Universal Hub - Fields Corner

Raw video: Mother's Day Walk for Peace

Douglas Bennett — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:22:43 +0000

Thousands of local peace activists marched in support of peace and anti-violence this morning at the 17th Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace. The event took place in Dorchester on 5/12/13. This raw video footage is near the end of the march on Geneva Avenue as peace activists marched towards the conclusion of the march at Fields Corner. District Attorney and 2013 Mayoral Candidate Dan Conley is seen marching in the peace march.

According to www.justicewithpeace.org:

"The Mother's Day Walk for Peace began in 1996 for families who had lost their children to violence. On a day that we celebrate mothers and children, the Walk became a place for families and friends to feel support and love with thousands of others who pledge their commitment to peace. Through the years, it has become a way for thousands of people to financially support the work of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute."

Man stabbed in chest at Fields Corner gas station

adamg — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:48:33 +0000

3/29/13 - 4:40 pm

Around 4:40 p.m. at Geneva Avenue and Park Street.

The man was rushed to the hospital for surgery in critical condition. The homicide unit was summoned.

The suspect is described as a black male in his 50s, wearing a black and blue sweater, khaki pants and black sneakers with blue and pink stripes. He was last seen fleeing down Bourneside.

In 2005, a worker at the station was stabbed to death.

Fields Corner pizza place seized by state

adamg — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:18:27 +0000

The Dorchester Reporter reports the state Department of Revenue has turned the volume down on Hi-Fi Pizza.

DA: Young teen had help in attacking man he stabbed to death, used T stop to escape, left key behind

adamg — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:15:32 +0000

Ernest Watkins IV was arraigned today on charges he stabbed a man to death outside the Fields Corner T stop last week. Watkins is 14.

Watkins was among a group of four people spotted attacking Cherby LaJoie around 1:15 a.m. on Oct. 6, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. MBTA surveillance footage shows the four entered the T stop - one jumping a gate after his CharlieCard wouldn't work - then fled out an emergency exit, the DA's office says.

14-year-old arrested for Dorchester stabbing death

adamg — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:01:47 +0000

Boston Police report arresting the Dorchester male - too young to have his name released - for the stabbing death of Cherby LaJoie, 39, on Oct. 6 on Charles Street. Police say the teen stabbed LaJoie multiple times early that morning.

LaJoie was himself once charged with shooting a teen to death in 1996, but his 1999 trial ended with a hung jury.

Man stabbed to death in Dorchester

adamg — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:40:27 +0000

10/6/12 - 1:38 am

Boston Police report a man was found fatally and repeatedly stabbed around 1:10 a.m. at 11 Charles St.

UPDATE: Boston Police identify the victim as Cherby LaJoie, 39.

Bloodshed continues: One dead, one wounded in Geneva Avenue barbershop shooting

adamg — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:29:47 +0000

9/27/12 - 7:15 pm

Brian D'Amico reports two people were shot around 7:15 p.m. inside the Universal Barbershop and Salon at 436 Geneva Ave.. The dead victim was shot in the head; the woman was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm.

UPDATE: Boston Police report the man was in his early 20s; the woman in her late 50s.

One man's tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Red Line

adamg — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:05:10 +0000

Some people just knee the Red Line.

Dot rat Adam Myerson likes the Red Line so much, he had it permanently affixed to his leg. He reports it took four sessions at Fat Ram's Pumpkin Tattoo in JP to get the whole thing - both train and the Fields Corner stop - on track.

More photos.