, the defendant was captured on a surveillance video dropping the victim off at the Boston Medical Center. When police detectives spoke with Gonzalez, he allegedly denied seeing the victim injured.
Detectives then went to the area of Washington Street where the officer had seen the victim and defendant earlier. Investigators found a trail of blood, a blood-stained foldout knife, and the victim's severed pinky finger on the street.
Innocent, etc.
Knifepoint holdup in Jamaica Plain
By adamg - 4/3/11 - 8:51 pmAlertNewEngland tweets a person was held up tonight at Boylston and Burr streets in Jamaica Plain.
The suspect, described as a stocky Hispanic man, showed a knife handle and threatened to stab the victim unless cash was handed over quickly.
Around 9 p.m., Benjamin tweeted watching police cuff and cart away a possible suspect, in a yellow or orange shirt, at Washington and School streets on the other side of the Orange Line.
Allston fight gets out of hand: Man stabbed three times
By adamg - 4/3/11 - 10:48 amAround 3 a.m. at 83 Brighton Ave., AlertNewEngland reports.
Teen stabbed near Roxbury Crossing T stop
By adamg - 3/28/11 - 12:05 pmAlertNewEngland reports a 17-year-old was stabbed around 11:45 a.m. He was taken to the hospital conscious and alert. The MBTA says the attack did not occur on T property.
Stabbed in the neck in Dorchester
By adamg - 3/26/11 - 10:15 amAlertNewEngland reports a man was stabbed in the neck shortly after midnight at 27 Julian St. He was transported to Boston Medical Center and is expected to survive.
Stabbing outside a Blue Hill Avenue liquor store
By adamg - 3/23/11 - 11:35 pmAlertNewEngland reports a man was stabbed in the leg on Blue Hill Avenue by Charlotte Street this evening by three men who jumped him. He was driven to Boston Medical Center by some men who promptly fled once they dropped him off.
Roxbury party ends with face stabbing, shots fired
By adamg - 3/21/11 - 3:37 pmBoston Police report somebody was stabbed in the face around 3 a.m. today at a party at 312 Warren St.
Police say a friend of the victim, Curtis Preston, 21, of Cambridge, took exception and fired off 10 to 12 rounds - without hitting anybody - before fleeing with some pals in a car.
Woman walking down street robbed at knifepoint in Dorchester; three arrested
By adamg - 3/20/11 - 5:48 pmBoston Police report arresting a 21-year-old and two teenagers last night on charges they surrounded a woman walking down Norwell Street, then mugged her at knifepoint.
Charlestown man arrested with knife - and knife sharpener
By adamg - 3/19/11 - 2:22 pmBoston Police report a man apparently angry at seeing his ex-girlfriend with a new man attacked the couple as the two sat in a car on Old Ironsides Way Thursday afternoon.
Police say officers watched John Tyrone, 26, smash the car's windows and try to attack the occupants. When they moved in - with guns drawn - they ordered Tyrone to drop the large knife they said he held in one hand and the knife sharpener he held in the other.
When officers attempted to apprehend the suspect, a struggle ensued. After a physical altercation, officers were able to subdue and apprehend the suspect.
Tyrone was charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon and willful and malicious destruction of property.
Innocent, etc.
Man involved in Paul Pierce stabbing gets 30 years for trying to kill federal drug informant
By adamg - 3/14/11 - 8:06 pmTrevor Watson, 44, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last week by a judge who called him a terrorist for repeatedly stabbing a man working as an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Dorchester teen charged with double stabbing in argument over borrowed car
By adamg - 3/6/11 - 3:20 pmBoston Police report the arrest of a Dorchester teen following a double stabbing during an argument over him borrowing a friend's car without permission early this morning.
Bill Mercado, 18, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the incident around 2 a.m. at 1287 Dorchester Ave. - which is the location of an auto-repair shop.
Police say Mercado went off for a ride with a friend's car without asking first. When he returned, police say, an argument erupted, which Mercado allegedly attempted to end by stabbing his friend and another man. He then fled - on foot - police say.
Innocent, etc.
Police: Roslindale man attacks woman when he can't get it up
By adamg - 3/2/11 - 3:49 pmWicked Local Roslindale reports on a Feb. 21 incident on Brookfield Street involving a man who allegedly went berserk with a knife and an unloaded gun after his girlfriend noted her bedroom ministrations weren't resulting in their desired effect.
Man stabbed to death in Dorchester housing project
By adamg - 2/25/11 - 6:11 pmBoston Police report a man was stabbed to death around 10 a.m. today at 80 Ames Way in Franklin Field.
Cherry Clinton, 28, was arrested for what police say was a "domestic" murder. The victim, not identified by police, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Innocent, etc.
Man stabbed in arm in Andrew Square
By adamg - 2/25/11 - 3:31 pmDistrict C-6 reports a man was stabbed in the right arm and robbed of $212 around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday at 363 Dorchester St.
The victim told police he was approached by three light-skinned Hispanic males who addressed him in Spanish. One was described as 18, 6'1" and about 220 lbs., with thin sideburns and a goatee and wearing a gray hoodie and a black hat. Another was described as 18, about 5'7" and 180 lbs., in Nike wind pants and a gray sweatshirt. The victim could not describe the third assailant.
South Boston Cumberland Farms held up at knifepoint
By adamg - 2/25/11 - 3:23 pmDistrict C-6 reports a knife-wielding man walked into the Cumberland Farms at 628 E. 5 St. around 9 p.m. yesterday, approached the clerk with a knife and demanded, "Give me all the money in the register and nobody get hurt."
Police say he got away with $170. He's described as white, 18-20, with a thin build and wearing the requisite hoodie and Red Sox cap.
