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May 13, 2008
-- A school van driver in Brookline was charged with the sexual assault of an elementary school girl. Israel Santiago, 41, of Roslindale, has been charged with two counts of aggravated rape, kidnapping, and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Santiago allegedly attacked the girl, who is one of his regular riders, in a parking lot on Friday. The van, owned by YCN Transportation, is used to transport adults and children with...
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A group of cyclists got an early start on Bay State Bike Week Saturday night when they beat a motorist unconscious and left a second man injured in Cambridge's Central Square, police say. According to police, a group of ten cyclists rode together down Mass. Ave. around 11pm on Saturday, swerving in and out of traffic. When a motorist swerved into traffic to avoid hitting an object, the cyclists allegedly became testy. They traded...
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-- A man was shot around 8am this morning on Humphreys Street in Upham's Corner, Dorchester. Police rushed him to the hospital, and there is no word on his condition. [Globe] -- Boston Police have arrest warrants for two suspects in the January, 2007, murder of a 13-year-old in Jamaica Plain. Police say that two Roxbury teens shot Luis Gerena to death early last year. The two teens were in police custody on unrelated charges...
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Shooting at Upham's Corner"May 6, 2008
-- Cambridge is the sort of place where even burglars dress to impress. Police say that a 22-year-old Cambridge man broke into a house on Brattle Street aroudn last Friday, dressed in a suit and tie. The man allegedly broke a window, opened the front door, and made his way to the second floor bedroom, where he passed out. He was arrested soon afterward, and police do not report that anybody came to harm. [Cambridge...
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-- Christopher Gardner Beaman, a descendant of Henry Cabot Lodge and a prolific organizer on Meetup.com, was sentenced last week for the brutal assault of his girlfriend. The victim, a 30-year-old Cambridge woman, described the crime as a culmination of the pattern of violence that marred their relationship. Beaman's assault left the victim hospitalized, in a wheelchair, with a lacerated liver last October. Beaman, 24, has a troubled history and a long rap sheet. His...
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May 2, 2008
-- Police found a man shot to death this morning in Hyde Park. The body was found shortly after 7:00am, and there are few details to report. [BPDNews] -- A woman was sexually assaulted on her way home after last night's Red Sox game, authorities say. She had been walking down Winchester St. in Brookline, drunk, when a man approached her and started a conversation. Things became sinister when he pinned her to the front...
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The Milky Way, Jamaica Plain's popular candlepin bowling bar and hangout, will close no later than next year, according to the Jamaica Plain Gazette. Bella Luna, its companion restaurant, will move to the Brewery Complex on Amory Street. The decision comes months after the Milky Way's co-owners spent $80,000 to install a sprinkler system to bring the nightclub up to Boston city code. The decision was motivated by a new lease and an enormous rent...
Continue Reading "Milky Way to Close, Landlords Levin and Bruce Unlikely to Win Popularity Contests"May 1, 2008
-- A 6-month-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert yesterday was recovered unharmed by authorities. Police found the child, Lucas Whalen, with his mother, 24-year-old Danielle Boyle, when a cab driver drove the pair to Arlington police after Boyle could not pay a taxi fare. Boyle has not been charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping, but the boy's father, Michael Whalen, 42, has been charged with parental kidnapping, receiving stolen property,...
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