Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'charlestown>'
November 17, 2008
Only one bar missed the sprinkler deadline and had to close on Saturday. It's surrounded by water on a pier. [Boston Globe] Despite the T's new courtesy campaign, a green line trolley hit a BC student this morning. [eFluxMedia] Is our children graduating? Most of Boston's high school class of '00 who went to college don't have degrees [Boston Globe] A soldier from Mansfield was one of two killed by an Iraqi soldier last......
Continue Reading "Bite Size News: Ironic Location Edition"September 4, 2008
-- Boston police have DNA evidence linking three sexual assaults that have taken place in Charlestown since August 2007. In each case, the victim had been kidnapped after accepting a ride from the suspect, who drove her to Charlestown and assaulted her, according to police. [BPDNews] -- Manuel Spencer of Cambridge pleaded guilty in August of manslaughter in connection with the 2004 killing of a 25-year-old Lynn man in the parking lot of the former......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Three Charlestown Sex Assualts Linked"September 2, 2008
-- Early Sunday morning, police arrested a man in connection with a quadruple stabbing in the North End. The four teenage victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries. [BPDNews] -- A day earlier, on Saturday morning, an unrelated quadruple stabbing sent a quartet of East Boston teens to the hospital, two with life-threatening injuries. Police say that the victims were sitting on a stoop at 85 Trenton St. when they got into a shouting match with a group......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: 4 Stabbed in North End, East Boston, Shooting in Somerville"February 18, 2008
--A brawler went crackers at 10 City Square in Charlestown--yes, that's Olives, owned by celebrity chef Todd English. This perp gave employees a hard time by "starting fights with several patrons and urinating in the bar area." People pee in public all the time, but at Olives? Did he not like the squab and chanterelle mushroom risotto with corn foam? Alleged disrespectful foodie urination wasn't enough for this guy, and he perp grew increasingly bold.......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: The Perp Was an Emeril Fan"February 12, 2008
-- The Bridgewater man being sought by police for the murder of his ex-wife was found dead last night, an apparent suicide. Andrew Boisvert was found hanging in an Iredell County, North Carolina rest stop. He was fleeing Friday's warrant for his arrest in the murder of Medford resident Margaret Ninos, who was found beaten to death in her home on Wednesday. A North Carolina rest stop worker discovered Boisvert's body hanging from a tree.......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Alleged Murderer Found Dead in NC"February 3, 2008
--The police repeat that they don't want any post-Super Bowl shenanigans. [WBZ] --The BPD called in a SWAT team to round up an 18-year-old who was spotted on Fowler Street with a gun Friday afternoon. [BPD News] --Some home-robbers used a van with the words "Tiny's Flowers" emblazoned on the side to cover up their burglar bungling. Too bad for them that a victim pulled up to her house just as they were taking her......
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