Boston Blotter: All's Not Quiet on New Year's Day

-- A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death aboard a Route 28 bus in Dorchester on New Year's Eve to become Boston's 64th and final murder victim for 2008. That number is two fewer than last year's total. The victim, Devonte Mauge-Franklin, was stabbed in the neck and back by an unknown assailant. [Herald]

-- A gang of five men was arrested in the South End early on New Year's Day after allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint and beating him up. [BPDNews]

-- A man hacked at a woman's door in Roxbury in the wee hours of New Year's Day, trying to rob her, according to police. Before police arrived, the man had allegedly stabbed the woman in the hand before she had escaped into her home. The ax was a last ditch effort to complete his crime, but the arrival of police thwarted his plans, police say. [BPDNews]

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