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Bus driver stabbed in possible Roslindale road rage

3/29/23 - 4:45 pm
Update: Suspect arrested. Boston Police are investigating how the driver of a shuttle bus got stabbed in an incident that... Read more

Whitman man comes up to Boston, kicks somebody onto the subway tracks at State Street, then goes home and stabs somebody in the face, police say

Guy arrested for kicking man onto subway tracks at State Street
3/28/23 - 2:00 pm
Transit Police report arresting a Whitman man on charges he kicked somebody onto the Blue Line tracks at State Street around 2... Read more

Market at Washington and Erie in Dorchester robbed at gunpoint

3/27/23 - 9:53 pm
AAA Grocery, 181 Washington St. at Erie Street in Dorchester, was held up around 9:50 p.m. by a man in a black mask who showed... Read more

Person stabbed at Jackson Square MBTA station

3/25/23 - 9:00 pm
Around 9 p.m. Police are searching the neighboring Mildred Hailey Apartments for a suspect who ran there.

DA: Gun-packing sexual harasser ordered held without bail after affray at South Bay movie complex; two of four daughters also arrested

3/24/23 - 8:25 pm
A man is being held pending a dangerousness hearing on Thursday after he and two of his four daughters punched a security... Read more

Teen from Jamaica Plain development charged with January shooting at Mission Hill development

3/22/23 - 7:21 pm
Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old in the Mildred Hailey development yesterday on charges he shot a man in the... Read more

East Boston man charged as drug dealer

3/21/23 - 12:00 pm
Boston Police report officers with a search warrant raided a home on Faywood Avenue, between Crestwood and Vallar roads in East... Read more

Guy on the back of a scooter was tooling around Roxbury with a gun loaded with 12 bullets, police say

3/20/23 - 9:20 pm
Boston Police report arresting two men on gun charges after a foot chase that began near Columbus Avenue following a scooter... Read more

DA: Arkansas man learns you can't just drive around Boston with loaded high-capacity guns

Guns and bullets seized from man's SUV
3/19/23 - 12:15 am
An Arkansas man was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 bail after he was arrested on Day Boulevard in South Boston early Sunday... Read more

Man beaten in Downtown Crossing has died

3/17/23 - 9:00 pm
Boston Police report a man found lying on the ground outside 17 Winter St. in Downtown Crossing around 9 p.m. on March 17 has... Read more

Shots fired on Centre Street in Jackson Square

3/16/23 - 9:45 pm
Around 9:45 p.m. in the area of Centre and Bickford streets. Nobody hit.

Two men, one with a taser in a fanny pack, charged with stealing car from Cummins Highway garage

3/16/23 - 7:48 am
Boston Police report arresting a Roslindale man and an alleged accomplice from Hyde Park after, police say, they smashed the... Read more

Man charged with trying to lift wife out of wheelchair and toss her into Fort Point Channel

3/15/23 - 2:57 pm
A judge yesterday ordered 20 days of evaluation for a Boston man arrested after, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office... Read more

Man came a long way to fail at robbing South Bay bank branch, police say

Surveillance photos of would-be Newmarket Square bank robber
3/11/23 - 11:02 am
Boston Police report arresting a Cape Cod man whose attempt to rob bank branch inside the South Bay Stop & Shop, 1100... Read more

Guy was tooling down Shawmut Avenue in Roxbury with a loaded gun, police say

3/8/23 - 3:30 pm
Boston Police report gang-unit officers making a traffic stop on Shawmut Avenue inbound near Ramsay Park arrested the driver on... Read more

Person shot in the head next to playground at Thetford and Evans in Dorchester

Crime scene next to Dorchester playground
3/8/23 - 10:45 am
Live Boston reports somebody was shot in the head Thetford Avenue near Evans Street - and the Thetford-Evans Playground -... Read more

Two sliced in the neck on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury

3/7/23 - 2:10 pm
Boston Police report two men were sliced in the neck at 189 Blue Hill Ave. around 2:10 p.m. on Tuesday. Police report arresting... Read more

Watertown man robbed Uphams Corner bank, but didn't get far, police say

3/6/23 - 1:10 pm
Boston Police report arresting a Watertown man they say robbed the Santander Bank branch at 535 Columbia Rd. in Dorchester... Read more

Man shot to death in a Mildred Hailey apartment

3/5/23 - 11:34 pm
Victim identified as Orlando Watkins, 44, of Dorchester. Boston Police report a man was found dead of gunshot wounds at 940... Read more

Pair arrested on American Legion Highway in Roslindale with two guns, one loaded with 40 bullets, police say

3/5/23 - 4:10 pm
Boston Police report arresting two men in the parking lot of the McDonald's at 718 American Legion Highway in Roslindale after... Read more

Man shot to death at Academy Homes in Roxbury

3/4/23 - 3:31 pm
Victim identified as Jose Despeignes, 56, of Hyde Park. Boston Police report a man was shot at 109 Weaver Way in Roxbury around... Read more

Hamburglar sought for robbery at Roxbury McDonald's

Wanted for hamburger robbery
3/4/23 - 12:45 am
Boston Police report they're looking for a guy they say broke into the McDonald's at 301 Warren St. after it had closed for sit... Read more

Guy angry at somebody inside a Red Line train waiting at Ashmont slams self into train window, cracking it, police say

3/2/23 - 5:00 pm
A Red Line train at Ashmont had to be taken out of service at rush hour yesterday after some guy on the platform attempted to... Read more

Jamaica Plain dispensary worker arrested after showing up at work with unlicensed, loaded gun and two magazines filled with bullets, police say

2/28/23 - 4:32 pm
Boston Police report arresting an employee at Seed, 401 Centre St. in Hyde Square, for the Glock with a bullet in the chamber... Read more

If the signal problems on the T don't get you, a fellow rider might

2/27/23 - 11:13 pm
Transit Police report arresting a Roslindale man on charges he sprayed a rider at the Fenway Green Line stop with "an unknown... Read more

Roslindale dispensary robbed at gunpoint

2/26/23 - 7:10 pm
The High Profile x Budega dispensary, 3995 Washington St., was robbed shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday by three men in ski masks... Read more

Two shot, one dead, on Wilrose Street in Dorchester

2/21/23 - 7:40 pm
Victim identified as Mario G. Santos, 21, of Dorchester. Police found two men shot on Wilrose Street between Westwood Street... Read more

Cleary Square convenience store held up at gunpoint

2/20/23 - 9:40 pm
Update: Photo of suspect released. SK Convenience, 1283 River St. in Hyde Park, was held up around 9:40 p.m. by a man who then... Read more

Suburban kids run amok in Downtown Crossing, beating some people, throwing bottles at others, police say

2/19/23 - 7:49 pm
Boston Police report detaining four suburban youths, one just 11, on charges they and some of their pals went on a beating... Read more

Woman beaten by two teens on MBTA bus in Dorchester, police say

2/19/23 - 5:00 pm
Transit Police report two "juvenile females" punched and spit at a 50-year-old woman and pulled her hair around 5 p.m. on Feb.... Read more

Boston outreach worker charged with racing through Mattapan Square with two loaded guns

2/19/23 - 8:30 am
Boston Police report arresting a Roxbury man who was a Boston outreach worker after a chase Sunday in which he sped through... Read more

One dead, one injured in shooting outside bar on Tremont Street in Roxbury

Outside Slade's after the shooting
2/18/23 - 11:34 pm
Victim identified as Terrell Banks, 37. Boston Police report two men were shot at Tremont Street at Hammond Street around 11:30... Read more

Woman murdered on Fermoy Heights Avenue in Dorchester

2/18/23 - 8:46 pm
Victim identified as Diva Ayuso, 32, of Sharon. Boston Police report a woman was found shot at 15 Fermoy Heights Ave. around 8:... Read more

Man trying to tear down handicap-parking sign in the North End is arrested, but for the half-pound of fentanyl he was holding, police say

2/17/23 - 10:23 pm
Boston Police report that officers on patrol in the North End Thursday night spotted a guy trying to tear down a "Handicap"... Read more

Four arrested after guns, dirt bikes and drugs seized at Roslindale self-storage place in investigation into area drag racing, police say

Seized guns and drugs
2/17/23 - 12:10 pm
Boston Police report arresting four men after a months-long investigation into boisterous and illegal summertime drag races -... Read more

Police hunt guy they say sexually attacked a child on a bus in Dorchester and another guy who stroked himself on the Red Line

Alleged bus attacker and alleged Red Line masturbator
2/16/23 - 7:00 am
Transit Police report they are looking for a man for indecent assault and battery on a child for an incident on a Route 17 bus... Read more

Two Roxbury men charged with selling 3-D printed devices for turning regular guns into machine guns

2/16/23 - 12:00 am
Two Roxbury men face federal gun charges for allegedly storing and selling devices for turning regular guns into rapid-fire... Read more

West End man who left his apartment door unlocked murdered by New Yorker who snuck in, slashed his throat, ate some of his food, DA says

2/15/23 - 9:40 pm
A Brooklyn man was arraigned today on charges he walked into an apartment at the West End Apartments last month and fatally... Read more

Two shot, one dead on Dewey Street in Dorchester

2/13/23 - 8:10 pm
Victim identified as Paris Quilter, 31, of Dorchester. Boston Police report two men were shot at 21 Dewey St. in Dorchester... Read more

Man, kid beat up another man at Forest Hills, police say

2/13/23 - 8:00 pm
Transit Police report that a 19-year-old man and an 11-year-old boy punched and kicked a 63-year-old man in the upper busway at... Read more

One woman dead, teen injured, another teen charged with their stabbing in Jamaica Plain

Detective photographs evidence on Woodside Avenue
2/11/23 - 4:57 pm
Murder victim identified as Brianna Brown, 21. Boston Police report two people were stabbed repeatedly at 5 Woodside Ave., off... Read more

Man walloped woman who said 'excuse me' to him in Downtown Crossing concourse, police say

Wanted for attack at Downtown Crossing
2/7/23 - 2:00 pm
Transit Police have put out a BOLO for a man they say punched a 62-year-old woman after she said "excuse me" as she tried to... Read more

Man stabbed in the chest on Roxbury Street in Nubian Square

2/6/23 - 8:58 pm
Around 9 p.m. on Roxbury Street at Malcolm X Boulevard.

Guy wanted for beating up somebody in the Fenway badly enough to put him in the hospital

Wanted man
2/5/23 - 1:31 am
Boston Police they're looking for a guy they say beat another man up, sending the victim to the hospital with serious injuries... Read more

Man found shot in the face on Bennington Street in East Boston

Cops inside La Chiva
2/3/23 - 11:50 pm
Live Boston reports a man was found shot in the face around midnight at Bennington and Chelsea streets in East Boston, but that... Read more

Orange Line face puncher sought

Wanted man
1/31/23 - 3:00 pm
Transit Police have released photos a guy they say went up to another man and, for no reason they can figure out, punched him... Read more

Three students at TechBoston Academy in Dorchester stabbed in fight near school

1/30/23 - 2:45 pm
A large fight among TechBoston Academy students that started on the basketball court in Roberts Playground near Armandine and... Read more

Teen shot dead on Babson Street in Mattapan

Babson Street crime scene
1/29/23 - 11:30 am
Victim identified as Tyler Lawrence, 13, of Norwood. GoFundMe. A teenager was murdered at Babson and Fremont streets in... Read more

Four charged with slicing, tasing, beating man on the Red Line in robbery attempt; one also charged for crowbar beatings, robberies on the Green Line

Bryan Fitzpatrick
1/25/23 - 7:27 pm
Two men and two women face charges that they broke a Red Line rider's nose, sliced his jacket and tased him during a robbery... Read more

Group of teens attack another group of teens and a window on a T bus with bricks; two injured, windows smashed, police say

Smashed bus window
1/25/23 - 3:30 pm
Transit Police report that one group of teens attacked another group unprovoked on a bus at Blue Hill Avenue and Columbia Road... Read more

Man crashes car in Mattapan, then gets arrested for the loaded gun he'd stored in his engine compartment, police say

1/24/23 - 9:16 pm
Boston Police report officers arrived at a car crash outside 595 River St. in Mattapan just as the driver was "reaching for a... Read more

Orange Line seat-hog rage at Back Bay sends one to the hospital, shuts service

1/24/23 - 3:40 pm
Transit Police report a guy taking up "too many seats" on an Orange Line train refused to yield any of the seats, which another... Read more

12-year-old arrested on gun charges in Dorchester after running from stolen car driven by a 16-year-old, police say

1/23/23 - 1:21 pm
Boston Police report officers arrested a 12-year-old boy who ran from a stolen car on Stratton Street while clutching a loaded... Read more

Police: Guy running away from gunfire scene in Dorchester arrested after gun falls out of his clothes

Seized revolver, bullets
1/22/23 - 8:01 am
Boston Police report officers responding to call about a person with a gun on Brenton Street this morning spotted a guy running... Read more

Police say cop smashed in face while trying to arrest congresswoman's daughter in Boston Common protest

1/21/23 - 9:30 pm
Update: Bail set at $500. Boston Police report one officer was injured and two people arrested during a protest Saturday night... Read more

High-speed road-rage battle that started in Forest Hills ends in crash in Hyde Park

River Street crash scene
1/21/23 - 7:00 pm
Live Boston reports at least two road ragers managed to make it nearly 3 miles from Ukraine Way and Hyde Park Avenue in Forest... Read more

Police say guy had a gun loaded with 33 bullets when they came looking for him in Roxbury

1/21/23 - 12:45 pm
Boston Police report officers, including gang-unit members, arrested Jonathan Velasquez, 18, on gun charges a Seaver and Harold... Read more

Man pushing wheelchair killed in Mass and Cass hit and run

1/20/23 - 10:45 pm
Update: The man was pushing a wheelchair, not in one, when he hit and killed, the Suffolk County DA's office reports, adding... Read more

Man opens fire in Bowdoin Street barbershop; one person grazed in the neck

1/20/23 - 9:18 pm
A man walked into the Eliot Barber Shop, 243 Bowdoin St. in Dorchester and opened fire with a gun shortly before 9:20 p.m. One... Read more

Roslindale pizza place robbed at gunpoint by man wearing pink gloves

1/20/23 - 4:30 pm
WHDH reports Arboretum Pizza Grill, 4025 Washington St., was robbed at gunpoint around 4:30 p.m.

Person shot outside Roslindale apartment complex

1/20/23 - 1:00 pm
WFXT reports somebody was shot outside 950 Canterbury St., near the intersection with Cummins Highway and American Legion... Read more

Stretch of Washington Street in Roslindale shut after man police say was driving a stolen car crashed, then ran away

1/19/23 - 9:10 pm
A Ford Fusion reported stolen on Cohasset Street around 8:50 p.m. wound up crashed into two other cars around 9:10 p.m. at... Read more

Medical assistant at Back Bay health center charged with raping patient in exam room

1/18/23 - 3:40 pm
A medical assistant at the MGH Back Bay Health Center, 388 Commonwealth Ave., was arrested yesterday after allegedly raping a... Read more

Alleged Cambridge Street bank robber made two mistakes: He didn't check his loot for a tracker and he tried escaping on the Red Line

1/17/23 - 12:20 pm
A man with a criminal record dating to 1990 was ordered held in lieu of $10,000 bail at his arraignment on a charge that he... Read more

Two adults, three teens arrested in connection with investigation into Hyde Park armed robberies, home invasions and carjackings

One of the seized guns and bullets
1/17/23 - 6:00 am
Boston Police report gang-unit officers looking for suspects for a series of violent crimes in Hyde Park arrested five people... Read more

Man charged with raping woman at Chinatown hotel, holding her there for ransom

1/16/23 - 8:00 am
A Boston man was ordered held without bail for at least 60 days at his arraignment this week for kidnapping, two counts of... Read more

Police: Man was speeding down Blue Hill Avenue with a loaded assault rifle, a loaded handgun, a pound of pot and a bunch of counterfeit credit cards

1/16/23 - 3:00 am
State Police report arresting a man on a variety of charges following a search that lasted several hours after he ran away from... Read more

Teen stabbed in the back on Temple Place downtown; two other teens arrested, one just 13

1/15/23 - 7:39 pm
Updated Monday with arrest info. A 15-year-old was stabbed in the back on Temple Place near Tremont Street around 7:40 p.m. His... Read more

Woman shot in Polish Triangle

Dorchester Avenue crime scene
1/15/23 - 5:30 pm
Live Boston reports a woman was shot in a vehicle on Dorchester Avenue near Divine Way around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. She is... Read more

Person stabbed in chest on Dorchester Avenue

1/12/23 - 10:30 pm
Live Boston reports a person was stabbed in the chest and leg at Dorchester Avenue and East Cottage Street in Dorchester... Read more

Gang rode the Red and Green lines with a crowbar at rush hour, robbing and beating people, police say

1/12/23 - 5:15 pm
Transit Police report arresting three of the four people they say got on the Red Line at Harvard with a crowbar, then used it... Read more

Back Bay medical assistant charged with second patient sexual attack

1/12/23 - 3:00 pm
A medical assistant at the MGH Back Bay Health Center, 388 Commonwealth Ave., who was arrested last week on a charge he raped a... Read more

Man robs Chinatown bank with a spray bottle, police say

1/12/23 - 9:18 am
Boston Police report arresting an Uxbridge man on charges he held up the Santander Bank branch at 61 Harrison Ave. in Chinatown... Read more

Roxbury market robbed at gunpoint

1/9/23 - 9:41 pm
Marcella's Market, 80 Marcella St., was robbed at gunpoint by a Black man wearing a black baseball cap with yellow writing on... Read more

Man had loaded AK47, handgun in Dorchester apartment when arrested on drug charges, police say

Seized guns, drugs, cash
1/6/23 - 6:00 am
Boston Police report Distict C-6 (South Boston) drug-unit officers and FBI agents armed with three search warrants, raided an... Read more

Woman says she has no idea how a loaded gun with a defaced serial number wound up in her purse as she entered a courthouse to support her boyfriend at his arraignment on gun charges

1/5/23 - 9:55 am
A Mattapan woman was ordered today held pending a dangerousness hearing on charges she tried bringing a loaded gun into... Read more

Police say woman was driving through Roxbury with a loaded gun and drugs, although they say it was her failure to turn her lights on that first grabbed their attention

1/2/23 - 5:03 pm
Boston Police report officers arrested a Dorchester woman on gun and drug charges after initially stopping her for driving down... Read more

Bro herd sought for downtown stomping on New Year's Day

Men wanted for Atlantic Avenue attack
1/1/23 - 5:40 pm
Boston Police have released photos and descriptions of five men, three in local sports-team attire, that they say punched and... Read more

Mattapan Square house party ends with two shot, one dead

Mattapan Square crime scene
1/1/23 - 5:56 am
Victim identified as Jymaal Cox, 33 and a father of two, of Mattapan. Boston Police report two men were shot, one fatally, at... Read more

Woman shot on MBTA bus near Andrew station; photo of possible suspect released

Shooting suspect
12/30/22 - 5:25 pm
Update: Police say they found the guy, have talked to him and that their investigation continues. Transit Police have released... Read more

Hyde Park man on bail in Brighton copper-theft case charged with trying to sneak a loaded gun onto a plane at Logan

12/28/22 - 7:15 pm
A Hyde Park man traveling with a child was arrested at Logan Airport yesterday after he allegedly tried to get a loaded handgun... Read more

Woman says devil made her set Dorchester three decker on fire today, DA says

12/27/22 - 11:20 am
A Dorchester woman was arrested today on charges she set a Mora Street three decker on fire this morning, the Suffolk County... Read more

Failed Foodies carjacking suspect sought in South Boston

Photos of attempted carjacking suspect
12/26/22 - 5:29 pm
Boston Police have released photos of a guy they say attacked somebody outside Foodies, 230 West Broadway and tried but failed... Read more

Man charged as Mass and Cass crack dealer

12/26/22 - 1:00 pm
A man with a criminal record that dates to the 1980s sold crack to at least two individuals at Atkinson and Southampton streets... Read more

Roslindale gas station held up at gunpoint

12/24/22 - 10:35 pm
The Alfa gas station, 4139 Washington St. in Roslindale, was held up at gunpoint shortly after 10:30 p.m. The suspect described... Read more

Randolph motorist charged with hitting woman outside North Station, then running her over

12/24/22 - 12:45 am
A Randolph man faces a variety of charges after he allegedly ran a woman down outside North Station early this morning, while a... Read more

Man shot to death on Franklin Hill Avenue in Dorchester

12/23/22 - 11:01 pm
Victim identified as Michael Collins, Jr., 18, of Dorchester. A man was shot in the head at Franklin Hill Avenue and Shandon... Read more

Man stabbed and run over on Manchester Street in Mattapan

12/23/22 - 9:28 pm
Update: Victim's girlfriend charged. A man was stabbed in the stomach shortly before 9:30 p.m. and then run over on Manchester... Read more

Woman stabbed in Fields Corner fight; one arrested

12/21/22 - 5:02 pm
Boston Police report arresting a Roxbury woman on charges she stabbed another woman in the stomach during a fight at Geneva... Read more

Man robbed at gunpoint in Roslindale; three arrested with gun, zip ties and duct tape, police say

12/21/22 - 12:18 am
Boston Police report arresting two men from Malden and one from Everett following an armed robbery on Hyde Park Avenue, near... Read more

Bank on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury robbed

12/20/22 - 11:20 am
Update: Photos of suspect released. The Citizens Bank branch in the Hancock Village mall on VFW Parkway at Independence Drive... Read more

Police looking for man they say attacked woman in Back Bay garage

Wanted man
12/19/22 - 5:15 pm
Boston Police report a woman was sexually attacked inside the garage at 100 Clarendon St. , next to Back Bay station, around 5:... Read more

Man arrested for taking a snooze in his car on an I-93 onramp in Sullivan Square - and for being drunk and having a loaded gun - DA says

12/19/22 - 4:15 am
A Transit Police officer who happened on a car just sitting on a Sullivan Square onramp up to I-93 north early Monday wound up... Read more

Person stabbed at Theater District club; melee erupts

Scene at Venu
12/18/22 - 11:00 pm
Live Boston reports one person was stabbed at Venu, 100 Warrenton St. in the Theater District, late Sunday night and that... Read more

Man attacked three women near Back Bay station Saturday afternoon, police say

Man wanted in attacks
12/17/22 - 12:45 pm
>Update: Suspect arrested. Boston Police have released photos of a man they say physically attacked three women in separate... Read more

Man shot to death on Kensington Street in Roxbury

Kensington Street murder scene
12/14/22 - 11:20 pm
GoFundMe for family. Boston Police report a man was shot at 16 Kensington St. in Roxbury around 11:20 p.m. on Thursday. Live... Read more

Officers had just finished a traffic stop in Dorchester when they noticed a guy walking by with what appeared to be a gun, police say

12/13/22 - 8:58 pm
Boston Police report two officers had just finished up with a traffic stop on Bowdoin Street between Mt. Ida Road and Adams... Read more

14-year-old was traipsing around Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury with a gun loaded with eight rounds, police say

12/13/22 - 4:28 pm
Boston Police report gang-unit officers conducting a gun investigation Tuesday afternoon, stopped one particular 14-year-old at... Read more

Man stabbed at Mass and Cass gas station

12/13/22 - 1:30 pm
A man was stabbed in the elbow at the Alltown Mobil station, 85 Southampton St., around 1:30 p.m. The bleeding was bad enough... Read more

Shots fired on Roseland Street in Dorchester

12/13/22 - 1:30 pm
Boston Police responded to Roseland Street near Samoset Street for gunfire around 1:30 p.m. One vehicle was hit. Officers found... Read more

 

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Car slams into another Roslindale building; two pedestrians hit, one dies
Man stopped for South End traffic infraction arrested for 2022 murder in Roxbury park
Cambridge bookstore employee uses bear hug to subdue shoplifter who'd just threatened to shoot the place up, police say
Parent attacks elderly BPS bus driver, officials say
Man gets probation after admitting he tied a dog to a shoreline boulder at Revere Beach to drown when the tide came in
Man who was charged as worker-terrorizing pizza-place owner ordered held without bail
Natick woman who admitted she was in the Capitol on Jan. 6 appeals her 15-day sentence
Area white supremacist seeks to move Capitol-insurrection trial from DC to Massachusetts, where he thinks potential jurors would be less likely to hate him right off the bat
Dognapping on Beacon Hill
Man arrested down the street from Slade's for murder outside the bar last month
Owner of Dorchester, Roslindale pizza places charged with beating, intimidating his mostly immigrant workers; one had to have genital surgery and all his teeth removed after attacks
Cambridge teen already facing carjacking charge arrested after stealing a car in Brookline with a dog inside, then nearly running over some MIT students, police say
Judge might decide next month whether woman charged with repeatedly stabbing Boston EMT can go free without standing trial
Masshole smashes bus window after bus driver honks at him for blocking access to South Boston bus stop, police say
Roslindale man got up to 120 m.p.h. in I-93 drag race before slamming into another vehicle and killing its driver, police say
Alleged in-flight door unlocker and spoon stabber ordered to undergo mental testing
Feds expand indictment against non-profit founder and her husband; now also charged with defrauding Boston and the state out of pandemic funds
Drink-spiking, rape case against Rhode Island man falls apart, charges dropped
Dorchester man charged with Academy Homes murder; another suspect still at large
Laughing masturbator on the Red Line arrested, police say
Man charged with trying to open a door on a flight to Boston and then trying to stab a flight attendant
Police say Newton domestic-violence suspect punched out two cops, leaving one unconscious
DC jury convicts Somerville yoga instructor as Jan. 6 Capitol rioter
Salem elementary school evacuated after yet another bomb threat made against nearby Satanic Temple
Police say Red Line creeper lived up to stereotype: He tried to lure two girls with promise of candy and puppies
Revere man who came into town thinking he was meeting with a fellow child-porn fan was instead arrested by undercover BPD and FBI investigators, DA says
Cambridge thief has wiiings, police say
East Boston man gets 6 to 10 for drunken high-speed crash that killed one of his passengers
Guy gets 7 1/2 years for the guns and crimes he promoted on his YouTube channel
Cohasset town worker ran a cryptocurrency 'mine' in crawlspace under town high school, police charge
Man keeps holding up Hyde Park convenience stores at gunpoint, police say
Pair sought for attacking Asian-American woman at Davis Square Red Line stop
Court orders new trial for Dorchester man convicted of 2010 murder because his lawyer never used potentially exculpatory information handed him by prosecutors
Man walking on 128 in Needham hit and killed by driver who kept going, police say
Man charged with robbing letter carrier at gunpoint for his mailbox key
Man kicked out of Dorchester lodge after argument stayed outside and fatally stabbed the other man in the neck when he left, DA says
Sharon woman who worked for state Environmental Police identified as Franklin Hill murder victim
Boston man arrested in Ohio for murder on Harvard Street in Dorchester last year
No bail for man charged with gunning down kid walking down a Mattapan street listening to music
Black, Muslim man who pleaded guilty to being a violent, drug running pimp seeks new trial because his lawyer was a virulent racist Islamophobe
Board says Faneuil Hall bar not to blame for way one patron slammed another to the sidewalk outside, possibly injuring him for life
Boston jury convicts Russian exec as ringleader of financial-hacking ring
Boston firefighter slammed man to the sidewalk after bar scuffle neither was involved in - but took off his coat as a pillow for his victim, police, family say
Teen went into murderous rage over explicit photos her boyfriend sent, DA says
Charlestown and East Boston high schools among several locked down on fake reports of possible attacks by a gunman
Man charged with fatal Mass and Cass hit and run
Harvard Law student with a baseball bat charged with homophobic attack on fellow student, going after hospital workers
City Hall finance director charged with money laundering in prison drug-smuggling effort
Man who wreaked havoc slamming his car into concrete barrier at Alewife T station to face criminal charges, police say
Man upset he got the wrong size drink at Lynn drive-through shoots worker
Former Army sharpshooter's murder conviction upheld for shooting a man in the head after an argument outside a Fenway bar over whether the Yankees suck
Facebook-scrolling driver slams onto Green Line tracks in Brookline, police say
Gang member murdered Tyler Lawrence in Mattapan, then was arrested three days later for selling fentanyl, DA, feds say
Suburban man to face charges after speeding onto Green Line tracks at MFA, police say
Four previously indicted BPD cops face additional charge related to Hyde Park evidence-warehouse overtime scandal
Canton woman gets 3 1/2 years for role in online-romance and pandemic fraud scheme
Boston's latest murder victim was just 13
Violent, rapping Dorchester gang leader sentenced to nine years in federal prison
Man who got $850,000 in Covid relief funds to support employees he didn't actually have used the money to buy a house, a Rolls Royce and French bulldogs, feds charge
Board permanently shuts Dorchester restaurant that was scene of early morning triple shooting
Man charged with December shooting on Brighton Avenue in Allston
Police say they can't find the owner of a Dorchester restaurant where three were shot in an illegal after-hours club in the basement
Man gets 19-20 for killing man during drug buy in Dorchester apartment in 2017
Orange Line passengers need to wear raincoats these days
Murder most cheap: Feds arrest Dorchester man they say wanted his wife, her boyfriend dead - but could only afford to pay for it with a discount and on an installment plan
Investigators say triple shooting in Hyde Park led them to a Littleton gun dealer, who was arrested today for illegally selling guns to one of the victims
DA says there's enough evidence to charge Dorchester man with 2007 murder of his girlfriend even without her body
Prospective jurors in securities-fraud and hacking trial could be asked about the war in Ukraine
Man charged with murdering his girlfriend, last seen in Dorchester in 2007
Brighton food-truck operator admits he used much of the $1.5 million or so in Covid relief funds he got to play the stock market instead of keeping people employed
Tech exec at area drug company and boyfriend charged with swindling company out of more than $2 million
Is this a TikTok challenge or something? Teens taking to smashing T windows, pulling alarms and jumping fare gates
Boston Police bring back walking beat in one part of Dorchester
Police seek help finding gunman who held up Roxbury market
Connecticut man sues Faneuil Hall bar, Boston firefighter who has been charged with slamming him to the ground last month
Hyde Park woman and teen pal charged with slicing, stomping woman in Quincy road rager
Somebody keeps forging Boston Medical Center checks and the hospital is getting tired of it
Man charged, again, as East Boston key monster who likes to walk around East Boston keying cars
Masshole parks in bus stop, bus pulls up ahead to let off passenger in wheelchair, Masshole can't wait, drives over wheelchair ramp, police say
Dorchester man charged with shooting woman on bus outside Andrew station
Coffee rager at Roxbury McDonald's takes out frustration on glass pastry case, police say
New Jersey man charged as part of airport purse and baggage theft trio
Excel High student to face criminal charge for allegedly punching ref in the face at Cohasset basketball game
Boston in 2022: Murders
APB for Red Line window puncher
Excel High basketball player punched referee in the face at game in Cohasset, police say
Woman charged with ramming boyfriend with car and then stabbing him for stepping out on her, DA says
Serial T unzipper charged with exposing himself again, on a 15 bus in Roxbury, police say
New Bedford trio nabbed for stealing catalytic converters in Roxbury, police say
Police advise: Lawyers don't ask for you to put several thousand dollars in cash in a box and then hand it over to a courier at a nearby post office
Tufts bomb-threat tally: Seven
Athol man convicted of attacking cops during failed Capitol coup
Early morning commuters at North Station greeted by a man yelling racist slurs, at least until he was arrested
Theft-resistant mailboxes not so theft resistant anymore; officials in some towns urge people to drop off their outgoing mail at post offices instead
A new reason not to lend your phone to a stranger
West Roxbury bank robber spoke with an eastern European accent, FBI says

 

Date Type Street Neighborhoodsort descending
3/18/21 - 8:07 pm Man stabbed inside the Corner Mall in Downtown Crossing
11/30/21 - 3:37 pm Man arrested in Dorchester after gunfire near Roslindale elementary school
7/17/21 - 2:45 am Harbor boat crash kills one, injures seven
7/8/21 - 11:20 am Man shot in struggle over gun with cop on Washington Street at Roslindale/Forest Hills line
1/12/23 - 5:15 pm Gang rode the Red and Green lines with a crowbar at rush hour, robbing and beating people, police say
3/28/23 - 2:00 pm Whitman man comes up to Boston, kicks somebody onto the subway tracks at State Street, then goes home and stabs somebody in the face, police say Attempted murder State Street MBTA station
4/26/21 - 4:19 pm Man charged with robbing downtown bank 20 years after he robbed two other banks Bank robbery 1 Union St.
11/15/21 - 12:10 am Two shot, one in the face, outside Allston club that's slated to be torn down to make way for apartments Shooting 20 Linden St. Allston
4/5/22 - 8:17 pm Two women report sexual attacks on and near Comm. Ave. in Allston Sexual attack Commonwealth Ave. and Spofford St. Allston
2/7/21 - 12:19 pm Man charged with robbing Allston bank, stealing one customer's car and taking another customer as a hostage Bank robbery 1230 Commonwealth Ave. Allston
11/18/21 - 7:30 pm Dirt bikers, ATV riders sought for violent attack on 80-year-old driver that started on Park Drive in Fenway, ended on Cambridge Street in Allston Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Soldiers Field Rd. and Cambridge St. Allston
4/30/22 - 2:38 am Troublesome Allston club is closed for good after latest gun incident outside, owner says Gunfire 20 Linden St. Allston
3/18/21 - 8:32 pm Woman able to escape laughing ride-share driver who'd locked her into his car in Allston, police say Kidnapping 1139 Commonwealth Ave. Allston
5/25/22 - 7:55 pm Out of towners nabbed at Allston gas station with guns loaded with 40 rounds, crack and oxycodone, police say Illegal gun possession 219 Cambridge St. Allston
12/11/22 - 2:36 am Man shot on Brighton Avenue in Allston Shooting 128 Brighton Ave. Allston
6/4/22 - 3:25 pm Drive-by gunfire on Dorchester Street in Andrew Square; nobody hit Gunfire Dorchester St. and Rogers St. Andrew Square
8/11/21 - 7:45 pm Multiple shots fired on Fairfield Street just past Boylston Street Gunfire 45 Fairfield St. Back Bay
8/28/22 - 7:00 am Man forgets backpack at Copley T stop, but is arrested when he goes to retrieve it - because of the high-powered gun inside, police say Illegal gun possession Copley T station Back Bay
2/20/22 - 8:00 am Argument over toilet flushing turns violent in Back Bay men's room Stabbing 145 Dartmouth St. Back Bay
9/28/22 - 3:55 pm Bank held up on Boylston Street in the Back Bay Bank robbery 425 Boylston St. Back Bay
1/18/23 - 3:40 pm Medical assistant at Back Bay health center charged with raping patient in exam room Rape 388 Commonwealth Ave. Back Bay
12/17/22 - 12:45 pm Man attacked three women near Back Bay station Saturday afternoon, police say Assault and battery 145 Dartmouth St. Back Bay
10/5/22 - 3:30 pm Man who has spent most of his adult life locked up for bank robbery charged with holding up three Back Bay banks Bank robbery 426 Boylston St. Back Bay
10/16/21 - 10:30 pm Two beat man at Back Bay station because he didn't have any cigarettes they could bum, police say Assault and battery 145 Dartmouth St. Back Bay
6/10/22 - 11:30 pm Man sought for beating somebody during Copley Square Celtics watch party last Friday Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon St. James Ave. and Trinity Pl. Back Bay
12/19/22 - 5:15 pm Police looking for man they say attacked woman in Back Bay garage Indecent assault and battery 100 Clarendon St. Back Bay
11/23/22 - 4:00 pm Man charged with sexual attacks at Copley T stop Indecent assault and battery Boylston St. and Dartmouth St. Back Bay
7/21/21 - 4:16 pm Dorchester teen arrested in Roslindale for Back Bay phone robbery Unarmed robbery 298 Marlborough St. Back Bay
6/28/21 - 9:41 pm Food deliverer slashed by knife-wielding rando at Pru, police say Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Boylston St. and Ring Rd. Back Bay
10/30/21 - 2:53 pm Pistol-packing North Carolina man arrested after ruckus at Nike store on Newbury Street, police say Illegal gun possession 200 Newbury St. Back Bay
1/31/22 - 12:16 pm Hyde Park man goes into town, robs a bank, gets arrested before he can hop on a train back home, police say Bank robbery 800 Boylston St. Back Bay
4/9/21 - 2:20 pm Man wanted for Back Bay bank robbery Bank robbery 155 Dartmouth St. Back Bay
1/12/23 - 3:00 pm Back Bay medical assistant charged with second patient sexual attack Indecent assault and battery 388 Commonwealth Ave. Back Bay
1/24/23 - 3:40 pm Orange Line seat-hog rage at Back Bay sends one to the hospital, shuts service Stabbing Back Bay station Back Bay
3/25/22 - 7:30 pm Man threatened with knife for talking too loudly on the Orange Line, police say Assault with a dangeous weapon 145 Dartmouth St. Back Bay
8/23/22 - 4:30 pm Woman on bus objects to being told to shut up, so she smashes other woman's head into a window repeatedly, police say Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon Massachusetts Ave. and Boylston St. Back Bay
11/15/22 - 3:15 pm Man already wanted for armed robbery tries to shoulder way past cop on Beacon Hill but fails, police say Assault and battery 47 Joy St. Beacon Hill
10/21/21 - 5:50 pm Man charged with unprovoked stomping at Charles/MGH Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Charles/MGH Beacon Hill
1/17/23 - 12:20 pm Alleged Cambridge Street bank robber made two mistakes: He didn't check his loot for a tracker and he tried escaping on the Red Line Bank robbery 250 Cambridge St. Beacon Hill
1/5/23 - 9:55 am Woman says she has no idea how a loaded gun with a defaced serial number wound up in her purse as she entered a courthouse to support her boyfriend at his arraignment on gun charges Illegal gun possession 3 Pemberton Sq. Beacon Hill
2/16/22 - 11:51 pm Out of towners with a loaded shotgun threaten to shoot up a house in Brighton, police say Illegal gun possession 113 Nottinghill Rd. Brighton
9/14/21 - 9:30 pm Woman robbed at gunpoint on Warren Street in Brighton Armed robbery Camelot Ct. and Warren St. Brighton
1/12/22 - 5:30 am Police hunt woman they say sliced open a Brighton cab driver's forehead with a butcher knife Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 28 Jette Ct. Brighton
10/18/21 - 9:45 pm Brighton Center liquor store held up at knifepoint Armed robbery 388 Washington St. Brighton
11/12/22 - 5:04 am Copper thieves are back; two arrested at Brighton construction site, police say Burglary 130 Chestnut Hill Ave. Brighton
10/8/22 - 1:30 am Man wanted for early morning Brighton apartment break-in Residential break-in Lanark Rd. Brighton
3/15/22 - 3:54 am Police hunt man who broke into woman's Brighton apartment, then stood over her as she slept; may also be creeper spotted elsewhere in area recently Breaking and entering 5 Bellvista Rd. Brighton
7/1/21 - 1:19 pm Rabbi stabbed outside Jewish day school and summer camp on Chestnut Hill Avenue in Brighton; suspect arrested Stabbing 29 Chestnut Hill Ave. Brighton
3/7/22 - 4:33 pm Teen charged with shooting at Fidelis Way development in Brighton two weeks ago Shooting 1212 Jette Ct. Brighton
8/7/21 - 11:55 pm Three people stabbed on Gordon Street near Comm. Ave. on Allston/Brighton line; suspect arrested Stabbing 107 Gordon St. Brighton
7/14/21 - 4:38 pm Man brought a gun to a fistfight in Charlestown, although he didn't use it, police say Illegal gun possession Main St. and Walker St. Charlestown
6/13/22 - 3:50 pm Gunfire near Charlestown High School as seniors, families were getting ready for graduation Gunfire Polk St. Charlestown
5/19/22 - 11:45 am Two guns found at Charlestown High School; two teens charged Illegal gun possession 240 Medford St. Charlestown
10/7/22 - 9:25 pm Police look for guys in ski masks who shot at guy in car in Charlestown, missed him, but hit his his car and several others Gunfire Corey St. and Medford St. Charlestown
4/10/22 - 12:20 pm Teen shot in playground at Bunker Hill development Shooting Monument St. and O'Reilly Way Charlestown
12/19/22 - 4:15 am Man arrested for taking a snooze in his car on an I-93 onramp in Sullivan Square - and for being drunk and having a loaded gun - DA says Illegal gun possession Sullivan Square Charlestown
1/12/22 - 2:45 am Attempt at good deed ends in night of terror for Charlestown bartender Armed robbery 108 Cambridge St. Charlestown
3/20/21 - 3:21 am Man shot to death in Charlestown Murder 6 Mystic Pl. Charlestown
1/5/21 - 11:30 am Police hunt driver who dragged and killed a pedestrian in Charlestown Hit and run Chelsea St. and 13th St. Charlestown
4/3/22 - 12:05 am Police quickly noticed evidence of the Charlestown bar beating on the victim's forehead: The imprint of one of his attacker's shoes Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 2 Pleasant St. Charlestown
9/21/22 - 9:14 pm Man stabbed on Polk Street in Charlestown; suspect turns self in, police say Stabbin 41 Polk St. Charlestown
5/30/22 - 10:30 pm More than 60 shots fired in Bunker Hill shootout; nobody hit Gunfire 50 Medford St. Charlestown
8/12/21 - 5:20 am Police hunt man they say tried to drag a woman into an alley outside Tufts Medical Center early this morning Assault and battery 830 Washington st. Chinatown
6/5/22 - 12:40 am Gunfire outside the South Street Diner Gunfire 178 Kneeland St. Chinatown
4/2/22 - 1:14 pm Man charged with punching two Asian-American women in the face in Boston; was already locked up for attack on elderly woman in Cambridge Assault and battery Oak St. W and Tremont St. Chinatown
5/14/22 - 6:30 am Police hunt man as Chinatown rapist Rape Harrison Ave. Chinatown
4/4/22 - 12:52 am Man dies after driver who police say had been drinking for several hours slams into him on Kneeland Street Fatal crash 75 Kneeland St. Chinatown
8/14/21 - 2:20 am Early morning argument in the Leather District ends with car-to-car gunfire and one arrest, police say Gunfire Kingston St. and Bedford St. Chinatown
5/16/22 - 4:30 pm Man stabbed near the Chinatown Gate; suspect arrested Stabbing Mary Soo Hoo Park Chinatown
1/16/23 - 8:00 am Man charged with raping woman at Chinatown hotel, holding her there for ransom Rape 821 Washington St. Chinatown
8/4/22 - 2:30 am Man sought for sexual attack at Tufts Orange Line station Sexual attack 799 Washington St. Chinatown
12/18/22 - 11:00 pm Person stabbed at Theater District club; melee erupts Stabbing 100 Warrenton St. Chinatown
4/11/22 - 2:00 am Three arrested, two cops injured in early morning Chinatown gun incident Illegal gun possession 9 Tyler St. Chinatown
11/5/22 - 1:48 am Police hunt guy they say punched a man to the pavement outside Theater District club, then fled on a private bus Assault and battery 279 Tremont St. Chinatown
6/28/21 - 3:30 am Early morning gunfire in the Leather District Gunfire Lincoln St. and Tufts St. Chinatown
4/17/22 - 2:30 am Two shot near Chinatown Gate; two suspects arrested after crash in Charlestown Shooting Beach St. and Oxford St. Chinatown
4/20/22 - 2:20 am Two stabbed in the Theater District after the clubs and bars close Stabbing Stuart St. and Warrenton St. Chinatown
8/14/22 - 4:45 am Police hunt suspect for another early morning rape in Chinatown Rape Hudson Street Chinatown
3/17/22 - 4:20 pm Chinatown carjacking suspect is fished out of Boston Harbor, police say Carjacking 27 Beach St. Chinatown
10/28/21 - 9:27 pm Man charged for rifles, magazines and loaded handgun found in room at W Hotel Illegal gun possession 100 Stuart St. Chinatown
11/7/21 - 1:22 am Cape men charged with threatening man with a gun in Theater District garage Assault and battery 274 Tremont St. Chinatown
10/8/21 - 1:15 am Somebody put the combat back in what's left of the Combat Zone Shooting 12 Lagrange St. Chinatown
7/31/22 - 1:18 am Guy with loaded gun and pal arrested trying to steal scooters out of a Chinatown alley, police say Illegal gun possession 1 Oxford Pl. Chinatown
1/12/23 - 9:18 am Man robs Chinatown bank with a spray bottle, police say Bank robbery 61 Harrison Ave. Chinatown
12/11/22 - 9:10 pm One shot, one stabbed in the Theater District Shooting 240 Tremont St. Chinatown
1/1/22 - 3:38 pm Man nabbed with loaded, mostly plastic 'ghost' gun in Dorchester; was already wanted for killing somebody with his car, police say Illegal gun possession 52 Jacob St. Dorchester
10/11/21 - 6:40 pm Man stabbed to death on Virginia Street in Dorchester Murder 9 Virginia St. Dorchester
7/4/22 - 11:34 pm Police say 13-year-old was driving down Columbia Road with a loaded gun Illegal gun possession 144 Columbia Rd. Dorchester
10/31/22 - 2:14 pm Kid arrested with loaded gun outside Dorchester school after he and two pals stomped another teen, police say Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon 155 Talbot Ave. Dorchester
3/31/22 - 9:45 pm Man shot in leg on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester Shooting 34 Bowdoin St. Dorchester
8/30/22 - 1:21 am Man drove up from Dedham with a gun loaded with 32 rounds, police say Illegal gun possession Columbia Rd. and Oldfields Rd. Dorchester
1/2/22 - 6:30 pm Three shot in Codman Square, one dead Murder Lyndhurst St and Washington St. Dorchester
4/10/21 - 5:56 pm Grandmother sitting on front porch shot to death by gunman aiming at somebody else Murder 19 Olney St. Dorchester
3/4/21 - 9:30 pm Person shot on Dorchester Avenue near Ashmont T station Shooting Dorchester Ave. and Ashmont St. Dorchester
12/13/22 - 1:30 pm Shots fired on Roseland Street in Dorchester Gunfire Roseland St. Dorchester
1/23/21 - 10:26 pm Trio sought for violent robberies at Adams and Ashmont streets in Dorchester Assault and battery Ashmont St. and Adams St. Dorchester
10/2/22 - 10:45 pm Home, two cars hit by gunfire on Marden Avenue in Dorchester Gunfire Marden Avenue Dorchester
9/15/21 - 10:45 am Teen arrested after bringing loaded gun to school in Dorchester, police say Illegal gun possession 11 Charles St. Dorchester
8/12/21 - 4:35 pm In a car jammed with eight people in Dorchester, two had loaded guns, police say Illegal gun possession 135 Whitfield St. Dorchester
5/14/21 - 10:00 pm Person shot in the head on East Street near Dot Ave. Shooting East St. and Church St. Dorchester