Boston Blotter: Three Charged in Southie Stabbing, Middle East Now Brawl Central

-- Boston police have charged three in the May killing of a South Boston man. Edward Holloman, 19, of Lynn, and Edward Mendez, 34, of Jamaica Plain were both charged with murder. Darren Hemingway, 19, of Brighton, was charged as an accessory after the fact. The men are accused of killing 27-year-old Curtis Ashford after getting into a fight on 8th Street last May. [BPDNews]

-- A melee spilled out of the Middle East rock club Friday night, with enough participants to block two lanes of Mass. Ave. traffic. 10-15 people were involved in the fight, which did not end even after Cambridge police arrived. During the violence, Donnie Reed, Jr., 26, of Dorchester, allegedly fought off police officers, requiring two doses of pepper spray before being restrained. Reed was charged with two counts of assault and battery on a police officer, affray, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and resisting arrest. A 32-year-old man who was found unconscious inside the rock club was carted away by ambulance. [Cambridge Chronicle]

-- Three men were arrested in Dorchester last night for armed robbery, cell phone. The men were captured by Boston police after a brief hunt with the cell phone resting 10 feet away from them. [BPDNews]

All charges alleged until proven under law.