Boston crime

Man with automatic weapon arrested after burst of gunfire on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester, police say

6/26/24 - 6:04 pm

A Dorchester man faces a variety of gun charges - including possession of a machine gun - after he led BPD gang-unit officers... Read more

Man with husky uses screwdriver to stab woman at East Boston gas station

6/24/24 - 9:36 pm

A man stabbed a woman in the arm with a screwdriver at the Mobil station at Meridian and Condor streets in East Boston around 9... Read more

Man shot in Harbor Point complex in Dorchester

6/22/24 - 9:00 pm

A man was shot at Harbor Point Boulevard and Westwind Road in the Harbor Point complex in Dorchester around 9 p.m. One car had... Read more

Man stabbed on Paris Street in East Boston

6/20/24 - 2:13 am

Boston Police responded to Paris Street a few doors before Marion Street for a man who'd been stabbed twice around 2:10 a.m. He... Read more

Early morning street party in Roxbury ends with gunfire, one arrest

6/20/24 - 1:30 am

Boston Police report officers responding to a 911 call about gunfire behind 58 Circuit St. in Roxbury early this morning found... Read more

Group tries to gun down man on Harvard Avenue in Allston; he's saved by their horrible aim, but two cars, one storefront are hit

6/19/24 - 10:30 pm

A group of men, at least one with a gun, fired several shots at somebody in the area of Harvard and Glenville avenues around 10... Read more

Man robbed, then pistol whipped in Uphams Corner; suspect arrested down the street

6/19/24 - 12:36 am

Boston Police report a guy pointed a gun at a man, robbed him of $140 and then beat him in the head with a gun, at Columbia... Read more

Somebody set a car on fire at the Readville train station, police say

6/18/24 - 5:00 am

Transit Police report they are trying to find who set a car ablaze at Readville station, off Milton Street in Hyde Park, early... Read more

Police charge two for using power tools to break into an East Boston apartment - and one for an earlier $240,000 holdup outside a check-cashing place

6/15/24 - 1:20 pm

Boston Police report one of two men arrested on charges they tried to break into an apartment at 212 Waldemar Ave. in Orient... Read more

Man who was wanted for 2019 stabbing in Roxbury arrested after he drives by cops with a loaded gun on a scooter in Dorchester, police say

6/15/24 - 12:05 pm

Boston Police report arresting a stabbing suspect they thought had fled the country but who apparently returned and was... Read more

Two stabbed on Boston Common, near where somebody was shot on Monday

6/13/24 - 11:45 pm

A fight turned into a double stabbing near the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday. One victim was... Read more

Teen shot after her high-school graduation in the Seaport, possibly by another graduate, still dressed in his cap and gown

6/13/24 - 11:43 am

Boston Police found the teen shot in the hip in the area of Northern Avenue and Pier 4 Boulevard around 11:45 a.m. after... Read more

Person shot on Boston Common

6/10/24 - 10:07 pm

A person was shot near the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common shortly before 10:10 p.m. The homicide unit was called in due to... Read more

Three teens charged with beating up, pepper spraying fourth at Pru restaurant

6/10/24 - 5:53 pm

Three teens - 13, 14 and 16 - were arrested Monday evening after they allegedly stomped a fourth teen at the California Pizza... Read more

Man stabbed on Wood Avenue in Hyde Park; teen found stabbed nearby on River Street

6/10/24 - 4:15 pm

A brawl at Wood Avenue at Frazer Street ended with a man in his 40s stabbed several times in both the stomach and the back... Read more

Pre-teen charged with Egleston Square knife threatening

6/9/24 - 6:36 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 12-year-old on charges he threatened somebody with a knife at Washington Street and Chilcott... Read more

Four sought for holdup of Back Bay market with knife and bat

6/9/24 - 8:00 am

Boston Police report they are looking for four people they say made off with a large quantity of alcohol from Quality Mart, 21... Read more

Man was tooling around East Boston with a fully automatic ghost gun in his waistband loaded with 23 bullets, police say

6/7/24 - 3:13 pm

Boston Police report arresting an East Boston man on gun and drug charges after pulling him over on St. Andrew Road shortly... Read more

Fake cops rob owner of East Boston check-cashing place of $240,000

6/7/24 - 9:26 am

Boston Police report they are looking for two men for a holdup outside the Check Place, 230 Meridian St. in East Boston around... Read more

Man with long record is charged with knife-slicing attack at Andrew station; second man sought for also stomping the victim

6/4/24 - 4:14 pm

A judge has ordered a South Boston man who already has a long record for violent crime held pending a dangerousness hearing... Read more

14-year old arrested in Harambee Park with a loaded gun, police say

6/1/24 - 6:55 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 14-year-old with a loaded gun in a fanny pack at a Harambee Park event Saturday night.... Read more

Woman shot to death on Edson Street in Dorchester

5/31/24 - 11:17 pm

Update: Victim identified as Pereshah Shear-Yashub, 27, of Taunton. Boston Police report a woman was shot at 36 Edson St in... Read more

Man spits in face of woman who wouldn't get out of his preferred seat at Park Street, police say

5/31/24 - 7:40 pm

Transit Police report they are looking for a man they say literally got spitting mad on a Green Line platform at Park Street... Read more

Florida man charged with making bomb threat at Liberty Hotel

5/29/24 - 8:19 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Liberty Hotel guest who allegedly responded to an innocent question from a woman at the hotel... Read more

Teen fan of early '80s punk band sought for Roxbury robbery

5/27/24 - 8:10 pm

Boston Police report they are looking for a person they say robbed somebody at 22 Slayton Way between 8 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. on... Read more

Two were tooling around Dorchester with loaded guns until they ignored a 'No Turn on Red' sign, police say

5/26/24 - 1:12 am

Boston Police report arresting two men on gun charges early Sunday after officers on patrol noticed them making a right turn on... Read more

Man sleeping under the Longfellow awakened by somebody beating him bloody with a machete, DA says

5/23/24 - 10:15 pm

A Level 3 sex offender with a record that includes other violent crimes was arrested last week on charges he pummeled another... Read more

Man was driving around Uphams Corner with a loaded gun until he ignored a stop sign in sight of cops in a cruiser, police say

5/23/24 - 6:10 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on gun charges Thursday afternoon following a traffic stop at Columbia Road and... Read more

Man with loaded gun arrested in Hyde Park hair salon, police say

5/23/24 - 1:30 pm

Boston Police report officers who were already investigating a Hyde Park man for possible drug violations arrested him... Read more

Two people with a gun try to get into City Hall, but are turned away by a municipal guard

5/22/24 - 12:00 pm

Around noon, a man with a gun dressed all in yellow and a woman tried to get into the Congress Street side of City Hall, but... Read more

Dudley Street shop held up at gunpoint

5/21/24 - 5:40 pm

Boston Police report they are looking for a guy in a plaid long-sleeve shirt with one of the fancier Stop & Shop reusable... Read more

Woman charged as Dorchester drug dealer

5/18/24 - 11:39 am

Boston Police report drug-unit officers investigating drug sales arrested a woman on Harbor View Street in Dorchester on... Read more

The night gunfire rang out at both ends of East Boston

5/16/24 - 11:01 pm

Last Thursday night, Boston Police had to respond to two near simultaneous gunfire attacks in East Boston, one at Brandywyne... Read more

Two arrested at Brighton senior apartment building a few doors down from the Cumbie's police say they tried to rob at gunpoint

5/15/24 - 11:11 pm

Boston Police report arresting two men, 64 and 65, at the J.J. Carroll House, 130 Chestnut Hill Ave. in Brighton, yesterday on... Read more

Man shot on Radcliffe Road in Hyde Park

5/15/24 - 5:10 pm

A man was shot at Radcliffe Road and Taunton Avenue around 5:10 p.m. Injuries were not considered life threatening.

Four teens charged with beating senior on a Silver Line bus after they failed to wrest his phone away, police say

5/14/24 - 10:00 pm

Transit Police report arresting four teens - all 15 or 16 - on charges related to an attack on a Silver Line bus at Washington... Read more

13-year-old nabbed with loaded gun near Roxbury park, police say

5/13/24 - 9:43 am

Boston Police report arresting a 13-year-old after he returned to the Mr. Pleasant Play Area to retrieve the handgun with 10... Read more

Three Quincy teens charged with beating other teens bloody at Kenmore station; nabbed thanks to Snapchat video of the stomping

5/10/24 - 10:14 pm

Three Quincy teens were arraigned Friday on charges they decided to go all droog on some other South Shore teens and bash in... Read more

Gunfire on Circuit Street in Roxbury

5/10/24 - 9:56 pm

Boston Police responded to Circuit Street between Washington and Regent streets on a report of several shots fired shortly... Read more

Rando sucker-punches Berklee student in the face on Mass. Ave.

5/10/24 - 12:10 pm

WCVB reports on the attack outside 169 Massachusetts Avenue on May 10. She had to be taken to the hospital because her head... Read more

Two people shot on Fuller Street in Dorchester

5/8/24 - 9:25 pm

Two people were shot, both in the leg, inside 87 Fuller St., off Washington Street, in Dorchester, around 9:25 p.m. Because of... Read more

Gunfire, car crash at River and Edgewater in Mattapan

5/8/24 - 9:20 pm

Boston Police responded to River Street and Edgewater Drive in Mattapan on a report of at least four rounds fired around 9:20 p... Read more

Four people with two loaded guns were skulking around one East Boston street, looking in windows, police say

5/7/24 - 2:09 pm

Boston Police report arresting four people on gun charges after somebody reported them looking into windows on Beachview Road... Read more

DA: Ten arrested in drug crackdown at Maverick Landing in East Boston

5/7/24 - 6:00 am

Ten people were arrested in drug raids on Tuesday that centered on 44 Border St. in the Maverick Landing development in East... Read more

Man charged with threatening to use blood-filled syringe to stab woman at South Station bus stop

5/6/24 - 1:02 pm

A Randolph man with a criminal record going back more than 20 years threatened to stab a woman who didn't want to talk with him... Read more

Man shot in the leg in the North End

5/5/24 - 2:52 am

Police officers responding to 911 calls about gunfire and shouting found a man shot in the leg at 226 North St. in the North... Read more

Man charged with firing gun repeatedly on Dabney Street in Roxbury

5/4/24 - 12:08 am

Boston Police report two officers patrolling in their cruiser near Warren Gardens heard "several loud bangs," then spotted a... Read more

Woman stabbed in the neck in Brandywyne Village in East Boston

5/3/24 - 3:00 pm

A woman was stabbed at 67 Brandywyne Dr. around 3 p.m. She was able to get herself to a nearby Branydwyne Village office to... Read more

Man charged with attacking cop who asked him to stop smoking at Ashmont T stop, police say

5/3/24 - 10:00 am

Transit Police report that around 10 a.m. yesterday at the Ashmont T station, an officer "politely requested a 27y/o male cease... Read more

Teen was about to use loaded gun to settle argument in Roxbury when he was arrested, police say

5/2/24 - 12:05 pm

Boston Police report a detail cop at Tremont and Northampton streets who went to investigate when he heard two teens arguing... Read more

Teen in JFK/UMass fracas arrested with a knifepen, police say

5/1/24 - 2:40 pm

Transit Police report "a large affray amongst juveniles" at the JFK/UMass T stop around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday ended with four... Read more

Man shot to death on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan; first Boston murder in two months

4/27/24 - 4:44 am

Victim identified as George Deeble, 42, of Dorchester. Boston Police report a man was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont... Read more

Two letter carriers held up in Dorchester

4/26/24 - 11:15 pm

Two letter carriers were held up in Dorchester this morning, one on Mora Street around 11:15 a.m., and the second about ten... Read more

Student stabbed in Dorchester high school

4/24/24 - 12:25 pm

A fight in the library at TechBoston Academy, 9 Peacevale Rd. in Dorchester, ended when one student stabbed another, around 12:... Read more

Of all the places to rob downtown, one man chooses the Burger King, police say

4/20/24 - 1:31 pm

A man was arrested yesterday afternoon as he was trying to rob the Burger King, 128 Tremont St. downtown, Boston Police... Read more

Man already tagged as an armed career criminal was speeding around Dorchester with a gun loaded with 22 bullets, police say

4/19/24 - 10:16 pm

Boston Police report officers who initially stopped a driver for speeding in the area of Washington and Erie streets Friday... Read more

Man with loaded gun and plenty of spare bullets stopped on Comm. Ave. in Allston to sell some drugs, police say

4/19/24 - 6:58 pm

Boston Police report drug officers who had staked out the inbound side of Commonwealth Avenue just past Harvard because of... Read more

Man was speeding down Columbia Road with a gun loaded with 12 bullets, police say

4/18/24 - 2:15 am

Boston Police report officers on patrol on Columbia Road early this morning arrested a Dorchester man on gun charges, after... Read more

Man sought for punching woman in the face at Park Street

4/17/24 - 9:53 pm

Update: Transit Police report they've IDed the guy. Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say started harassing... Read more

Somebody tries to set a Mattapan townhouse on fire

4/16/24 - 1:15 pm

Both Boston police and firefighters responded to 27 West Main St. on a report of a fire around 1:15 p.m. While firefighters... Read more

Man shot on Vesta Road in Dorchester

4/14/24 - 5:00 pm

A man was shot in the right side of his chest inside a home on Vesta Road off Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester around 5 p.m.

Gunfire on Abbotsford Street in Roxbury; three cars hit

4/13/24 - 9:55 pm

At least three cars were hit in a barrage of gunfire shortly before 10 p.m. on Abbotsford Street, off Walnut Avenue in Roxbury... Read more

Man charged with shooting on Seaver Street last month

4/13/24 - 3:47 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man they say sent another man to the hospital with critical injuries last month. Gang-unit... Read more

Woman shot in the leg on D Street in South Boston

4/11/24 - 8:35 pm

A woman was shot in the leg on D Street at West 7th Street around 8:30 p.m. Spookybirch reports: "I was taking a walk when it... Read more

Woman found stabbed on Newbury Street

4/7/24 - 9:44 pm

A woman was found stabbed at Newbury and Gloucester streets in the Back Bay around 9:45 p.m. Injuries did not appear life... Read more

Person found stabbed near South Station

4/6/24 - 6:20 pm

A person was found with possibly life-threatening stab wounds at Summer and Purchase streets across from South Station around 6... Read more

Four cops injured arresting a self-described Nazi shouting racist slurs inside Boston City Hall, DA says

4/5/24 - 9:43 am

A Bridgewater man was ordered held in lieu of $25,000 bail today at his arraignment on charges he segued from screaming slurs... Read more

Man who just wanted to sell some sneakers was pistol whipped, then pushed out of his own car at the Harbor Point apartments in Dorchester

4/3/24 - 5:04 pm

UMass Boston Police sent out an alert that a man was carjacked at Harbor Point late this afternoon by somebody who had... Read more

Man sought on charges he spit in bus driver's face

4/2/24 - 5:45 pm

Transit Police report they are looking for a man they say spat in the face of a bus driver "without provocation" at Eutaw and... Read more

Party in Dorchester turns rowdy; cops attacked, three arrested, police say

3/31/24 - 4:41 am

Boston Police report arresting three people at a party on Sumner Square in Dorchester early Sunday. Police say two of the... Read more

Angry men whip out knives in Dorchester, Roxbury parks, one after having his request to join a basketball game denied, police say

3/30/24 - 5:22 pm

Boston Police report arresting two men for knife-related incidents at Roberts Playground in Dorchester and Malcolm X Park in... Read more

Teen with a replica gun was robbing a convenience store a day in Dorchester - until detectives spotted him walking into another store, police say

3/26/24 - 8:46 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old on charges he robbed three convenience stores on Blue Hill Avenue and Harvard... Read more

Man charged with using knife, screwdriver and rock in East Boston attack and armed robbery

3/26/24 - 4:14 pm

Boston Police report arresting an East Boston man on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon... Read more

Man charged with a shooting near Ashmont station

3/24/24 - 9:07 pm

Boston Police report a man arrested Friday on gun charges was later also charged with shooting a man Talbot Avenue at... Read more

Two teens charged with smashing way into East Boston smoke shop

3/23/24 - 11:41 pm

Boston Police report arresting two teens, one from far distant Hyde Park, on charges they broke into the Super Smoke Shop at... Read more

Man was hurtling through Dorchester with a loaded gun and a machete, police say

3/23/24 - 12:48 am

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on a variety of charges after they stopped him for driving on the wrong side of... Read more

Man on scooter charged as fentanyl dealer after arrest at Brigham Circle

3/22/24 - 6:48 pm

A Dorchester man faces federal drug charges after, investigators say, he used a scooter to ferry 30,000 fentanyl pills and more... Read more

Burger rage: Worker at Dorchester Burger King wields knife in confrontation with patron, police say

3/21/24 - 10:21 am

Boston Police report arresting a worker at the Burger King at Washington Street and Columbia Road in Dorchester for the way he... Read more

Aggro tip-jar thieves hurl coffee at cop's face in fracas at South Bay Starbucks, police say

3/21/24 - 8:54 am

Boston Police report arresting two people they say were busy busting up the Starbucks at 36 District Ave. in the fancy new... Read more

Officer shot on Esmond Street in Dorchester

3/18/24 - 9:36 pm

Update: Man charged. A Boston Police officer wearing a ballistic vest was shot outside 80 Esmond St. around 9:40 p.m., a... Read more

Two arraigned, third sought for brutal attacks in South Boston after the St. Patrick's parade

3/17/24 - 4:41 pm

Two South Boston men were arraigned today on charges they sent three men to the hospital by stomping on them on Tudor Street in... Read more

Drunk guy with a gun arrested after parade festivities at Andrew T station, police say

3/17/24 - 3:16 pm

Transit Police report arresting a "highly intoxicated" man with a gun at Andrew station in South Boston at the conclusion of... Read more

At the old Progressive Club in East Boston, the lights were on and somebody was home, which made police suspicious

3/16/24 - 10:00 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man on drug charges after finding him and another guy at home inside the Progressive Club, 234... Read more

Man shot on Dabney Street in Roxbury

3/15/24 - 9:14 pm

A man was shot in the leg on Dabney Street in Roxbury shortly after 9:10 p.m.

Shots fired in Readville; two houses hit

3/15/24 - 8:38 pm

Boston Police responding to 911 calls about gunfire in the area of Iaconno Playground in Hyde Park around 8:40 p.m. found two... Read more

Irish firefighter in town for the holiday charged with raping woman at a downtown hotel; police pulled him off a plane about to take off from Logan

3/15/24 - 12:00 am

A Dublin man who is a firefighter and paramedic was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bail after he was charged with raping a... Read more

Man was speeding down Columbia Road with a gun, cops stopped him, he took off again, then got out and tried to run away, police say

3/14/24 - 9:08 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Somerville man they say proved unable to avoid capture even after speeding away from a traffic... Read more

Passenger in car pulled over for speeding in Dorchester is arrested for the gun loaded with eight bullets in his fanny pack, police say

2/21/24 - 1:45 pm

A Mattapan man faces a variety of gun charges for the gun loaded with eight bullets that Boston Police report he had with him... Read more

Other crime news

Brighton rabbi sues man charged with repeatedly stabbing him in 2021

Cameron Street gang member who pistol whipped a rival and sold guns and drugs gets 3 1/2 years

Moorish sovereign citizen with history of violence convicted for 2021 Dorchester murder

Jury convicts former Suffolk County prosecutor of rape

Man who was already charged with raping underage girls now faces even more charges of child rape and trafficking, DA says

BPD cop in Hyde Park overtime scandal gets seven months of home confinement

Jury convicts two Moorish militiamen for role in Rte. 128 armed standoff in 2021

Police seek man for double stabbing outside Park Street station last week

Court tosses gun charges against man convicted of killing a co-worker at a Roslindale garage, but leaves manslaughter conviction in place

Member of violent Cameron Street gang gets nearly 21 years for attempted murder, armed home invasions

Citizen complaint of the day: Somebody ran amok with white paint at Billings Field in West Roxbury

Stochastic terrorism: Children's Hospital blames Libs of TikTok for the bomb threat a mentally ill woman called in; says the woman shouldn't get prison time

Turkish kid in Boston to tour prep school now faces trip back to Istanbul to face charges he plowed the family Porsche into five people on the side of the road, killing one

North End restaurateur to spend summer locked up after allegedly cutting off the GPS device he was supposed to wear while awaiting trial for a failed Hanover Street murder attempt

Hyde Park man who threatened to carve up interracial couple gets 7 1/2 years in federal prison; lawyer asked for leniency, said Trump is partly to blame

Report: North End restaurant owner who was released to home confinement on attempted-murder charge cut off his court-ordered GPS device

Hopefully, police won't be hobbled in their search

Third man nabbed, arraigned for St. Patrick's beatdown in South Boston

Owner of pizza places in Dorchester, Roslindale convicted of being a sadistic bully who beat and tormented his underpaid, undocumented workers

Man who argued gunrunning was legal under the Second Amendment gets 3 1/2 years for running guns from Alabama up to Boston

Psychiatrist gets more than 8 years in prison for billing government, insurers for millions of dollars worth of procedures and visits he never conducted

Arlington drained of several hundred thousand dollars in e-mail spoofing scam

Dorchester union loses $6.4 million in e-mail spoofing scheme; feds hope to recover about $5.3 million of that

Jesuit priest charged with raping student at BC High when he taught theology there

Man charged with April murder in Mattapan

Mass. General medical assistant charged with sexually attacking woman awaiting a doctor in an exam room

Dollaritas not good enough for one woman, who caused some mayhem when she started pouring tequila from her purse at the South Bay Applebee's, police say

The marvels of technology: Roxbury man charged with using Bluetooth devices to help would-be truckers cheat on their written learner's permit exams

Man who was convicted of threatening to murder a federal judge and prosecutor in Maine now charged with sending threatening letters to the Moakley Courthouse

Social work may be playing key role in our low murder rate this year

Alleged abortion-pill guy ordered held in lieu of $100,000 cash bail

Brookline man charged with giving girlfriend abortion pills disguised as vitamins and iron after he learned she was pregnant

Former Boston cop gets 20 months for role in failed Jan. 6 putsch; lawyer calls him a good man whose PTSD, brain injuries made him susceptible to Trump propaganda

Boston man charged with driving around Newton threatening people he thought were Jewish and tearing down ribbons at a Jewish community center, police say

Two shot in Cambridge park

Man scheduled for trial in Dorchester on gun charges tomorrow might not be able to make it because the feds just charged him with gun offenses, too

Prosecutors move to seize nearly $590,000 they say a Dorchester couple had stuffed in carry-on bags for a flight to California

Man awaiting trial on drug-trafficking charges was plotting to kill two prosecutors, a witness in his case and a couple of rivals, feds say

More Red Line window smashing

Major pita crime in Roslindale

Woman reports being sexually attacked by a masked man with a knife in an office building near Alewife station, police say

Alleged Heath Street gang member admits he lied on a Covid small-business loan application

Dorchester gang member gets more than 7 years for selling drugs, guns and women while on parole for a gun offense

British woman gets extended Boston stay after Customs agents find 70 pounds of pot in her luggage, DA says

Brutal murderer, two others to plead guilty to brutally murdering brutal murderer

West End man charged with aiming laser beam at helicopter trying to land at Mass. General

Man charged as serial MBTA butt face grinder

Man gets nearly 4 years in prison after posing with a loaded gun in social-media video just days after his release on a gun sentence

East Boston senior ordered held in jail until at least Wednesday on charges he stabbed a neighbor

Woman went on an auto rampage, driving like a maniac and smashing into the Coast Guard base and Fenway Park, police say

North End restaurant owner who's charged with trying to shoot somebody is released from jail to await trial under home confinement

Man charged with stabbing in East Boston's Brandywyne Village

Roxbury man gets 20 months in prison for 3-D printing devices to turn guns into automatic weapons

Second man charged with September mass shooting in Franklin Field development

State Police sergeant gets three years in overtime scandal

Mattapan plumbing supplier admits to cheating on taxes, siphoning company funds so he could buy millions of dollars worth of gold bars

Former Faulkner doc with fists of fury admits she punched a cop in the Capitol on Jan. 6

Man charged with raping underage teens and forcing them to sell marijuana for him, DA charges

State Police lieutenant gets five years for role in overtime scandal

Dorchester man gets 7 1/2 years for trying to arrange murders on the cheap of ex-wife and her new boyfriend

Dupe in Harvard bomb hoax sentenced to three years probation

SOB bouncer admits he killed Chicago visitor outside his bar, gets 17 to 20 years

Berklee student from China gets nine months in federal prison for harassing and threatening another student from China over pro-democracy flier

Northbound road rage on I-93 in Braintree sends bullet into southbound vehicle

Police had reasonable cause to fatally shoot man after chase from gun incident near Brigham and Women's, court rules

Man convicted of murdering a teen he didn't know at 2021 Carnival

Police kept not bringing charges against Uber driver now accused of nine rapes over four years

Mayhem in the streets of Back Bay as drag racers try fancier digs than their normal Roslindale strip

Prospective AARP members charged with running a crack and fentanyl ring

Man wanted in Rhode Island arrested near Riverside T stop after leading cops on a car chase inside the parking lot and then on a foot chase along Green Line tracks, police say

When mental health and criminal justice intersect: The case of the man charged with going on a rampage smashing car windows

Jamaica Plain man charged as one-man car-window-smashing crime wave

Man who was shot at 2023 New Year's party in Mattapan Square sues landlord

Okie in a Volvo charged with driving 1,600 miles to try to blow up the Satanic Temple in Salem

Charlestown woman faces extradition to Turkey for alleged bank embezzlement there more than a decade ago

Getting guns to defend your stash of illegal drugs does not qualify as 'self defense,' judge rules

Court rules man got a fair trial for 2001 Brighton barbershop murder, so he gets to stay in prison

North End hit/run driver caught by restaurant worker who ran after him

Alleged sadistic, slave-driving pizzeria owner indicted on Covid-fraud charges

Brookline woman charged with tagging up Longwood T stop with anti-Semitic graffiti

Two sought for near-fatal knife attack at South Station

Family of woman who died in Boston Harbor crash sues owners of both the crashed boat and boat they say hit her while she was in the water

Charges keep piling up against man authorities say collected deposits for a room in his Dorchester apartment, then wouldn't let the new tenants in

Man held on charges he made repeated racist bomb threats to Tufts Medical Center; he also hates Amtrak, DA says

A search warrant to have your blood tested after a fatal crash is legal even if you don't consent, court says

Man charged as Brighton peeping tom

Third man charged with December murder on Geneva Avenue in Dorchester

You can always tell a Harvard woman; you just can't tell her not to steal a musician's fiddle at the Burren

Reading library evacuated by bomb threat moments before Pride event

Some Newton homes with pro-Israel signs in front have rocks thrown through windows, city says

Boston murders, shootings down dramatically

Court orders new review of possible juror bias in Tsarnaev case; says he will spend the rest of his life in prison regardless, but might be spared execution

Man sought as swastika scrawler at Central Square T stop

Hyde Park man admits he threatened to carve up interracial couple for the crime of existing

Former T cop gets 4 to 6 for raping two women while on duty

Two foreigners charged with rape, but only one case has sparked outrage on the right

Police in Newton investigate defacing, destruction of signs supporting Israelis taken hostage by Hamas as a hate crime

Citizen complaint of the day: Drunken idiots ripping a sign pole out of the ground in South Boston

BPD captain convicted for role in Hyde Park warehouse overtime scam

Transit cop convicted of raping two women while on duty

Date		Type	Street	Neighborhood
6/26/24 - 6:04 pm	Man with automatic weapon arrested after burst of gunfire on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester, police say	Gunfire	237 Bowdoin St.	Dorchester
6/24/24 - 9:36 pm	Man with husky uses screwdriver to stab woman at East Boston gas station	Stabbing	470 Meridian St.	East Boston
6/22/24 - 9:00 pm	Man shot in Harbor Point complex in Dorchester	Shooting	Harbor Point Blvd. and Westwind Rd.	Dorchester
6/20/24 - 2:13 am	Man stabbed on Paris Street in East Boston	Stabbing	Paris St. and Marion St.	East Boston
6/20/24 - 1:30 am	Early morning street party in Roxbury ends with gunfire, one arrest	Illegal gun possession	Circuit St. and Regent St.	Roxbury
6/19/24 - 10:30 pm	Group tries to gun down man on Harvard Avenue in Allston; he's saved by their horrible aim, but two cars, one storefront are hit	Gunfire	163 Harvard Ave.	Allston
6/19/24 - 12:36 am	Man robbed, then pistol whipped in Uphams Corner; suspect arrested down the street	Armed robbery	535 Columbia Rd.	Dorchester
6/18/24 - 5:00 am	Somebody set a car on fire at the Readville train station, police say	Fire	Milton St.	Hyde Park
6/15/24 - 1:20 pm	Police charge two for using power tools to break into an East Boston apartment - and one for an earlier $240,000 holdup outside a check-cashing place	Assault and battery	212 Waldemar Ave.	East Boston
6/15/24 - 12:05 pm	Man who was wanted for 2019 stabbing in Roxbury arrested after he drives by cops with a loaded gun on a scooter in Dorchester, police say	Illegal gun possession	Dennis Street Park	Roxbury
6/13/24 - 11:45 pm	Two stabbed on Boston Common, near where somebody was shot on Monday	Stabbing	Boston Common	Downtown
6/13/24 - 11:43 am	Teen shot after her high-school graduation in the Seaport, possibly by another graduate, still dressed in his cap and gown	Shooting	Pier 4 Blvd. and Northern Ave.	South Boston
6/10/24 - 10:07 pm	Person shot on Boston Common	Shooting	Boston Common	Downtown
6/10/24 - 5:53 pm	Three teens charged with beating up, pepper spraying fourth at Pru restaurant	Armed robbery	800 Boylston St.	Back Bay
6/10/24 - 4:15 pm	Man stabbed on Wood Avenue in Hyde Park; teen found stabbed nearby on River Street	Stabbing	Wood Ave and Frazer St.	Hyde Park
6/9/24 - 6:36 pm	Pre-teen charged with Egleston Square knife threatening	Assault with a dangerous weapon	Washington St. and Chilcott Pl.	Jamaica Plain
6/9/24 - 8:00 am	Four sought for holdup of Back Bay market with knife and bat	Armed robbery	21 Massachusetts Ave.	Back Bay
6/7/24 - 3:13 pm	Man was tooling around East Boston with a fully automatic ghost gun in his waistband loaded with 23 bullets, police say	Illegal gun possession	St. Andrew Rd.	East Boston
6/7/24 - 9:26 am	Fake cops rob owner of East Boston check-cashing place of $240,000	Unarmed robbery	230 Meridian St.	East Boston
6/4/24 - 4:14 pm	Man with long record is charged with knife-slicing attack at Andrew station; second man sought for also stomping the victim	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	Andrew MBTA station	South Boston
6/1/24 - 6:55 pm	14-year old arrested in Harambee Park with a loaded gun, police say	Illegal gun possession	Talbot Ave. and Wales St.	Dorchester
5/31/24 - 11:17 pm	Woman shot to death on Edson Street in Dorchester	Murder	36 Edson St.	Dorchester
5/31/24 - 7:40 pm	Man spits in face of woman who wouldn't get out of his preferred seat at Park Street, police say	Assault and battery	Park Street MBTA station	Downtown
5/29/24 - 8:19 pm	Florida man charged with making bomb threat at Liberty Hotel	Bomb threat	215 Charles St.	West End
5/27/24 - 8:10 pm	Teen fan of early '80s punk band sought for Roxbury robbery	Unarmed robbery	27 Slayton Way	Roxbury
5/26/24 - 1:12 am	Two were tooling around Dorchester with loaded guns until they ignored a 'No Turn on Red' sign, police say	Illegal gun possession	16 Bullard St.	Dorchester
5/23/24 - 10:15 pm	Man sleeping under the Longfellow awakened by somebody beating him bloody with a machete, DA says	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	Storrow Drive	Beacon Hill
5/23/24 - 6:10 pm	Man was driving around Uphams Corner with a loaded gun until he ignored a stop sign in sight of cops in a cruiser, police say	Illegal gun possession	Columbia Rd. and Hancock St.	Dorchester
5/23/24 - 1:30 pm	Man with loaded gun arrested in Hyde Park hair salon, police say	Illegal gun possession	1281 River St.	Hyde Park
5/22/24 - 12:00 pm	Two people with a gun try to get into City Hall, but are turned away by a municipal guard	Assault with a dangerous weapon	City Hall	Downtown
5/21/24 - 5:40 pm	Dudley Street shop held up at gunpoint	Armed robbery	537 Dudley St.	Roxbury
5/18/24 - 11:39 am	Woman charged as Dorchester drug dealer		49 Harbor View St.	Dorchester
5/16/24 - 11:01 pm	The night gunfire rang out at both ends of East Boston	Gunfire	41 Liverpool St.	East Boston
5/16/24 - 11:01 pm	The night gunfire rang out at both ends of East Boston	Gunfire	Brandywyne Dr.	East Boston
5/15/24 - 11:11 pm	Two arrested at Brighton senior apartment building a few doors down from the Cumbie's police say they tried to rob at gunpoint	Attempted armed robbery	148 Chestnut Hill Ave.	Brighton
5/15/24 - 5:10 pm	Man shot on Radcliffe Road in Hyde Park	Shooting	Radcliffe Rd. and Taunton Ave.	Mattapan
5/14/24 - 10:00 pm	Four teens charged with beating senior on a Silver Line bus after they failed to wrest his phone away, police say	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	Washington St. and Herald St.	South End
5/13/24 - 9:43 am	13-year-old nabbed with loaded gun near Roxbury park, police say	Illegal gun possession	30 Mt. Pleasant Ave.	Roxbury
5/10/24 - 10:14 pm	Three Quincy teens charged with beating other teens bloody at Kenmore station; nabbed thanks to Snapchat video of the stomping	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	Kenmore MBTA station	Fenway
5/10/24 - 9:56 pm	Gunfire on Circuit Street in Roxbury	Gunfire	Circuit Street	Roxbury
5/10/24 - 12:10 pm	Rando sucker-punches Berklee student in the face on Mass. Ave.	Assault and battery	169 Massachusetts Ave.	Fenway
5/8/24 - 9:25 pm	Two people shot on Fuller Street in Dorchester	Shooting	87 Fuller St.	Dorchester
5/8/24 - 9:20 pm	Gunfire, car crash at River and Edgewater in Mattapan	Gunfire	River St. and Edgewater Dr.	Mattapan
5/7/24 - 2:09 pm	Four people with two loaded guns were skulking around one East Boston street, looking in windows, police say	Illegal gun possession	Orient Ave.	East Boston
5/7/24 - 6:00 am	DA: Ten arrested in drug crackdown at Maverick Landing in East Boston	Illegal drug possession	44 Border St.	East Boston
5/6/24 - 1:02 pm	Man charged with threatening to use blood-filled syringe to stab woman at South Station bus stop	Assault with a dangerous weapon	Essex St. and Atlantic Ave.	Downtown
5/5/24 - 2:52 am	Man shot in the leg in the North End	Shooting	226 North St.	North End
5/4/24 - 12:08 am	Man charged with firing gun repeatedly on Dabney Street in Roxbury	Gunfire	Dabney Street	Roxbury
5/3/24 - 3:00 pm	Woman stabbed in the neck in Brandywyne Village in East Boston	Stabbing	67 Brandywyne Dr.	East Boston
5/3/24 - 10:00 am	Man charged with attacking cop who asked him to stop smoking at Ashmont T stop, police say	Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon	Ashmont MBTA Station	Dorchester
5/2/24 - 12:05 pm	Teen was about to use loaded gun to settle argument in Roxbury when he was arrested, police say	Assault with a dangerous weapon	Tremont St. and Northampton St.	Roxbury
5/1/24 - 2:40 pm	Teen in JFK/UMass fracas arrested with a knifepen, police say	Assault with a dangerous weapon	JFK/UMass	Dorchester
4/27/24 - 4:44 am	Man shot to death on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan; first Boston murder in two months	Murder	Blue Hill Ave. and Fremont St.	Mattapan
4/26/24 - 11:15 pm	Two letter carriers held up in Dorchester	Armed robbery	23 Mora St.	Dorchester
4/24/24 - 12:25 pm	Student stabbed in Dorchester high school	Stabbing	9 Peacevale Rd.	Dorchester
4/20/24 - 1:31 pm	Of all the places to rob downtown, one man chooses the Burger King, police say	Armed robbery	128 Tremont St.	Downtown
4/19/24 - 10:16 pm	Man already tagged as an armed career criminal was speeding around Dorchester with a gun loaded with 22 bullets, police say	Illegal gun possession	Washington St. and Erie St.	Dorchester
4/19/24 - 6:58 pm	Man with loaded gun and plenty of spare bullets stopped on Comm. Ave. in Allston to sell some drugs, police say	Illegal gun possession	1202 Commonwealth Ave.	Allston
4/18/24 - 2:15 am	Man was speeding down Columbia Road with a gun loaded with 12 bullets, police say	Illegal gun possession	Columbia Rd. and Hamilton St.	Dorchester
4/17/24 - 9:53 pm	Man sought for punching woman in the face at Park Street	Assault and battery	Park Street MBTA station	Downtown
4/16/24 - 1:15 pm	Somebody tries to set a Mattapan townhouse on fire	Arson	27 West Main St.	Mattapan
4/14/24 - 5:00 pm	Man shot on Vesta Road in Dorchester	Shooting	7 Vesta Rd.	Dorchester
4/13/24 - 9:55 pm	Gunfire on Abbotsford Street in Roxbury; three cars hit	Gunfire	Abbotsford St.	Roxbury
4/13/24 - 3:47 pm	Man charged with shooting on Seaver Street last month	Shooting	16 Seaver St.	Roxbury
4/11/24 - 8:35 pm	Woman shot in the leg on D Street in South Boston	Shooting	142 D St.	South Boston
4/7/24 - 9:44 pm	Woman found stabbed on Newbury Street	Stabbing	Newbury St. and Gloucester St.	Back Bay
4/6/24 - 6:20 pm	Person found stabbed near South Station	Stabbing	125 Summer St.	Downtown
4/5/24 - 9:43 am	Four cops injured arresting a self-described Nazi shouting racist slurs inside Boston City Hall, DA says	Assault and battery	1 City Hall Sq.	Downtown
4/3/24 - 5:04 pm	Man who just wanted to sell some sneakers was pistol whipped, then pushed out of his own car at the Harbor Point apartments in Dorchester	Armed robbery	66 Peninsula Pl.	Dorchester
4/2/24 - 5:45 pm	Man sought on charges he spit in bus driver's face	Assault and battery	Eutaw St. and Meridian St.	East Boston
3/31/24 - 4:41 am	Party in Dorchester turns rowdy; cops attacked, three arrested, police say	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	4 Sumner Sq.	Dorchester
3/30/24 - 5:22 pm	Angry men whip out knives in Dorchester, Roxbury parks, one after having his request to join a basketball game denied, police say	Assault with a dangerous weapon	56 Dunbar Ave.	Dorchester
3/26/24 - 8:46 pm	Teen with a replica gun was robbing a convenience store a day in Dorchester - until detectives spotted him walking into another store, police say	Armed robbery	766 Blue Hill Ave.
3/26/24 - 4:14 pm	Man charged with using knife, screwdriver and rock in East Boston attack and armed robbery	Armed robbery	293 Border St.	East Boston
3/24/24 - 9:07 pm	Man charged with a shooting near Ashmont station	Shooting	567 Talbot Ave.	Dorchester
3/23/24 - 11:41 pm	Two teens charged with smashing way into East Boston smoke shop	Breaking and entering	247 Meridian St.	East Boston
3/23/24 - 12:48 am	Man was hurtling through Dorchester with a loaded gun and a machete, police say
3/22/24 - 6:48 pm	Man on scooter charged as fentanyl dealer after arrest at Brigham Circle	Illegal drug possession	1620 Tremont St.	Mission Hill
3/21/24 - 10:21 am	Burger rage: Worker at Dorchester Burger King wields knife in confrontation with patron, police say	Assault with a dangerous weapon	100 Washington St.	Dorchester
3/21/24 - 8:54 am	Aggro tip-jar thieves hurl coffee at cop's face in fracas at South Bay Starbucks, police say	Assault and battery	36 District Ave.	Dorchester
3/18/24 - 9:36 pm	Officer shot on Esmond Street in Dorchester	Shooting	80 Esmond St.	Dorchester
3/17/24 - 4:41 pm	Two arraigned, third sought for brutal attacks in South Boston after the St. Patrick's parade
3/17/24 - 3:16 pm	Drunk guy with a gun arrested after parade festivities at Andrew T station, police say	Carrying a gun while intoxicated	Andrew MBTA station	South Boston
3/16/24 - 10:00 pm	At the old Progressive Club in East Boston, the lights were on and somebody was home, which made police suspicious	Illegal drug possession	234 Maverick St.	East Boston
3/15/24 - 9:14 pm	Man shot on Dabney Street in Roxbury	Shooting	Dabney Street	Roxbury
3/15/24 - 8:38 pm	Shots fired in Readville; two houses hit	Gunfire	Readville St. and Como Rd.	Hyde Park
3/15/24 - 12:00 am	Irish firefighter in town for the holiday charged with raping woman at a downtown hotel; police pulled him off a plane about to take off from Logan	Rape	60 School St.	Downtown
3/14/24 - 9:08 pm	Man was speeding down Columbia Road with a gun, cops stopped him, he took off again, then got out and tried to run away, police say	Illegal gun possession	16 Baker Ave.	Dorchester
3/11/24 - 2:40 pm	Man stabbed on Thetford Avenue in Dorchester	Stabbing	Thetford Ave. and Evans St.	Dorchester
3/7/24 - 2:00 pm	Three teens charged with armed robbery in a Dorchester apartment building	Armed robbery	157 Washington St.	Dorchester
2/28/24 - 11:18 am	Andrew Square bank-robbery suspect couldn't hide the dye smoke billowing from her hoodie, police say	Bank robbery	501 Southampton St.	South Boston
2/27/24 - 9:11 pm	Spurned panhandler goes after man in the Back Bay with a sharp object, police say	Assault with a dangerous weapon	841 Boylston St.	Back Bay
2/26/24 - 12:21 pm	Two bodies found in Theater District hotel	Murder	240 Tremont St.	Chinatown
2/25/24 - 8:49 pm	Third teen this week arrested on armed-robbery charges in South Boston, police say	Armed robbery	28 West 7th St.	South Boston
2/25/24 - 6:35 pm	Suburban man tries to burn down Seaport restaurant after he's refused a drink for being pre-drunk, police say	Attempted arson	22 Liberty Dr.	South Boston
2/24/24 - 7:00 pm	Man flipped his lid and pummeled employee at South Station McDonald's, police say	Assault and battery		Downtown
2/22/24 - 9:15 pm	Cigarette addict sought for Fenway, Back Bay smoke-shop holdups	Armed robbery	324 Newbury St.	Back Bay
2/22/24 - 7:30 pm	Five sought for armed robbery of car, phone at Roxbury Community College parking lot	Armed robbery	Columbus Ave. and Cedar St.	Roxbury
2/21/24 - 11:30 pm	Cambridge man who seems to like breaking into Charles Street stores caught red-brick handed last night, police say	Breaking and entering	53 Charles St.	Beacon Hill
2/21/24 - 11:00 pm	Mace man and Lysol lady sought for chemical attacks on the Green Line	Assault and battery with a dangeous weapon	Commonwealth Ave. and Babcock St.	Allston

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