--Why can't we just have a light day with the Bonbon Bandit instead of the carnage that has filled the Blotter as of late? Last night, a 9-year-old got shot in a house in Mattapan. Two teenagers were found shot outside. A party was going on at the time, which raises the question of what a 9-year-old was doing at the party and the even more important question of what guns were doing at the......

The Boston Police Department issued a press release today indicating that twenty-three people will be charged for crack and cocaine distribution in the Bromley-Heath housing development in Jamaica Plain. In season one of The Wire it was Avon Barksdale working for control of The Towers – its season four now and the lines are still tapped in hopes of shutting down Marlo Stanfield's operation. The fiction of HBO's drama is well developed and revolves around......

Yesterday morning a man set fire to his own apartment. He was shot twice in the leg and his grandfather was dying. Many details have yet to be released about this incident, but Bostonist knows the principles of self-defense have been creatively applied. There are a few tips that Bostonist has picked up over time to keep us safe when walking down dark unfriendly streets; keep your keys spread between your fingers—ready to gash,......