A 15-year-old was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon yesterday after she allegedly stabbed a 14-year-old at Jeremiah Burke High School on Tuesday, 60 Washington St. in Dorchester, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 6/21/23 - 9:38 am
WFXT reports the woman managed to get herself enrolled at Burke, Brighton and English high schools, using multiple pseudonyms. Motive unknown at this point, but school officials say she didn't appear to harm any students or staff; still BPD is now on the case.
By adamg - 10/4/22 - 11:14 am
WCVB reports one student is charged with shooting another on school grounds around 9:30 a.m. The shooting was less than a month after a student was stabbed at the Dorchester school. Read more.
By adamg - 9/12/22 - 2:14 pm
Boston Police report a student was stabbed in the shoulder at Jeremiah Burke High School in Dorchester around 11 a.m. on the third day of school.
A 17-year-old from Randolph, too young to have his name released, was arrested after he turned himself in at the District C-11 station several hours later, police say.
By adamg - 6/28/18 - 4:30 pm
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Jaden Waiters of first-degree murder and Jonathan Aguasvivas of second-degree murder for the shooting death of Raekwon Brown, 17, outside Burke High School on June 8, 2016, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 2/16/17 - 2:40 pm
Boston Police report arresting a 17-year-old after a school-police officer found "a 7.65 caliber Deutsche Werke handgun loaded with a single round of ammunition" around 8:30 this morning.
The student was charged with being delinquent for unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and unlawful possession of a large-capacity feeding device, police say.
By adamg - 6/10/16 - 9:32 am
The Herald reports that when the gunfire started Wednesday, Raekwon Brown rushed out of a pizza place and pushed a woman down - saving her life but ending his.
The Globe talks to his relatives and teachers, who described a happy kid who "didn't know anything about the streets," and who never missed a day of school and worked hard to get As.
By adamg - 6/9/16 - 11:00 am
The Globe reports on the teen shot to death outside Burke High School in Dorchester yesterday afternoon.
Two other students and a woman were also shot, but survived.
WBUR reports the school brought in grief counselors today.
He is Boston's 13th murder victim this year.
By adamg - 6/8/16 - 1:42 pm
Boston Police report a 17-year-old is dead from a barrage around 1:15 p.m. outside Burke High School this afternoon that also injured two other teens and a woman in her 60s.
City Council President Michelle Wu ended today's council meeting by announcing the shootings.
By adamg - 1/13/15 - 6:12 pm
Once police established who their suspect was for a stabbing at Burke High School on Friday, they didn't have much trouble finding him: They just look
By adamg - 9/20/14 - 9:42 am
The state released MCAS scores yesterday and among the winners is Jeremiah Burke High School, which was taken off the state's list of "underperfoming" schools that are "among lowest achieving
By adamg - 12/20/13 - 11:16 am
UPDATE: Bail set at $10,000 at his arraignment today in Dorchester District Court.
By adamg - 12/10/12 - 11:26 am
Boston Public Schools report the arrest of a 16-year-old student at the Burke this morning after administrators and police found him carrying a gun and "a small amount of ammunition." School Superintendent Carol Johnson says, "This type of conduct will
