Monthly Archives: February 2012

Gun Crime Kept BPD Busy Tuesday

Boston Police responded to multiple different calls involving fire arms on Tuesday evening. First police were called to Faulkner Street near Field Corner in Dorcester after receiving reports a man had been shot. Upon their arrival officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his stomach on Freeman Street, near Faulkner Street. The [...]

Elderly Woman Murdered in Home Invasion, Suspect Arrested

The quiet neighborhood around 45 Codman Hill in Dorcester was shocked early Tuesday morning by the murder of a 70 year old woman. The killing took the life of Mary Miller, a 70 year old grandmother. Nguyen fled the scene and left Miller to die in the house with her 8 year old grand daughter. [...]

Updates on Sunday Night’s Shootings

Sunday night Boston saw two separate shootings about a half hour apart in different sections of the city. The first occurred on Alabama Street in Mattapan just after 9 o’clock. Police arrived and found a woman, Keisha Gilmore who was 25 years old and lived in Boston, suffering from a gun shot wound in a [...]

Early Morning Fire Leaves 9 Homeless

Just before 6:00 am fire broke out in a triple decker on Harvard Avenue in Dorcester. The fire broke out on the second floor of the wooden building and quickly spread to the third floor. First arriving fire fighters quickly called for extra help, summonsing a second and third alarm response to the scene. Fire [...]

Two Shootings Leave One Hurt, One Dead

Gunfire broke out two times Sunday night, first in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood then in the South End. One female has been left with with a life threatening injury and a male was killed. The first incident was reported just before 9:00 pm to Boston Police who responded to calls for shots fired on Alabama [...]

Several Stabbed in Dorcester Fight

Around 1:30 am on Saturday morning a large fight broke out at 469 Neponset Avenue leaving 6 people suffering from stab wounds. Boston Police were called to the scene where they found two victims suffering from stab wounds after an apparent altercation. One man’s wounds were considered serious, and BPD requested Boston EMS to the [...]

BPD Makes Quick Work of Bank Robbery

Just before 1:00 pm today a man entered the Citizen’s Bank at 1 Center Plaza in Downtown Boston and robbed the bank. The suspect, who has not yet been identified by police, had a hood over his head and passed a note to the bank tellers expressing his intentions. The bank staff quickly complied with [...]

Fire Destroys Building in Chestnut Hill

At 5:49 am early on Sunday morning fire broke out inside a block of stores located at 160 Chestnut Hill Avenue. The single story building contained several stores including a caterer, a cleaning supply company, a laundromat, and a pizza shop. It appears that the fire broke out inside the pizza shop on the right [...]

FLASH: Large Fire on Chestnut Hill Ave

A large fire has broken out on Chestnut Hill Ave, near Commonwealth Ave and across the reservoir from Boston College. The fire has consumed a block of stores at 160 Chestnut Hill Ave and is still burning at this time. The Boston Fire Department has declared this a “4th Alarm” fire bringing in dozens of [...]

BPD Release Crime Stats from January

The Boston Police have released preliminary statistics from the beginning of January through February 3. The Department, working with the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, released three PDF’s outlining crimes from that time period in 2012 and comparing them to the same period in 2011. These numbers are not final, however are useful in providing a [...]

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