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By adamg - 7/2/21 - 11:32 am

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday that a man convicted of fatally shooting Nicholas Fomby-Davis, 14, on Bowdoin Street - as his friend held the teen - got a fair trial and that police did nothing wrong in the way they questioned him, but that his sentence should be amended to allow for the possibility of parole because he was only 16 at the time. Read more.

By adamg - 6/22/21 - 12:41 pm
Proposed Four Corners building

Rendering by DHK Architects.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a 32-unit apartment building and three townhouses along Bowdoin Street at Bowdoin Avenue in Dorchester. Read more.

By adamg - 1/11/21 - 2:53 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Roxbury man on gun and drug charges after a detective heard what sounded like gunfire at Bowdoin and Draper streets shortly after 4 p.m. yestertday, then saw a guy run to a car and drive away. Read more.

By adamg - 7/12/20 - 12:49 pm

Boston Police report somebody lit a statue of the Virgin Mary on fire at Saint Peter Parish Church, 284 Bowdoin St., shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.

By adamg - 7/9/20 - 9:42 pm

Around 9:10 p.m. The victims got themselves to two local emergency rooms. Numerous cars and at least one house on Bowdoin Street also hit.

By adamg - 6/3/20 - 9:31 pm

A man was stabbed in the upper back around 9:15 p.m. at Bowdoin and Hamilton streets, then showed up not long after at the South Bay Stop & Shop, from which he was taken to a local emergency room. A car crash near the stabbing scene might be involved.

By adamg - 5/10/20 - 3:06 pm

Boston Police report arresting one of two men they say robbed two other men at gunpoint of both $8,000 and the car they were in the process of exchanging for the money. A third man was arrested for allegedly kneeing an officer in "the lower body." Read more.

By adamg - 4/18/19 - 7:33 pm
Fire on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester

The Boston Fire Department reports two residents a house on Dever Street, at Bowdoin, were taken to the hospital with minor injuries today when their house caught on fire. Read more.

By adamg - 12/26/18 - 10:41 am

A man was stabbed in the leg during a robbery on Bowdoin Street near Adams Street around 10 a.m. and made his way to a local hospital, where he is expected to recover.

By adamg - 7/19/18 - 1:07 pm

Mark Lundy, 24, had bail set at $25,000 yesterday on charges he killed Guy Beaubrun by hitting him with his car on Bowdoin Street near Geneva Avenue and that he then drove away around 1:30 a.m. on July 8, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 7/9/18 - 10:26 am

Boston Police report they are looking for the motorist who collided with a motorcyclist on Bowdoin Street early Sunday, then drove off. Read more.

By adamg - 2/13/18 - 1:54 pm
Bowdoin Street proposed building

Architect's rendering.

The Board of Appeals today approved a plan to turn two vacant lots on Bowdoin Street across from Olney Street into a building with 41 affordable apartments and a 6,000-square-foot customer- and worker-owned grocery store. Read more.

By adamg - 2/10/18 - 2:54 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Roslindale 16-year-old on gun charges after officers found him with a gun loaded with five rounds around 11:40 p.m. on Friday on Bowdoin Street near Quincy Street. Read more.

By adamg - 12/19/17 - 8:07 pm

UPDATE: Victim identified as Phillip Demings, 17.

At Bowdoin and Adams Street around 7:15 p.m., Will and Coli and Boston EMS Incidents report.

By adamg - 12/2/17 - 8:02 am
Peguero's murder scene in Dorchester.
Gomes

UPDATE: Friends are identifying the victim as Nat Gomes, a worker in the store.

KMV reports the man was shot inside Peguero's Market, 218 Bowdoin St. in Dorchester. Boston Police report the victim, a man in his 20s, was shot around 11:45 p.m. on Friday and was pronounced dead at the scene.

By adamg - 11/21/17 - 3:31 pm

Thomas Frank Isaac Jr., 21, of Braintree was arraignnetd on a murder charge today for the death of Nelson Torres-Santa, 55, who was found dead and partially decomposed in his 330 Bowdon St. apartment on the afternoon of Nov. 13. Read more.

By adamg - 4/7/17 - 10:41 am

College Bound Dorchester reports one of its employees is recovering after being shot at its 222 Bowdoin St. location around 3 p.m. yesterday. Read more.

By adamg - 3/20/17 - 9:28 am

Boston Police report officers investigating two separate reports of gunfire arrested two men with loaded guns on Saturday - one of whom had his guns fall down his pants to the ground. Read more.

By adamg - 1/29/17 - 10:03 pm

Boston Police report officers responding to gunfire at 28 Bowdoin St. last night arrested two men on gun charges a couple blocks away on Corona Street. Read more.

By adamg - 10/20/16 - 1:04 pm

Edgardo Clark today pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for killing Gerald Williamson outside Chung Wah on Bowdoin Street on Oct. 16, 2014, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

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