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By adamg - 7/10/24 - 10:31 pm

Boston Police report arresting somebody they say stabbed a man in the leg outside the firehouse at 941 Boylston St. shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, possibly after a fight around the corner on Newbury Street near Massachusetts Avenue. Read more.

By adamg - 6/30/24 - 12:46 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on charges he used a knife to keep possession of the moped he'd just stolen from somebody on Warren Street in Roxbury early Saturday. Read more.

By adamg - 6/20/24 - 1:44 pm

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 was taken to the nearest trauma center for care.

By adamg - 6/14/24 - 9:34 am

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

By adamg - 6/10/24 - 9:40 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 around 4:15 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 6/10/24 - 3:22 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 12-year-old on charges he threatened somebody with a knife at Washington Street and Chilcott Place on the Jamaica Plain side of Egleston Square around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.

By adamg - 6/10/24 - 2:34 pm
Surveillance photos of suspects via BPD

Boston Police report they are looking for four people they say made off with a large quantity of alcohol from Quality Mart, 21 Massachusetts Ave. in the Back Bay, Sunday morning after displaying a knife and a bat.

If they look familiar, contact detectives at 617-343-5619 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting the word TIP to CRIME (27463).

By adamg - 5/4/24 - 11:46 am

Transit Police report that around 10 a.m. yesterday at the Ashmont T station, an officer "politely requested a 27y/o male cease smoking." Instead, police say, "He became hostile, combative and assaulted the officer" - all while packing a steak knife in his waistband. Read more.

By adamg - 5/3/24 - 5:11 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 seek help. About ten minutes later, a possible suspect was detained nearby. The homicide unit was called in just in case due to the severity of the victim's injuries.

By adamg - 5/3/24 - 2:30 pm
Knife disguised as a pen

Photo of seized weapon by Transit PD.

Transit Police report "a large affray amongst juveniles" at the JFK/UMass T stop around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday ended with four teenagers under arrest, one after he allegedly tried to shank another combatant with a knife that could be disguised as a pen.

By adamg - 4/24/24 - 5:41 pm

A fight in the library at TechBoston Academy, 9 Peacevale Rd. in Dorchester, ended when one student stabbed another, around 12:25 p.m., NBC Boston reports.

By adamg - 4/7/24 - 10:25 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 threatening.

By adamg - 4/6/24 - 10:30 pm

A person was found with possibly life-threatening stab wounds at Summer and Purchase streets across from South Station around 6:20 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 3/31/24 - 3:08 pm

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

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 9:50 pm

Boston Police report arresting an East Boston man on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon not long after an attack on Border Street near the Umana School in East Boston yesterday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 3/22/24 - 10:35 am

Boston Police report arresting a worker at the Burger King at Washington Street and Columbia Road in Dorchester for the way he allegedly used a knife to try to have it his way in a dispute with a patron Thursday morning. Read more.

By adamg - 3/11/24 - 4:58 pm

A man was sliced in the arm and chest on Thetford Avenue at Evans Street shortly before 2:40 p.m., then ran all the way down to Washington Street - after accepting some towels from a utility worker - before police found him. Injuries not considered life threatening.

By adamg - 3/5/24 - 1:23 pm

Update: Hotel found not at fault.

A man's planned $120 bed romp at the Back Bay Hilton turned into an armed robbery that ended with the prostitute and another john arrested immediately - and him being summonsed into court on a charge of sex for a fee - BPD detectives told the Boston Licensing Board this morning. Read more.

By adamg - 2/16/24 - 9:53 am
Wanted for assault and battery

Surveillance photo of suspect via TPD.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say threw a lit cigarette at a man's face - causing a burn - and then "displayed a knife in a threatening manner" at South Station around 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

If he looks familiar, contact detectives, anonymously if you prefer, at 617-222-1050.

By adamg - 2/15/24 - 2:37 pm

Boston Police report arresting Jerome Brown, 43, of Brockton, on charges he stabbed a man on the Washington Street side of Ramsay Park across from Newcomb Street in Roxbury around 10:35 p.m. on Feb. 1. Read more.

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