-- A man was found stabbed in the kitchen of a Dorchester home yesterday afternoon. The victim had been stabbed by his brother-in-law during a fight, police say. The 42-year-old suspect faces the charge of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. The victim remains at Boston Medical Center in critical condition. [BPDNews] -- Boston police conducted a massive warrant sweep today, targeting suspects with outstanding drug warrants. The operation, dubbed "Curtain Call,"......

-- Yesterday's brutal stabbing in Chelsea may have been the culmination of a violent domestic conflict. Eugene Teixeira, 21, was arraigned today on charges that he stabbed his mother's boyfriend Shadeed Wiggins to death. Teixeira's 16-year-old brother also faces charges of home invasion and disorderly conduct after the pair broke into their mother's house in pursuit of Wiggins, 25. According to reports, Wiggins had attacked Janeen Teixeira, the brothers' mother, earlier in the day, part......

-- Richard "Pops" Picardi, Sr., a 76 year old cab dispatcher, was arrested Friday for dealing drugs from his Chelsea workplace. The Revere man was noted by police for his advanced age and his prosthetic leg. He faces charges that he sold the painkillers OxyContin, Roxicet and Percocet to undercover police agents over a period of about a month. [Herald; Globe] -- Authorities say the South Boston fire that killed Acia Johnson, 14, and Sophia......

--This is the kind of story that makes you wonder about people. A fatal car accident unfolded early this morning in Sharon. A good Samaritan pulled over to help on the scene, and one of the men involved in the accident stole the good Samaritan's car. [Fox 25] --Two people were stabbed early this morning in Chelsea, one at an apartment complex and another outside a pub. [WCVB] --More details on the stabbing that happened......

Michael Patrick MacDonald Talking with Joe Keohane Friday, March 14--tomorrow Commonwealth Museum 220 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester 7:30 pm, free Michael Patrick MacDonald doesn't just talk it, he's lived it. He grew up in South Boston and watched members of his family fall under the weight of poverty and violence, an experience he recorded in his first book, All Souls. His follow-up, Easter Rising, also revolves around MacDonald's life in Boston, but in this book he......

--The BPD gathered together owners of establishments that sell liquor in response to the two incidents in which a creep offered women rides, took them to Charlestown, and sexually assaulted them. According to the BPD, both crimes "originated in the State Street area." At the meeting, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) gave advice to bar and club owners on how to stop these assaults before they start. [BPD News] --Early this morning, a......

Republican presidential aspirant and former Massachsuetts governor Mitt Romney is the projected winner of the state of Massachusetts over John McCain this Super Tuesday, according to CNN. And that victory was by no means a given since Romney didn't exactly leave Massachusetts wanting more. However, Romney is still fighting for states, and Mike Huckabee (plus buddy Chuck Norris) is racking up enough votes that neither one can catch up to the front-runner, John McCain. Huckabee......

--DA Dan Conley has announced a suspect in the murder of Jeffrey Santiago at King Arthur's Lounge in Chelsea--19-year-old Jesse Camacho. Conley has authorized a warrant and wants the public's help in finding him. Here's a description: Camacho goes by the street names of ‘Fat Jesse,’ ‘Baby Jay,’ and ‘Syke.’ He is described as a heavyset Latin male standing between 5’5” and 5’7” tall, weighing about 280 lbs. He is believed to be armed and......

--More on the murder of a man at King Arthur's Lounge on Thursday: The shooting may have been the result of a gang rivalry, but the shooters and the victim were in the strip joint together for two hours, just coexisting, before the violence erupted. O'Ryan Johnson reports that the victim used to be with the Latin Kings. [Boston Herald] --Police have arrested a woman in connection with the hit-and-run death of George Azarian, who......

--A man died in a shooting at King Arthur's Lounge (aka strip joint) in Chelsea last night. Two other men were wounded. The Herald suggests that a woman may have been involved with the shooting. The story of strippers with guns is a B-movie waiting to happen. [Boston Herald, background on King Arthur's: Universal Hub] --In a particularly bold bank robbery, a single robber with a gun tied up four people at the East Cambridge......

-- Former "Most Eligible Bachelor," and now infamous sleazeball, Gary Zerola has been acquitted of kidnapping and attempted rape by a jury after less than a day of deliberation. He still faces other charges. However charges that he's a major creep still pending in the court of public opinion. [Boston Globe] -- An already odd case continues to grow stranger amid reports that the tragic deaths of Marcelle Thibault and her niece and nephew......

--A parking rage incident turned so ugly in Chelsea early this morning that a man was shot in the stomach. The Chelsea police chief said the whole mess started solely because one parked car was "touching" another parked car. And this is what happens when people with anger-management issues have guns. [Boston Globe] --In a drug-related shooting, an innocent 68-year-old man was shot in the back in Roxbury after trying to defend his apartment building......

--Early yesterday morning, a 16-year-old was shot on Columbia Road. According to the BPD, witnesses said the victim was taking out the trash when he got hit. His injuries are non-life-threatening. [BPD News] --A driver who struck and killed a 13-year-old boy in Taunton early this morning and then took off surrendered to Taunton police this afternoon. [WCVB] --A woman stole a cab in Chelsea and wound up crashing it in Revere. That wouldn't be......

--A truck crashed on the Revere Beach Parkway last night. No one was hurt, but the incident shut down the parkway in both directions. According to WBZ, "State police officials said a truck went under the overpass on Route 107 North heading toward Chelsea and smashed into the top of the Route 16 bridge, bringing concrete down onto the roadway and damaging Route 16." The road has since been reopened. [WBZ, WHDH] --Two suspects......

--The BPD arrested two people in the South End for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. The gun wouldn't have been discovered if it hadn't accidentally gone off in the bathroom. The Herald reported that the woman who was arrested was the mother of Dontel Jeffers, the child who died at the hands of his foster mother, who was recently sentenced for the crime. Laurel Sweet writes, "Crystal Claiborn [Jeffers' mother] claimed that while aiming the......

--Did carrying around a bunch of mail-order catalogs and dodging dogs all day make an East Boston postal worker snap? Noelle Lacorte, 26, of Revere, was driving her mail truck yesterday morning when she almost ran over a police officer working a detail. The police took offense, and she took off. Here's what happened next, according to the Herald: “The officer observed the operator on her cell phone with a cigarette in one hand and......

--ShotSpotter, the BPD's new gunshot-detection system rounded up a gun-toting suspect Sunday night. Congratulations (we guess) to Justin Searcy, 17, of Mattapan, for being one of the first to be arrested thanks to ShotSpotter. --The driver of the car that crashed into a tree on Blue Hill Avenue was arraigned today in his hospital bed. 21-year-old Rohan Blackwood, of Dorchester, was charged with two counts of motor vehicle homicide and DUI. --Revere police arrested a......

--Police are searching for a man who stabbed two people at Park Street Station after the Red Sox Rally at 11:45 on Monday night. According to MBTA police, the stabber just lost his temper after bumping into the victims and "exchanging words." Surveillance video depicts another man and a woman who were somehow involved in the fight but took off. All three escaped, and the stabber jumped on the tracks and ran out using an......

From the DA's Office: A man was arrested for attempting to kidnap a Los Angeles woman who was walking her bike in Allston early this morning. At about 3:00 am, 25-year-old Bruce Saidi, of Chelsea, and an unknown accomplice, who is still at large, grabbed the woman and held a knife to her throat. Saidi held her head down while the other guy took the bike, and the two forced her over the footbridge over......

Today, some Massachusetts residents will be voting on a replacement for State Senator Jarrett Barrios, who left the Senate to make some bucks working for Blue Cross. The following candidates for his position are all Democrats: Timothy Flaherty - Former assistant DA and son of Charlie Flaherty, who used to be speaker of the Massachusetts House. Definitely has the most badass campaign photo. Also has the most endorsements (Globe, Cambridge Chronicle, Blue Mass Group). Anthony......

Whew! We're so glad all those officials said that our bridges are safe. What's that? You meant safe to drive ON, not UNDER? Oh!! Silly us, our mistake. Thanks for clearing that up. The Tobin Bridge, Boston Authorities were clued in to a potential problem when Dan French of Londonderry, N.H., said last month a softball sized-chunk of concrete smashed his 25-foot boat's windshield. The debris from the Tobin Bridge has not hit anyone,......

--Police picked up Mark Leaston because, according to the DA's office, "Evidence suggests that Leaston forced a 22-year-old woman into his U-Haul, drove her to nearby Kineo Street, and touched her against her will before ordering her out of the truck." Leaston's lawyer is saying that it wasn't kidnapping but that the woman was a prostitute, and Leaston was fighting with her. According to the Globe, the lawyer, Richard Doyle, dropped the words "pounding the......

--Since we got accused of having dirty minds with yesterday's post about the "penis for lunch" sign in Dedham, we wondered what you would think of a post about "illegal dumping." No, it's not that kind of dumping. Geez! We're not that bad. Two men were caught dumping "carpeting, trash, and metal debris" in East Boston. The mayor announced that the city put surveillance cameras near the Chelsea Creek when it got too messy. If......

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the......

Remember May? When this kind of thing happened all the time? The Red Sox and White Sox played a close, competitive game for six innings. Then the Chicago bullpen melted down in a big way, and the good Sox found themselves on the right end of a 11-2 win. The Red Sox had a 2-1 lead going into the sixth, when a J.D. Drew RBI double and a Coco Crisp RBI single gave Kason Gabbard......

The deputy commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department resigned because he lost his license and tried to hide it. Now that's more impressive than your run-of-the-mill sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll scandal. You'd think the head of the Transportation Department would have a relatively clean driving record. He had racked up the violations in New York and Massachusetts, including "driving while impaired." His wife was driving him to work. Perhaps he was ready to ask......

Bostonist loves a night out, especially when she can save the receipt and write it off on her taxes, so attending Blogtoberfest at Match was like a dream come true. We'd been hearing about the luxe lounge since 2005, but, until last Thursday, hadn't found a good excuse to strap on our high heels and do some drinking. The hook for this trendy hotspot lies in the selection of specialty martinis and gourmet miniburgers that......

After the infamous tunnel collapse of this past July, one could argue that East Boston had it bad. Being an island, there is no feasible way for residents to get into the city without going through a tunnel or over a bridge, unless one considers a detour through Chelsea and Somerville "feasible". However, some comfort was taken in the fact that the Sumner and Callahan, built in 1961 and 1934, respectively, had existed for decades......

Just in case the prospect of death and destruction at the airport weren't enough, there's more news today in the ongoing saga of the route to the airport here in Boston. Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the contractor overseeing the Big Dig, has now announced that the bolts holding up ceiling panels in the Ted Williams tunnel - the ones that haven't already given out and caused a fatal ceiling collapse - may not be good for the......

Rolling around Chelsea and East Boston this weekend, we came upon this view of the Tobin Bridge and Downtown Boston that made us feel like we were emerging from the jungle to discover a lost city (it's the trees hanging in from either side). This shot was taken from Mary O'Malley Park, which we urge everyone to check out, as it is an absolutely lovely place for whiling away summer afternoons. The park is off......