Police are investigating four deaths in two separate incidents on Monday. A 14-month old was found unattended in a van today on Floyd Street at Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester and died, after a 3:30 p.m. "cardiac medical emergency" was called in. Three dead bodies were found in a Waltham apartment on Harding Street this afternoon.
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In one Eastern Mass town, everyone complied with the US Census. [Boston Globe]
And a depressed section of Dorchester has one of the lowest percentages of Census participation. [Boston Globe]
Massachusetts same-sex couples are beginning their court battle against the federal law that doesn't recognize their marriages. [NPR]
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James J. Auerbach, 68, and Thomas Frank Barnes, 38, both of Natick were arrested after postal inspectors in Shrewsbury and Natick and Framingham police found 14-15 pounds of marijuana. A drug-sniffing dog checked the package, which police say was sent in the mail from California, and police began surveillance outside the post office. Auerbah picked up the pot and brought it to the Natick apartment he shares with Barnes. Police arrested Auerbach there and found another six pounds of pot, $50,000 in cash and a gun. The drugs are reportedly worth about $100,00. Both men are charged with possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute and conspiracy.Auerbach faces additional weapons charges and has prior convictions. Auerbach was held on $10,000 bail and Barnes on $250 bail. [MetroWest Daily News]
The four-year old boy shot at Harambee Park in Dorchester on Monday night was hit by a stray bullet fired in a gang-related shooting, police said. There were reports of multiple gunshots fired before several young men were seen fleeing towards Blue Hill Avenue. This contradicts initial police reports of shooters on motorbikes. Police recovered ballistic evidence from the scene. The victim is in stable condition. [Globe], [WHDH]
Two men were shot and killed in Boston this weekend in two seperate incidents. On Saturday night, a man was shot near Eustis and Dearborn streets in Roxbury. He was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center. On Sunday, a second man was shot in Dorchester near the intersection of East Cottage and Sumner streets. Police are investigating both shootings. Information on either case can be reported to the homicide unit at 617-343-4470 or the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 800-494-8477, or by texting the word tip to 27463. [Globe]
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.
The State Police arrested Frank. S. Ceccaroni, 47, of Holliston, today for drunk driving after a high speed chase on I-93 today. Ceccaroni reportedly, according to the Globe, has five previous operating under the influence arrests. Police saw Ceccaroni swerving on I-93 in an Infiniti that been reported stolen and bore plates registered to a Dodge Caravan. He collided with a tractor-trailer before being arrested. Ceccaroni faces charges for drunk driving, failure to stop for police and allegedly driving a stolen car. [Globe]
Michael Varano, 52, of Bridgewater was arrested, for robbing the St. Thomas Aquinas parish center in Bridgewater, for the second time in three months for breaking and entering and larceny on Friday. His 11-year old son was with him during the robberies. Varano was arraigned on April 6 on 49 charges after breaking into 16 homes. During one heist, he brought his 4-year old daughter with him. His son faces juvenile charges. [WCVB]
A Hingham man faces multiple charges, including two counts of aggravated assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, trespassing, and a civil rights violation with injury, after allegedly attacking two people in Waltham last week. Timothy A. Schmitt, 22, of Hingham and Bentley University pleaded not guilty and was held on $2,000 cash bail. Schmitt allegedly attacked a pregnant woman and a deaf black man, and used racial slurs toward them. The man suffered a broken skull bone. Schmitt’s mother said her son denied being the instigator and denied that the incident was "racially motivated." He was suspended from Bentley University. [Waltham Patch], [WCVB]
Police are searching for the driver of a "compact to mid-size black car" involved in an accident in Dorchester on Saturday that killed a 39-year old mother of three.
Police found a gun in a box a Cheerios while investigating a double shooting in Dorchester on Sunday night. Offiers reportedly heard gunshots and found two wounded people at 530 Washington Street after the shots. Neither victim had life threatening injuries. A witness was assaulted when trying to report the shootings. Police arrested two Dorchester men at 11 Wheatland Avenue men for assault and battery and intimidation of a witness. [MyFoxBoston], [Globe]
A man wearing a SpongeBob SquarePants winter hat was arrested yesterday after allegedly exposing himself to a crowd of 40 or so people at the Ashmont T stop. He first mooned the passengers and then "winked and smiled" at the crowd, and then pulled his pants down completely, spun around and fondled himself. The Dorchester man fled after a passenger threatened to take his picture. He was charged with open and gross lewdness, released, and ordered to visit the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. All charges alleged until proven under law. [WCVB], [Dorchester Reporter]
Four children were sent to the hospital after a porch collapsed at a Dorchester triple decker home at 21 Crowell Street on Saturday. The kids were reportedly making a snowman at the time. All four kids were treated and released last night. Lucia Audate, the mother of two kids involved, thought the weight of the snow on the porch caused the collapse. She's relieved the kids are safe. "All of those kids, I say thank you God for keeping them safe," she said. [Fox25], [Herald]
Massachusetts State Police trooper Timothy J. Walsh, 41, of Dorchester faces multiple charges, including operating under the influence of alcohol and illegal discharge of a firearm, after allegedly driving drunk on South Munroe Terrace, colliding with parked cars, pointing a gun at an off-duty Boston police officer, and shooting into his living room ceiling. (This is not what "locked and loaded" means.) According to media reports, Walsh received the Army Commendation Medal for valor while serving in Afghanistan in 2009. He has been on military leave for five years, He was reportedly using a personal weapon he was licensed to carry. All charges alleged until proven under law. [Globe], [WHDH]
If a vehicle crashes or something burns, read about it here. Bruce M. Shulman, 67, of East Boston is the pilot who crashed his home-made helicopter in Halifax on Sunday. He's in Brigham and Women's Hospital in critical condition.
Predictions of low-voter turnout appeared accurate this morning. The Globe reported that 9,047 people had voted in Boston by 9 a.m. That's 2.47% of Hub voters. Only 24 people had voted at Dorchester House Multi-Service Center by 9 a.m. while 97 voters cast ballots at the Foley Apartments on H Street by 8:15 a.m. The Fourth Suffolk seat is in play. [Globe]
-- Police allege Alan Menchin, 19, of South Dennis broke into a Yarmouth home last week and was fought off by an 83-year-old marine and WWII veteran. Menchin reportedly hit the victim with a glass candlestick. He was charged with home invasion and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. [WBZ]
Everywhere Bostonist turns, we see crazy animal news.
-- A 38-year old Dorchester man suspected of multiple arson incidents in Boston since 2008 was arrested today after an arson this morning in Roslindale. Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department. GPS data from a GPS attached to his car helped in the arrest. If convicted, the suspect faces up to 40 years imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. [BPDNews.com]
-- A Boston Police drug unit executed a search warrant on Coleman Street in Dorchester on Wednesday an collected an AK-47, three clips and 39 rounds of armor piercing ammunition. A Dorchester woman was arrested on weapons charges. The AK-47 was allegedly stolen. [BPDNews.com]
-- Dianne Wilkerson pleaded guilty to eight counts of attempted extortion and faces up to four years in prison. [Globe]
-- One ton of marijuana was found Wednesday in Dorchester. Felix Baez-Soto, 40, was held on $1 million bail. A ton of pot is apparently worth $5 million. [Globe, Herald]
Memorial Day weekend brought tragic violence in addition to outdoor grilling and Quebecois forest fires. At least four people were murdered in Boston over the weekend, including a 14-year-old boy.
-- Machetes are everywhere in Somerville, and they aren't being used to clear the city's magnificent brush. A few days after the combined machete-slingshot attack on Pearl Street, Somerville cops picked up a pair of men in connection to an unrelated machete-related robbery, this time also involving a brick. [Somerville News]
The Biblical flooding across Boston has unfortunately not kept the crime rate low. Boston police report a spate of shootings—both fatal and non-life-threatening—from across the city.
-- A 30-year-old Dorchester man was shot and killed on Draper Street after almost a dozen shots were fired. A witness described it as a movie scene and "total pandemonium." The Herald reported at least one gunman was involved. The victim had a "minor" record. [Herald]
-- A teacher at Londonderry High School turned herself in after allegedly sending a student nude photos of herself. Melinda Dennehy faces one felony count of indecent exposure at her March 23 arraignment. [WCVB]