-- A Dorchester block party turned bloody early yesterday morning when cookouts turned to shootouts. Three were injured in the violence, aged 14-19, one critically. Police do not know what made the party turn violent, and no arrests have been made. [Globe]
-- A Dorchester man used a human shield in an attempt to avoid arrest Saturday night, according to police. Jason Aparicio, 23, allegedly held a man at gunpoint and used his .45-caliber semiautomatic to carjack a 2005 Nissan Altima to escape police who had approached him under the suspicion that he was armed. He was arrested after breaking his leg during a subsequent foot chase and faces numerous charges. [Herald]
-- A 15-year-old girl allegedly told police that she stabbed a man yesterday morning during an attempted armed robbery. The Dorchester teen was arrested at a store on Geneva Ave.; the victim was transported to Boston Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. [BPDNews]
-- A Boston-area pretend Rockefeller was arrested by the FBI in Baltimore, Maryland after his real estate agent ratted him out. An allegedly kidnapped little girl was rescued. [Herald]
-- MBTA police nabbed a creep who allegedly robbed a man bound to a wheelchair by ALS. Scott A. Marra, 39, of Malden, faces accusations that he played good Samaritan before stealing the victim's wallet and fleeing.
All charges alleged until proven under law.
