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Man pinned, injured at Dorchester gas station when driver behind him doesn't stop

By adamg - 2/9/14 - 2:03 pm

Blanket is where victim was pinned. Photo by BFD.

The Boston Fire Department reports a man was pumping gas at the Citgo station at 741 Morrissey Blvd. around 8:15 this morning when the driver of a car behind him failed to stop:

It moved his car out of the station and pinned him between the car that hit him and one of those posts protecting the pumps. Firefighters had to use extrication tools to free the man. Boston EMS treated and transported him with a serious leg injury. While this incident was underway, the overhead fire extinguishing system activated, covering the area with powder.

House expels Henriquez

By adamg - 2/6/14 - 3:40 pm

Henriquez makes his case to the House.

The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly today to expel convicted state Rep. Carlos Henriquez of Dorchester.

In a speech to his now former colleagues, Henriquez insisted he was innocent and never attacked the woman who claimed he did in a Zipcar.

In speeches before the vote, members of the House Ethics Committee alternated between saying a jury begged to differ but that even if they believed him, he would be unable to fulfill his duties as a representative while in his six-month sentence.

House could boot first member in 98 years

By adamg - 2/6/14 - 11:52 am

MassLive reports on the impending vote to expel state Rep. Carlos Henriquez (Dorchester).

The NAACP wants a delay.

Howie Carr (yep) wonders why him and not the other elected wrongdoers.

Police hunt driver who struck and killed pedestrian in Fields Corner

By adamg - 2/5/14 - 6:48 pm

Boston Police report they are looking for the driver of a sedan who hit a man on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner last night, then just kept on driving.

Witnesses told police the car was possibly a newer Camry or Maxima and that its driver fled on Adams Street towards Park Street.

Anyone with info can contact detectives at 617-343-4470 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or texting TIP to CRIME (27463).

Pedestrian killed in Fields Corner hit-and-run collision

By adamg - 2/4/14 - 8:27 pm

UPDATE: The Globe reports he died.

Around 8:15 p.m. at Dorchester Avenue near the T stop. Due to the severity of the pedestrian's injuries, the homicide unit was summoned.

Ashmont murder victim identified

By adamg - 1/31/14 - 11:48 am

Boston Police report the man shot to death outside the Ashmont Tedeschi on Sunday was Julien Printemps, 22, of Charlestown.

Third man charged for Havelock Street murder ambush last month

By adamg - 1/30/14 - 5:03 pm

Boston Police report the arrest of Javaine Watson, 23, for the murder of early on Dec. 14 of Romeo McCubbin.

Watson was arrested this morning and ordered held without bail at his arraignment today in Dorchester District Court, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

According to the DA's office, Watson, Omar Denton, 29, of Milton, and Omar Bonner, 26, waited for McCubbin to show up around 1:45 a.m. that day, then ambushed and shot him to death.

Japanese government issues warning against travel in Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury

By adamg - 1/30/14 - 9:17 am

Pointing to the recent spate of murders, the Japanese consulate in Boston yesterday joined France in urging its citizens to avoid the three neighborhoods:

The number of gang-related murders so far this year in Boston is significantly higher than in past years, according to a Boston Globe report on Jan. 28, 2014. Consequently, we advise Japanese nationals to avoid areas such as Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan, where violence has occurred.

Private groups to take over two failing Boston schools

By adamg - 1/29/14 - 4:21 pm

Acting School Superintendent John McDonough announced today that the state has chosen two private education groups to take over control of the Holland and Dever schools in Dorchester, which the state says BPS has been unable to get into shape and which are rated as low as you can get under the scoring system used by the state to judge schools.

Red, Orange lines suffer ignominy this morning

By adamg - 1/29/14 - 7:25 am

An inbound Orange Line train didn't even make it out of the starting gate at Oak Grove early this morning. Somewhere on the Ashmont branch of the Red Line, an outbound train felt that disturbance in the Force and went over to the dark side.

Kid brings parents' blood-pressure and cholesterol pills to school, hands them out

By adamg - 1/28/14 - 5:01 pm

Ambulances took four students at the Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School to Boston Medical Center for checkups today after they shared pills and vitamins one of them brought in from home.

All four turned out to be fine, Khita Pottinger, principal of the school on Lawrence Avenue in Dorchester, said in a phone message to parents this afternoon:

Walsh vows to stop gang war that has now claimed four lives

By adamg - 1/27/14 - 7:54 pm

Mayor Marty Walsh said tonight that murders over the past nine days in Dorchester and Mattapan are all likely part of the same gang feud - and he vowed to stop it now:

This time last year, Boston had seen 15 shootings and 2 gun fatalities. Since January 1st of this year, we have seen 13 shootings and 8 gun fatalities.

The last four shootings are likely related, and are a combination of gang violence and retaliation. It is the understanding of the Boston Police Department that there were prior relationships between the victims and the suspects. ...

DA: Convicted drug dealer screaming at ex at 2 a.m. was driving around with a loaded gun, and that's a no-no

By adamg - 1/27/14 - 5:38 pm

A man with past convictions for drug dealing and beating a public employee wound up under arrest early Saturday when police responding to a report of gunfire found him yelling at his ex-girlfriend through her car window - near his running SUV with a loaded gun in the center console - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Police nab man charged with shooting, beating postal worker in Ashmont; third accomplice may still be at large

By adamg - 1/27/14 - 9:54 am

Boston Police report the Youth Violence Strike Force and postal inspectors took Keyon Taylor, 21, into custody around 1:20 a.m. on Blue Hill Avenue.

Meanwhile, an affidavit by a postal inspector working on the case suggests the investigation is not over - after the attack, police found Taylor's alleged driver and another man in the van from which Taylor allegedly jumped out of on Bailey Street to try to rob the postal worker.

Man shot to death outside Ashmont convenience store

By adamg - 1/26/14 - 10:02 pm

UPDATE: Victim identified as Julien Printemps.

A man in his 20s was shot repeatedly outside the Tedischi shop at 1886 Dorchester Ave., around 9:50 p.m. Boston Police report he was pronounced dead at the scene.

He is Boston's sixth murder victim this month.

Dorchester murder victim leaves daughter, six months

By adamg - 1/26/14 - 8:41 pm

Source.

Boston Police have identified the man shot to death on Callender Street Friday evening as Trevain Keene, 22.

He leaves his wife Ashley and their daughter, Aminyah, born last July. He is also survived by his mother, three brothers and a sister.

His friends in the Woodrow Avenue area knew him as Freshy Laflynn, the name he used as a member of a rap group, the Wavy Boyz.

Dorchester man charged with mistreating dogs in illegal, disgusting basement kennel

By adamg - 1/24/14 - 5:59 pm

Boston Police report officers investigating a report of an illegal basement apartment at 8 Glenrose Rd. yesterday found five mistreated dogs:

Somebody stealing catalytic converters from vehicles in parking lots in South Boston, Columbia Point

By adamg - 1/24/14 - 5:03 pm

Over the past few days, four catalytic converters have been detached from vehicles, according to Capt. John Greland at C-6:

On Tuesday, the owners of a 1998 Toyota and a 2000 Toyota discovered their cars parked at 2 Morrissey Blvd. were missing their converters.

At least it was on the southbound side of the Distressway

By adamg - 1/23/14 - 8:05 am

Removing cars from a collision on I-93 in Dorchester

Jeannie Doherty posted this photo of a completely blocked I-93 south at Savin Hill at 8 a.m.

Arrest made in Dorchester mailman shooting; second suspect sought

By adamg - 1/22/14 - 6:29 pm

Federal officials report arresting a Dorchester man for a December attack on a postal worker on Bailey Street - and say a second suspect - whom they say actually beat and shot the worker - remains at large.

Maurice Williams Miner-Gittens, 23, was arrested this morning on federal charges of conspiracy to rob, attempted robbery and kidnapping of a federal employee.

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