A hit-and-run incident that began with an alleged kidnapping and led to a 20-mile high speed chase, ended with a crash, shots fired, and the death of the suspect. The suspect, shot in the chest, led Boston police and State Police from Roxbury, down the Southeast Expressway to Rockland, where the chase ended at the 228 exit off of Route 3 around 10:45 a.m. The area near the conclusion was littered with police and cruisersfor hours after the collision.
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State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan cited 13 fireworks-related injuries in July as good reason to oppose plans to legalize fireworks in Massachusetts. [Boston Globe] Two State Police troopers helped deliver a baby in a car in Cambridge this morning near Huron and Concord avenues. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Bruins fans are ready for tonight's seventh game in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final and so is Boston. Wherever you watch it, look for both teams to go right after each other. We'd love to see the Bruins score early on Roberto Luongo to see how he responds to trailing at home. Tim Thomas has been pretty consistent. Luongo has been great in Vancouver only. That's the ecisive issue tonight.
President Obama declared a major disaster in Massachusetts, a move that helps residents and local governments apply for grants, loans, and federal funds to help recover from the June 1 tornadoes. The Registry of Motor Vehicles' annual low-number license plate lottery is accepting applications. All entries must be postmarked by August 8. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
A call for a domestic dispute turned into a shootout near 22 Dunbar Street in Dorchester on Tuesday morning. A Boston police officer who responded to a domestic call was shot in the leg. He returned fire and wounded two suspects, a man and a woman, Commissioner Edward Davis said. The officer was treated at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The man was in critical condition at Boston Medical Center and the woman's injuries were not life-threatening as she was at Beth Israel-Deaconess. WCVB reported a Toyota minivan was being searched for possible evidence. Davis will address this incident at 1:00 p.m.
With tonight's critical game four of the Stanley Cup finals putting into a rooting fervor, Boston police are warning fans about the selling of counterfeit tickets. On Monday night, police identified David Lucas, a 28-year old from New York, as selling fake tickets near TD Garden. Police caught up to him on Staniford Street where he admitted to “scalping tickets." He had 18 tickets on him, including four for tonight’s game. He was charged with manufacturing counterfeit tickets. Oh, the police still want you Bruins fans to behave, too. All charges alleged until proven under law. [Boston Herald]
What began with police responding to a fight at Carson Beach in South Boston yesterday turned into multiple gang fights involving about 1,000 people that required approximately 100 police officers from at least five law enforcement agencies. According to the Globe, youths using social media sites like Facebook organized the fighting three of the past four nights.
Yes. It's fake, though. What turned out to be a fake grenade was delivered via UPS to the Eveden lingerie company at 65 Sprague Street in Dedham on Wednesday. The Boston Police responded to the incident as it was originally thought to have happened in Hyde Park. The Dedham Police is now investigating. The package said "Return to Sender," and had an Eveden label on it. The employee who opened the package expected to find bras. [NECN], [Globe]
Boston Police arrested Dwayne Moore, 33, of Mattapan on Monday in connection with the murder of three adults and a 2-year-old infant in Mattapan in September. Moore will be arraigned tomorrow morning in Dorchester District Court on four counts of murder for allegedly shooting and killing Levaughn Washum-Garrison, Simba Martin, Eyanna Flonory and her 2-year-old son Amanihotep Smith, and one count of assault with intent to murder for allegedly shooting and critically injuring a fifth man, Marcus Hurd. Hurd is still in th hospital on life support. Kimani Washington, 35, of Dorchester was arrested in connection with the case on October 1 and charged with unlawfaul possession of a firearm and ammunition and for receiving a motor vehicle. Moore killed a teenager in a fight in 1996 and was convicted of manslaughter. [Globe], [WCVB]
-- Boston Police arrested several people suspected of spray painting buildings in Boston in two separate tagging incidents. Two suspects from Boston were arrested on Wednesday, and five suburban taggers were arrested Thursday. In both cases, the suspects had paint on their hands. [BPDNews.com], [BPDNews.com]
Boston Police officer Kim Tavares is using her experiences in 10 years of service to promote a song she wrote and sings called "I Know You’ve Seen It." The song, in turn, allows Tavares to promote awareness about child abuse, bullying and domestic violence. She told Fox 25 on Wednesday that she wrote it after the quadruple killings in Mattapan. Her lesson, simply, is that "People need to stick up for one another." She says it's a hit with the other officers of Area D-4 (South End). According to Tavares' website, she's perfoming Monday at the Ryles Jazz Club on 212 Hampshire Street in Cambridge at 7:30 p.m.
A second YouTube video exists of last week's arrest of a 16-year old at Roxbury Community College by the Boston police. We suggest you watch it to draw your own conclusions.
A YouTube video continues to cause scrutiny over the amount of force used by Boston police officers as they were arresting a 16-year-old in Roxbury Community College last Friday. On Thursday, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley appointed First Assistant District Attorney Josh Wall as an independent investigator.
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Kimani Washington, 35, of Boston is the one suspect in custody for a connection to Tuesday's quadruple murders in Mattapan. He's due in court in New Hampshire today on fugitive from justice charges before he can be returned to Massachusetts, according to WCVB, to be charged with weapons infractions and receiving a stolen motor vehicle.
Boston police arrested a Dorchester man in connection with Tuesday's killings in Mattapan. Kimani Washington, 30, was arrested in Manchester, N.H. He faces weapons charges and receiving a stolen motor vehicle. Police searched a condo on Sutton Street on Friday. [Globe]
Boston police confirmed today they found the Ford Explorer allegedly linked to the murder of four people in Mattapan earlier this week. The lone survivor, Marcus Hurd, 32, was reportedly able to tell police he went to Mattapan to purchase drugs. His stepbrother said Hurd went to buy marijuana in a rented Ford Explorer that Hurd said was stolen at the scene. According to WCVB, Police have two people they want to speak to about the crime. [Globe], [WCVB]
Tuesday's killings of four people, including a 3-year old boy, in Mattapan resulted from a "drug-related encounter," according to a tip the Boston Police received, WCVB reports. A fifth person survived the shooting with "life-threatening injuries".
So, Boston, England has a police tractor. As Universal Hub observed, we have a police ice cream truck. We'll call it the ice cream truck of death.
On Wednesday, Richel Nova was stabbed to death doing his job. Two days later, on Friday, Boston police arrested Michel Andre St. Jean, 20, of Hyde Park; Alexander Emmanuel Gallett, 18, of Hyde Park; and Yamiley Mathurin, 17, of Mattapan and charged the trio with murder, armed robbery, and armed breaking and entering of a dwelling.
A Domino’s Pizza driver was killed last night while making a delivery to 742 Hyde Park Avenue in Hyde Park. Boston police found the delivery car, a 1995 green Subaru, today behind St. Adalbert's Church in Hyde Park. Police are seeking three suspects in the stabbing. Another Domino’s Pizza deliveryman was killed Saturday after his car was hit by a man being chased by Chelsea police.
- Boston has to pay city police officers $16.5 million to settle a labor dispute that started in 1994. [Boston Globe]
- Massachusetts was awarded $250 million through the "Race to the Top" school reform grant competition. Boston will get over $66 million. [WBZ]
Boston Police do not have sufficient evidence to invesigate a video on YouTube that shows a fighting incident in Chinatown.
-- Terrell Muhammad has killed two people, one a Boston Police officer, but was released from prison in May of 2009. Since being released, he allegedly was involved in two crimes. He reportedly stole a TV from a Veterans Hospital in Providence in October of 2009, and received a suspended sentence with probation. He was arrested on Saturday after swerving at officers during a pursuit in Cranston, R.I. [Herald]
Tuesday was a bad day to visit the Dunkin' Donuts at 59 Causeway St. An unidentified man in a white and yellow striped shirt robbed that establishment with a gun. He reached into the register aftering ordering a clerk to open it. We had to wonder if he checked with the Boston Globe's Dunkin' Donuts map before stopping on Causeway St. Boston Police can be reached at 617-343-4572. Okay. We'll say it. He found a cop-less Dunkin' Donuts to hold up. You were thinking it.
They get accused of doing bad things. Sometimes criminals say funny things. Like:
- Police responded to reports of a person with a knife near Forbes and Centre Streets in Jamaica Plain. A witness, who would become the victim, told police he heard yelling from a second or third floor of a building. A male voice reportedly said “What! You want some of this?!” The male suspect came outside to confront the victim with a knife. The suspect charged and the victim fled while the suspect yelled “That’s right, you better run!” The suspect was arrested and charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon. [BPDNews.com]
- A suspect was arrested and charged with unarmed robbery, larceny over $250.00 and receiving stolen property in Roxbury on Friday morning. The suspect knew the victim and was with her before the robbery allegedly happened. They argued and he took her purse and her suitcase. The victim's phone was in her purse so she couldn't call 911 until she borrowed a passerby's phone. After being provided with a description, officers located the suspect. As they approached him, he said "To be honest with you guys, I just found this down the street. I looked inside and saw all types of cool [stuff].” [BPDNews.com]
Memorial Day should really be a subdued holiday that requires reflection and commemmoration instead of celebration. In 2010, Memorial Day in Boston became a somber and tragic day after four young men were killed in a spate of violence over the weekend.
- The Boston Police gang unit is ratcheting up security in the aftermath of a weekend shooting. Community leaders are calling for people to remain calm. [Boston Globe]
- Thousands of Bay State seniors still have to pass an MCAS science exam in order to graduate. [Boston Globe]
- Bristol Community College is apparently open to accepting bribes from prospective students. [WCVB]
Despite its disturbingly Christian iconography, we like PAX East, the massive video game that we visited twice. But in every bushel of apples, you'll find a few bad ones, and that goes double when that bushel is made up of nerds instead of apples. Being a good nerd means being friendly and contented with your socially outcast lot. Being a bad nerd means stealing video game code.
-- Let's hope this is a joke. A reality show is looking Boston women in the "Real Housewives"/"Jersey Shore" mold. [Lynn Casting