By adamg - Tue, 07/02/2024 - 10:45pm

A person was shot in front of Fernandez Liquors at Washington and Cedar streets in Roxbury around 10:05 p.m.

Police found shell casings a block away at Cedar and Juniper streets.

Photos of suspects
By adamg - Thu, 02/29/2024 - 10:29pm

Boston Police report they are looking for five people they say were involved in the armed holdup of a person in a Roxbury Community College parking lot at Columbus Avenue and Cedar Street taking both his phone and a silver Mercedes E-class SUV. Read more.

Burning building at 55 Cedar St.
By adamg - Tue, 01/31/2023 - 9:33am

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to Cedar Street in Mattapan around 1 a.m. for a fire that started at 55 Cedar, then spread to to the neighboring unit at 57 Cedar St.

The department reports 12 people were displaced. There were no injuries.

Architect's rendering of Hawthorne Street condos
By adamg - Fri, 09/25/2020 - 1:00pm

Historic Boston, Inc. yesterday filed plans with the BPD to build a three-story, 14-unit condo building on Hawthorne Street in Roxbury, behind the currently empty St. James African Orthodox Church on Cedar Street, which the group would renovate into commercial space after completing the condos. Read more.

By adamg - Fri, 11/01/2019 - 11:20am

NBC Boston reports that police found one man shot and another with a possible stab wound outside 5 Cedar St., off Washington Street, in Roxbury shortly before midnight.

By adamg - Tue, 05/14/2019 - 11:59am

Boston firefighters responded to 38 Cedar St. in Mattapan around 11:50 a.m. for a second-floor fire that they quickly knocked down.

By adamg - Sun, 11/04/2018 - 10:40pm

Boston Police report arresting Shawn Pedilla, 39, of Roxbury, for a stabbing on Oct. 31 that sent two men to the hospital, one with injuries initially considered life threatening. Read more.

By adamg - Wed, 10/31/2018 - 8:42pm

Updated with BPD info.

Boston Police report two men were stabbed around 7:30 p.m. at 70 Cedar St. PCFN reports one of the men was stabbed in the stomach. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of his injuries.

By adamg - Sat, 02/24/2018 - 9:57pm

At Cedar and Washington streets, around 9:50 p.m. Injuries not considered life threatening.

UPDATE: Suspect arrested.

By adamg - Sun, 07/09/2017 - 10:04pm

Boston Police report a woman who navigates with a cane was walking up Columbus Avenue between Centre and Cedar streets last night when a man: Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 06/29/2017 - 12:29pm

The Herald reports on how people coming home from work at a money-transfer place with the cash in a suitcase Tuesday afternoon were targeted by three guys who stopped their car and took the suitcase - only to be stopped themselves several hours later, by police.

By adamg - Wed, 06/07/2017 - 10:20pm

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Cedar Street at Highland. Victim shot in thigh, but wound not considered life threatening, Scan Boston reports.

By adamg - Fri, 04/28/2017 - 9:38am

UPDATE: Victim identified as Dennis Levy.

Boston Police report a man, 30, was shot at 55 Cedar St. shortly before 10 p.m. on Thursday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

By adamg - Wed, 09/21/2016 - 9:35pm

Around 9:20 p.m. on Cedar Street near Sanford. Because of the severity of the person's injuries, the homicide unit was called in.