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By adamg - 8/22/23 - 5:29 pm
Lahens on surveillance camera

Suspect during one of the robberies, from the FBI affidavit.

A Dorchester man who held up a series of stores at knifepoint this past spring, less than three months after he was released from a a 30-month sentence for armed robberies in New York City, now faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, authorities say. Read more.

By adamg - 8/12/23 - 6:11 pm

Boston Police report a man was stabbed on Bloomfield Street, just off Greenbrier Street in Dorchester, shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/10/23 - 1:15 pm

Transit Police report arresting a West Roxbury man they say became outraged that another rider wouldn't let him use his phone, so he whipped out a knife and threatened the rider with it yesterday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 8/9/23 - 8:33 pm
Photos of suspected carjacker

Surveillance photos via BPD.

Boston Police report they are looking for a guy they say used a knife to rob somebody of their car at the Laz parking lot at 37 Merrimac St. around 10:25 a.m. yesterday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 10:07 pm

Stanley Staco reports a man was stabbed in the stomach in the basement of the Roundhouse, 891 Massachusetts Ave. at Mass and Cass around 9 p.m. Because of the nature of his injuries, the homicide unit was called in. And because of the number of witnesses, officers from across the city were called to the scene.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 10:01 pm

Boston Police report arresting three teens in two separate knife incidents yesterday, at the Downtown Crossing Macy's and near City Hall. Read more.

By adamg - 7/24/23 - 5:14 pm

Boston Police report a man was found stabbed at 6 Hartford St., in Dorchester around 12:05 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Read more.

By adamg - 7/23/23 - 12:39 pm

Three people stabbed outside the Southampton Street shelter were arraigned last week on charges they were the ones doing all the attacking, with knives, gun butts and a milk crate - according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, which reports police are still looking for a separate guy who walked into the shelter with a machete, as well as the owners of one of the two loaded guns police found. Read more.

By adamg - 7/21/23 - 9:10 am

Update: The victim, Jazreanna Sheppard, 21, of South Boston, died, police reported on July 29.

Police found a woman stabbed in the chest and face on Tremont Street across from Winter Street shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.

By adamg - 7/6/23 - 4:12 pm

A man was robbed and stabbed in the back in the area of Southampton and Atkinson streets around 4 p.m.

About 20 minutes later, police nabbed a possible suspect near the Newmarket commuter-rail station.

By adamg - 6/29/23 - 6:25 pm

A Cambridge man was arraigned on armed-robbery charges yesterday after he and a pal tried fleeing Saks Fifth Avenue on Boylston Street with a number of scarves and two handbags, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 6/2/23 - 10:44 am
Photos of men wanted for machete attack in downtown Boston

Surveillance photos via BPD.

Boston Police report they are looking for two men they say used a machete to attack a third man at Tremont Street and Temple Place downtown shortly before 9 a.m. on May 23. Read more.

By adamg - 5/26/23 - 10:34 pm

A worker at the South Bay Stop & Shop, 1100 Massachusetts Ave. in Dorchester, was stabbed shortly before 10 p.m. by somebody in a group of eight to nine men who fled the scene. Read more.

By adamg - 5/24/23 - 10:21 pm

WCVB reports two people, one a teenager, were stabbed at 100 Brookway Rd. around 4:20 p.m. The girl was stabbed by other girls who burst into her apartment; unclear if the second stabbing of a man nearby was related.

By adamg - 5/24/23 - 5:31 pm

A worker at the Star Market at 4 River St. in Lower Mills was charged with stabbing another worker - and pressing his thumbs into the man's eyes - in a fight around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 5/23/23 - 2:33 pm

A man was ordered held without bail pending a Thursday dangerousness hearing at his arraignment on charges he punched a woman repeatedly in the face until she fell unconscious, fell asleep himself, then, when he woke, used a razor blade to slice the bruises around her eyes, allegedly to reduce the swelling, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office - which says he was the one who called 911. Read more.

By adamg - 5/18/23 - 10:11 pm

A woman was stabbed in the back and two men were stabbed in the leg at 247 Norfolk St. in Dorchester shortly after 10 p.m.

By adamg - 5/17/23 - 9:40 pm
Photos of suspect and his tattooed arm via BPD

Photos of suspect and his tattooed arm via BPD.

Boston Police report a person was stabbed outside 312 Warren St. in Roxbury around 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.

By adamg - 5/11/23 - 10:53 am
Myesha Lewis

Myesha Lewis, from affidavit.

A Dorchester woman and an alleged accomplice from Stoughton were arrested yesterday on charges they robbed letter carriers in Hyde Park, one at knife point, for keys that would let them open streetside mailboxes to rummage for checks that could be altered and deposited. Read more.

By adamg - 4/29/23 - 12:02 pm
Surveillance photos of suspect via BPD

Surveillance photos of suspect via BPD.

Boston Police report they are looking for the guy they say held up the Cricket Wireless store, 306 Centre St. around 4:35 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.

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