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By adamg - 9/16/24 - 10:12 am

Boston firefighters responding to a medical call found a man stabbed in the chest and stomach at the Charles Street entrance to the Fields Corner MBTA stop in Dorchester around 8:05 p.m. on Sunday. He was taken to a local hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.

It's the second stabbing near the station in less than a week.

By adamg - 9/13/24 - 2:58 pm

NBC Boston reports a fight between two men on Boylston Street outside the BPL main library Monday morning spilled into the cafe just past the main entrance, where one of the combatants, with an axe in one hand, kept trying to carve up the other guy, but fortunately for that man, armed with just a knife, his opponent was unable to land any blows.

By adamg - 9/4/24 - 5:33 pm
Wanted scooter drivers

Boston Police are investigating a robbery at 85 Maple St. in Hyde Park, near the Fairmount train station, around 4:30 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 9/1/24 - 10:19 pm

A man was stabbed in the face on Centre Street near Creighton Street in Jamaica Plain around 9:45 p.m.

By adamg - 9/1/24 - 11:53 am

Boston Police report arresting a man and a woman in connection with a fight that left three injured at 70 West Selden St. in Mattapan shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday.

By adamg - 8/27/24 - 10:46 am

The Supreme Judicial Court today thew out a state law barring people from going out in public with a switchblade, concluding the knives are "arms" under the Second Amendment and that means people can legally pack them for self protection. Read more.

By adamg - 8/26/24 - 11:14 am

Boston Police report arresting a woman they say stabbed a man outside the city shelter at 112 Southampton St. around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/25/24 - 10:48 pm

Boston Police report arresting a woman this morning about three blocks away from where she is charged with stabbing two people last night in Egleston Square, one in the face. Read more.

By adamg - 8/21/24 - 9:54 am

Boston Police report arresting a man they say was chasing people around the area of the Transportation Building on Park Plaza with a hunting knife around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/17/24 - 9:33 pm

Two people were stabbed at the Liberty Diner, Massachusetts Avenue and Magazine Street around 9:10 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 8/14/24 - 11:13 am
Calvin Spencer

A man was stabbed on Winter Place off Winter Street in Downtown Crossing around 8:15 a.m.
Read more.

By adamg - 8/13/24 - 10:33 pm

A man was stabbed in the back on the Jacobbe Road side of the Maverick Square MBTA station shortly after 9:20 p.m. He was taken to a local hospital.

By adamg - 8/12/24 - 9:59 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 Street and stole her moped and purse shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/11/24 - 7:49 pm

Boston Police report nabbing two 13-year-olds they say attacked another teen and ripped the gold chain off his neck at knife point in East Boston's Central Square Saturday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 8/11/24 - 1:17 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 unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.

By adamg - 8/5/24 - 5:56 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 area of Lee's II Market at Commonwealth Avenue and Allston Street around 11:10 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/4/24 - 11:15 pm

Updated with additional information from BPD.

A man was stabbed at Kaze Shabu Shabu, 1 Harrison Ave. in Chinatown, shortly before 10:20 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 8/4/24 - 6:07 pm

Victim identified as Daniel Coke, 45, of Jamaica Plain.

Boston Police report a man was fatally stabbed at 10 Amory Terrace in Roxbury around 4:40 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - 8/3/24 - 10:30 am
Lahens during one robbery

Lahens during one of the robberies. From FBI affidavit.

A federal judge this week sentenced a man to 77 months in prison for robbing a series of businesses in Boston in 2023 while he was on probation for a series of armed robberies in New York. Read more.

By adamg - 8/2/24 - 9:31 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 Ave., where staffers called 911. Not long after BPD officers arrived, the homicide unit was called in, due to the severity of his injuries.

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