Boston crime

Man shot in apartment on Trent Street in Dorchester

8/12/24 - 6:40 pm

A man was shot in an apartment on Trent Street near Clarkson Street in Dorchester around 6:40 p.m. The homicide unit was called... Read more

Teen and pals rob a woman of her moped at knifepoint in Dorchester, he putters away and promptly crashes, police say

8/11/24 - 4:16 am

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old they say was part of a group that set upon a woman on Southern Avenue at Millet... Read more

Person shot on Castlegate Road

8/10/24 - 9:58 pm

A person was shot shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday on Castlegate Road at Normandy Street. Injuries not considered life... Read more

Man found stabbed at the East Boston Shaw's

8/10/24 - 9:43 pm

A man was stabbed in the shoulder at the Shaw's at 246 Border St. in East Boston around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday. The homicide... Read more

Two 13-year-olds charged with armed robbery in East Boston; arrested when they returned to the scene after officers arrived, police say

8/10/24 - 5:01 pm

Boston Police report nabbing two 13-year-olds they say attacked another teen and ripped the gold chain off his neck at knife... Read more

Man shot in Nubian Square; suspect arrested

8/6/24 - 11:30 am

Boston Police report arresting a man they say shot another man outside 10 Roxbury St. in Nubian Square shortly before 11:30 a.m... Read more

New Hampshire man charged as dumbass driving around Mattapan and Dorchester pointing a BB gun that looked like an assault weapon at people

8/5/24 - 6:56 pm

A Manchester, NH man faces charges that he spent part of Monday driving around Mattapan and Dorchester, pointing a BB gun that... Read more

Knife-wielding would-be moped thief gets beaten up and pinned to the ground by the moped's owner in Allston, police say

8/4/24 - 11:10 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 17-year-old they say was the leader of a pack that tried to steal another guy's moped in the... Read more

Man stabbed at Chinatown restaurant; suspect arrested in Park Square

8/4/24 - 10:18 pm

Updated with additional information from BPD. A man was stabbed at Kaze Shabu Shabu, 1 Harrison Ave. in Chinatown, shortly... Read more

Man stabbed to death on Amory Terrace in Roxbury

8/4/24 - 4:42 am

Victim identified as Daniel Coke, 45, of Jamaica Plain. Boston Police report a man was fatally stabbed at 10 Amory Terrace in... Read more

Man stabbed in the chest at Mass and Cass

8/2/24 - 4:25 pm

A man was stabbed in the chest shortly before 4:25 p.m. at Mass and Cass. He walked into the McDonald's at 870 Massachusetts... Read more

Man shot on Fernboro Street in Dorchester, suspect arrested, police say

7/31/24 - 8:03 am

Boston Police report a man was shot at 28 Fernboro St. in Dorchester around 8 a.m. Later in the day, police arrested Carlos... Read more

Teen was hanging out in Dorchester backyard with a loaded gun, police say

7/30/24 - 6:45 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 17-year-old they say was hanging out on Stockton Street in Dorchester with a loaded gun and a... Read more

Man shot in the chest in Jackson Square

7/29/24 - 2:38 pm

Update: Suspect arrested in connection with the shooting. A man in a pickup truck was shot in the chest next to the Jackson... Read more

Man attacks two at closing time outside downtown bar, police say

7/28/24 - 2:25 am

Boston Police report arresting a man they say was running around outside the Dubliner, 2 Center Plaza downtown, early Sunday... Read more

14-year-old tooling around with some friends in Hyde Park had a loaded gun in his pants, police say

7/28/24 - 1:30 am

Boston Police report that officers who pulled over a speeding car whose driver didn't have current registration on Wood Avenue... Read more

Man stabbed at Liberty Hotel; suspect arrested

7/27/24 - 4:00 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man on charges he stabbed somebody in the stomach outside the Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St.,... Read more

Two 15-year-olds rob 9-year-old at gunpoint in Intervale Street playground, DA says

7/25/24 - 6:35 pm

Two 15-year-olds were ordered held without bail after they were arrested on charges for holding up a pre-teen waiting for a... Read more

Man was sauntering across Humboldt Avenue with a loaded gun, police say

7/25/24 - 7:50 am

Boston Police report arresting a man they say was walking around Humboldt Avenue and Townsend Street in Roxbury with a loaded... Read more

Two charged with early morning double shooting in Downtown Crossing

7/25/24 - 2:55 am

Boston Police report arresting two Dorchester residents on charges they opened fire on a couple of men on Summer Street,... Read more

Man on probation as a serial armed robber charged with armed robbery at Brighton market last month

7/23/24 - 9:15 pm

Boston Police report arresting Brandon McCallop, 35, of Mattapan, on charges he held up a North Beacon Street convenience store... Read more

Seven sought for beating up, robbing woman on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury

7/22/24 - 7:40 am

Boston Police report they are looking for seven men and women they say attacked and robbed a woman outside 218 Blue Hill Ave.... Read more

Man refuses to give money to group of teens at Savin Hill T station, so they beat and rob him, police say

7/20/24 - 1:15 am

Transit Police report arresting two of four teen girls they say robbed a man at the Savin Hill Red Line stop around 1:15 a.m.... Read more

Officer hit by SUV, driver shot in head when police approached what they said was a stolen vehicle in a Forest Hills parking lot

7/18/24 - 7:50 pm

Update: Driver arraigned. Boston Police officers were approaching a 2024 BMW SUV at the parking lot at the Forest Hills MBTA... Read more

Man holds up Charlestown Whole Foods with an axe; on brutally hot day, he made off with some refreshing drinks, police say

7/17/24 - 12:10 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man they say held up the Charlestown Whole Foods, 27 Austin St., around 12:10 p.m. on... Read more

Man shot to death on Arborway near Forest Hills station

7/14/24 - 10:20 pm

Victim identifed as Andy Baez Manan, 35, of Boston. He leaves his wife and four children. A man in a car was shot in the chest... Read more

Crowbar-wielding Dorchester ciggie stealer didn't get far because passing cops heard the alarm he triggered, police say

7/14/24 - 2:15 am

Boston Police report arresting a man they say used a crowbar to smash his way into a store at 338 Washington St. in Dorchester... Read more

Man tried knifepoint robbery in the South End but the victim resisted and then the cops showed up, police say

7/12/24 - 5:02 pm

Boston Police report officers arrested a local man on armed-robbery charges for the way he tried and failed to hold somebody up... Read more

Six robbed by gunmen in Grove Hall barbershop holdup

7/11/24 - 3:50 pm

Update: Three suspects arrested. Four men in black ski masks and each armed with a gun burst into Edward's Barbershop, 479 Blue... Read more

Five shot, one just 11, on Greenwood Street in Dorchester; baby and toddler found uninjured in car with windows shot out

7/10/24 - 9:48 pm

Boston Police report five people were shot at 10 Greenwood St. in Dorchester shortly before 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday. All the... Read more

Man stabbed outside Boylston Street firehouse; suspect arrested

7/9/24 - 5:56 pm

Boston Police report arresting somebody they say stabbed a man in the leg outside the firehouse at 941 Boylston St. shortly... Read more

Person shot repeatedly on Clifford Street in Roxbury

7/9/24 - 1:00 am

A person was shot several times on Clifford Street at Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury around 1 a.m.

Two charged with pistol whipping man in Fenway scooterjacking

7/8/24 - 10:51 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Brockton man and a younger accomplice on charges they beat a food deliverer in the face with... Read more

Man charged with shooting a gun into a Mattapan field

7/7/24 - 2:55 am

Boston Police report officers responding to a ShotSpotter signal at 85 Astoria St. in Mattapan early this morning arrested a... Read more

Five cars hit by early morning barrage of gunfire off MLK Boulevard

7/6/24 - 3:30 am

Someone decided 3:30 a.m. was a good time to repeatedly fire a gun at the intersection of Charlame Street and South Charlame... Read more

Man arrested after pissing against side of somebody's house and then grabbing a child when told to get lost during Dorchester July Fourth gathering, police say

7/5/24 - 4:13 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man on charges of kidnapping and assault and battery on a child under 14 after an incident on... Read more

Two shot in Mattapan, one dies

7/5/24 - 12:25 pm

Victim identified as Christian Cousins of Stoughton. Two people were shot at Gladeside Avenue and Donwood Terrace in Mattapan... Read more

Person shot at Blue Hill Avenue gas station

7/5/24 - 5:15 am

A person was shot at the Mobil station at 783 Blue Hill Ave. at American Legion Highway around 5:15 this morning. Boston Police... Read more

Man shot to death in Ramsay Park

7/5/24 - 1:33 am

Victim identified as Warren Julien, 40, of Jamaica Plain. Boston Police report a man was shot on the Lenox Street side of... Read more

Three shot at Mildred Hailey

7/5/24 - 1:25 am

Three men were shot outside 285 Centre St. in the Mildred Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain around 1:25 this morning. Two of... Read more

Person shot in front of liquor store on Washington Street in Roxbury

7/2/24 - 10:05 pm

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

Man shot in the leg while driving down Columbia Road in Dorchester

7/1/24 - 4:00 pm

A man who was driving down Columbia Road was shot at Columbia Road and Stanwood Street around 4 p.m. The man managed to keep... Read more

Man shot in West Broadway development in South Boston

6/30/24 - 9:45 pm

A man was shot in the leg at 4 Dalessio Ct., off Orton Marotta Way in South Boston, around 9:45 p.m. Shell casings recovered.

Chinatown dine-and-dasher leaves behind gun, sandals and Social Security card after fight with restaurant staffers, police say

6/29/24 - 10:15 pm

Update, 7/5: Judge denies request to hold suspect as potential danger to society, but orders her held in lieu of the $10,000... Read more

Alleged road rager with a baseball bat sought for Roxbury incident

6/29/24 - 3:15 pm

A possible dispute over a parking spot on Hutchings Street in Roxbury Saturday afternoon ended when one of the combatants came... Read more

Knife-wielding moped thief's tiredness proves his downfall at 4:30 a.m. in Roxbury, police say

6/29/24 - 4:37 am

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on charges he used a knife to keep possession of the moped he'd just stolen... Read more

Driver dead, passenger injured after car crashes into Dorchester house, but driver might have been shot first

6/28/24 - 8:34 pm

Boston Police report a man crashed into the house at 24 Fifield St. in Dorchester around 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Police report the... Read more

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 charged with upskirting a preteen in Dorchester

6/6/24 - 8:00 am

A Dorchester man was arraigned this week on a charge of indecent assault and battery on a person under 14 for creating a ruse... 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

Two ladies claiming the right to a new college grad sparked brawl outside Downtown Crossing restaurant that took cops from three districts to quell, police, restaurant say

5/13/24 - 12:59 am

As a large group on Mother's Day celebrated a man's college graduation at Estella, 49 Temple Pl., two attendees at the bar got... 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

Other crime news

Mattapan plumbing supplier gets four months for cheating on his taxes so he could buy gold and silver

Another Boston cop sentenced in overtime scandal, gets six months of home confinement

Man won't be able to masturbate in public for at least three months

Boston cop gets prison time for her role in overtime scandal at Hyde Park warehouse

Man charged as serial Blue Line perv after incidents at two stations, police say

Man blames his GPS after he rear-ended a T bus on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury, police say

Name change couldn't erase the stains from a murder at a downtown bar, which has now closed permanently

Court tosses drugs as evidence because while police had the right to do a strip search to find them, they shouldn't have done it on the side of a busy Dorchester street

Dorchester man gets 6 1/2 years for robbing series of stores at double knifepoint

Boston cop gets six months of home confinement for role in Hyde Park overtime scandal

Court says police had a good enough reason for a warrantless search of a man's backpack that led to his conviction for gunning down somebody in Roxbury in 2017

Court upholds prison time for Chelsea woman convicted of sucking her elderly uncle's accounts dry

Russian convicted in Boston of stealing millions in insider-trader hacking is going home in prisoner swap

FedEx worker ordered held without bail on charges he flew ten pounds of meth from Las Vegas to Logan

Roslindale man charged in connection with shooting outside Jackson Square T stop

Man threatened with pitchfork in Wellesley apartment-building incident

North End restaurant owner with a grudge admits he tried to gun a man down right on Hanover Street

Court overturns life sentence for getaway driver in 2014 Charlestown murder for which the two accused shooters were acquitted

Woman who called in transphobic bomb threat that locked down Children's Hospital gets three years probation

Man ordered held without bail for incident at Forest Hills that injured two BPD officers and left him shot in the face

Man gets ten years for beating and robbing a worker at a Brookline spa while on probation for beating and robbing workers at a Waltham spa

Man shot in Cambridge in possible drive-by

Man charged as roving perv in Brookline and nearby parts of Boston

Onetime playboy prosecutor, now convicted rapist, gets 5 to 10 in state prison

Creston Street gang associate gets 21 months in federal prison for helping to bring guns up to Boston; still faces separate state gun charges

Pair of dumbasses try to burn Pride flag on Roslindale porch; are foiled by water dripping onto the flag from AC, and are caught on camera

Former police union head gets two years probation in overtime scandal; also has to reimburse Boston for bogus OT

GPS-enabled watch leads cops to three suspects in Grove Hall barbershop robbery, police say

Three dead dogs found in a rental truck in Mattapan, police say

Woman makes off with $12,000 in East Boston ATM scam, police say

House painter who masturbated inside client's house instead of painting gets off because centuries-old law doesn't account for surveillance video

Mattapan murder victim identified as Stoughton high-school student

Fireworks or gunfire? In Cambridge, gunfire

Mistrial declared in case of woman charged with murdering a Boston cop

Truck driver slams into Watertown restaurant, possibly shutting it for several weeks, then drives away

Belarusian turned Florida man faces arraignment in Boston on charges he shipped a prohibited scientific instrument to Russia

Heath Street gang associate with three gun convictions in five years switches things up and gets convicted for coke possession

Man charged with setting Mission Hill restaurant on fire

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

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

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

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

Date		Type	Street	Neighborhood
8/12/24 - 6:40 pm	Man shot in apartment on Trent Street in Dorchester	Shooting	6 Trent St.	Dorchester
8/11/24 - 4:16 am	Teen and pals rob a woman of her moped at knifepoint in Dorchester, he putters away and promptly crashes, police say	Armed robbery	Southern Avenue and Millett St.	Dorchester
8/10/24 - 9:58 pm	Person shot on Castlegate Road	Shooting	Castlegate Rd. and Normandy St.	Dorchester
8/10/24 - 9:43 pm	Man found stabbed at the East Boston Shaw's	Stabbing	246 Border St.	East Boston
8/10/24 - 5:01 pm	Two 13-year-olds charged with armed robbery in East Boston; arrested when they returned to the scene after officers arrived, police say	Armed robbery	1 Central Sq.	East Boston
8/6/24 - 11:30 am	Man shot in Nubian Square; suspect arrested	Shooting	10 Roxbury St.	Roxbury
8/5/24 - 6:56 pm	New Hampshire man charged as dumbass driving around Mattapan and Dorchester pointing a BB gun that looked like an assault weapon at people	Assault with a dangerous weapon	95 Morton Village Dr.	Mattapan
8/4/24 - 11:10 pm	Knife-wielding would-be moped thief gets beaten up and pinned to the ground by the moped's owner in Allston, police say	Attempted armed robbery	1381 Commonwealth Ave.	Allston
8/4/24 - 10:18 pm	Man stabbed at Chinatown restaurant; suspect arrested in Park Square	Stabbing	1 Harrison Ave.	Chinatown
8/4/24 - 4:42 am	Man stabbed to death on Amory Terrace in Roxbury	Murder	10 Amory Terr.	Roxbury
8/2/24 - 4:25 pm	Man stabbed in the chest at Mass and Cass	Stabbing	870 Massachusetts Ave.	South End
7/31/24 - 8:03 am	Man shot on Fernboro Street in Dorchester, suspect arrested, police say	Shooting	24 Fernboro St.	Dorchester
7/30/24 - 6:45 pm	Teen was hanging out in Dorchester backyard with a loaded gun, police say	Illegal gun possession	Stockton St.	Dorchester
7/29/24 - 2:38 pm	Man shot in the chest in Jackson Square	Shooting	245 Centre St.	Jamaica Plain
7/28/24 - 2:25 am	Man attacks two at closing time outside downtown bar, police say	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	2 Center Plaza	Downtown
7/28/24 - 1:30 am	14-year-old tooling around with some friends in Hyde Park had a loaded gun in his pants, police say	Illegal gun possession	Wood Ave. and Oakwood St.	Hyde Park
7/27/24 - 4:00 pm	Man stabbed at Liberty Hotel; suspect arrested	Stabbing	215 Charles St.	West End
7/25/24 - 6:35 pm	Two 15-year-olds rob 9-year-old at gunpoint in Intervale Street playground, DA says	Armed robbery	Intervale St. and Fernboro St.	Dorchester
7/25/24 - 7:50 am	Man was sauntering across Humboldt Avenue with a loaded gun, police say	Illegal gun possession	Humboldt Ave. and Townsend St.	Roxbury
7/25/24 - 2:55 am	Two charged with early morning double shooting in Downtown Crossing	Shooting	40 Summer St.	Downtown
7/23/24 - 9:15 pm	Man on probation as a serial armed robber charged with armed robbery at Brighton market last month	Armed robbery	140 N. Beacon St.	Brighton
7/22/24 - 7:40 am	Seven sought for beating up, robbing woman on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury	Armed robbery	218 Blue Hill Ave.	Roxbury
7/20/24 - 1:15 am	Man refuses to give money to group of teens at Savin Hill T station, so they beat and rob him, police say	Assault and battery	Savin Hill MBTA station	Dorchester
7/18/24 - 7:50 pm	Officer hit by SUV, driver shot in head when police approached what they said was a stolen vehicle in a Forest Hills parking lot	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	Hyde Park Ave. and Ukraine Way	Jamaica Plain
7/17/24 - 12:10 pm	Man holds up Charlestown Whole Foods with an axe; on brutally hot day, he made off with some refreshing drinks, police say	Armed robbery	27 Austin St.	Charlestown
7/14/24 - 10:20 pm	Man shot to death on Arborway near Forest Hills station	Murder	Arborway and Washington St.	Jamaica Plain
7/14/24 - 2:15 am	Crowbar-wielding Dorchester ciggie stealer didn't get far because passing cops heard the alarm he triggered, police say	Breaking and entering	338 Washington St.	Dorchester
7/12/24 - 5:02 pm	Man tried knifepoint robbery in the South End but the victim resisted and then the cops showed up, police say	Attempted armed robbery	Massachusetts Ave. and Shawmut Ave.	South End
7/11/24 - 3:50 pm	Six robbed by gunmen in Grove Hall barbershop holdup	Armed robbery	479 Blue Hill Ave.	Roxbury
7/10/24 - 9:48 pm	Five shot, one just 11, on Greenwood Street in Dorchester; baby and toddler found uninjured in car with windows shot out	Shooting	10 Greenwood St.	Dorchester
7/9/24 - 5:56 pm	Man stabbed outside Boylston Street firehouse; suspect arrested	Stabbing	941 Boylston St.	Back Bay
7/9/24 - 1:00 am	Person shot repeatedly on Clifford Street in Roxbury	Shooting	Clifford St. and Blue Hill Ave.	Roxbury
7/8/24 - 10:51 pm	Two charged with pistol whipping man in Fenway scooterjacking	Armed robbery	157 Massachusetts Ave.	Fenway
7/7/24 - 2:55 am	Man charged with shooting a gun into a Mattapan field	Gunfire	85 Astoria St.	Mattapan
7/6/24 - 3:30 am	Five cars hit by early morning barrage of gunfire off MLK Boulevard	Gunfire	Charlame St. and South Charlame Ct.	Roxbury
7/5/24 - 4:13 pm	Man arrested after pissing against side of somebody's house and then grabbing a child when told to get lost during Dorchester July Fourth gathering, police say	Assault and battery	43 Wentworth St.	Dorchester
7/5/24 - 12:25 pm	Two shot in Mattapan, one dies	Murder	Gladeside Ave. and Donwood Terr	Mattapan
7/5/24 - 5:15 am	Person shot at Blue Hill Avenue gas station	Shooting	783 Blue Hill Ave.	Dorchester
7/5/24 - 1:33 am	Man shot to death in Ramsay Park	Murder	618 Shawmut Ave.	Roxbury
7/5/24 - 1:25 am	Three shot at Mildred Hailey	Shooting	285 Centre St.	Jamaica Plain
7/2/24 - 10:05 pm	Person shot in front of liquor store on Washington Street in Roxbury	Shooting	Cedar St. and Washington St.	Roxbury
7/1/24 - 4:00 pm	Man shot in the leg while driving down Columbia Road in Dorchester	Shooting	Columbia Rd. and Stanwood St.	Dorchester
6/30/24 - 9:45 pm	Man shot in West Broadway development in South Boston	Shooting	4 Dalessio Ct.	South Boston
6/29/24 - 10:15 pm	Chinatown dine-and-dasher leaves behind gun, sandals and Social Security card after fight with restaurant staffers, police say	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	690 Washington St.	Chinatown
6/29/24 - 3:15 pm	Alleged road rager with a baseball bat sought for Roxbury incident	Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon	35 Hutchings St.	Roxbury
6/29/24 - 4:37 am	Knife-wielding moped thief's tiredness proves his downfall at 4:30 a.m. in Roxbury, police say	Assault with a dangerous weapon	238 Warren St.	Roxbury
6/28/24 - 8:34 pm	Driver dead, passenger injured after car crashes into Dorchester house, but driver might have been shot first	Murder	24 Fifield St.	Dorchester
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
6/6/24 - 8:00 am	Man charged with upskirting a preteen in Dorchester	Indecent assault and battery	Wainwright Street	Dorchester
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
5/13/24 - 12:59 am	Two ladies claiming the right to a new college grad sparked brawl outside Downtown Crossing restaurant that took cops from three districts to quell, police, restaurant say	Assault and battery	49 Temple Pl.	Downtown
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

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