Boston Police report arresting David Robinson, 48, of Roxbury, this morning outside the city shelter on Southampton Street - where he is now charged with helping murder Richard Ghiozzi of Medford on Jan. 4.
Southampton Street
By adamg - 4/12/21 - 2:01 pm
Sue Sullivan speaks as residents wearing "Build the Bridge" shirts listen.
It was bad enough when the Long Island Bridge shut and even more drug addicts began congregating in the area of Mass and Cass, Sue Sullivan said. But now, the area has become a haven for drug sellers and people quick to settle a beef with a knife or gun, the head of the Newmarket Business Association says. Read more.
By adamg - 1/17/21 - 4:46 pm
Photo by BPD.
Boston Police report officers stationed outside the Southampton Street homeless shelter early this morning arrested a man already wanted on several drug warrants on new drug and gun charges after they spotted him surrounded by a crowd of people outside the shelter, sitting on a motorcycle with a bag of crack in one hand. Read more.
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By adamg - 1/4/21 - 9:29 pm
Victim identified as Richard Ghiozzi, 33, of Medford.
Boston Police report a man was stabbed shortly before 7:30 p.m. at 115 Southampton St. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police say. Read more.
By adamg - 11/8/19 - 9:46 pm
Boston Police report an investigation into drug sales on Mission Hill led to raids on Thatcher Street in Hyde Park, Southampton Street in Newmarket Square and Brockton yesterday that netted 5,700 grams of fentanyl, a portable fentanyl processing lab, four guns and $27,000 in cash, as well as the arrest of two alleged traffickers.
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By adamg - 10/25/19 - 11:31 am
An outraged citizen discovers that "Methadone Mile" is now a searchable "landmark" on some mapping services and files a 311 complaint to get that changed: Read more.
By adamg - 11/26/18 - 2:06 pm
The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force is looking for a man who held up the East Boston Savings Bank branch at 501 Southampton St. around 5:50 p.m. on Nov. 23. Read more.
By adamg - 8/8/18 - 10:25 am
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about an Ant bike with no wheels on Topeka Street at Southampton.
Earlier:
Dockless bike sleeps with the fishes in East Boston.
By adamg - 5/9/18 - 4:36 pm
Boston Police report arresting Jeremy Correa on charges he fatally stabbed Edward Sanchez, 50, at the Southampton Street Shelter yesterday. Read more.
By adamg - 5/8/18 - 3:55 pm
Victim identified as Edward Sanchez of Worcester.
Boston Police report a man in his 50s was found stabbed at 112 Southampton St. shortly after noon. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Read more.
By adamg - 9/24/17 - 2:06 pm
UPDATE: Victim identified as Carlos Montalvo, 33.
Boston Police report a man was shot around 6:40 a.m. at Southampton and Topeka streets.
The victim, in his 30s, was taken to nearby Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
By adamg - 3/29/17 - 2:39 pm
The Boston City Council agreed today to hold a hearing on the recent decision of the Boston Public Health Commission to shutter two programs, with a total of 40 beds at the Southampton Street shelter, aimed at helping homeless people - in particular those who are HIV positive - gradually reenter society. Read more.
By adamg - 9/23/16 - 1:57 pm
Waldo Bros., which has sold building supplies since 1914 on Southampton Street, will be replaced by a car dealership specializing in used luxury cars according to plans filed with the BRA. Read more.
By adamg - 3/4/14 - 3:49 pm
Several city councilors say they're not opposed to medical marijuana but that Southampton Street is just the wrong place for one of the two dispensaries provisionally approved by the state because it's already in the middle of an area with large methadone clinics, a jail, trash-transfer facilities and the BU biolab.
And at a hearing today, councilors expressed major disappointment in state officials, none of whom showed up.
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