Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'erinsmith>'
November 27, 2007
--The Mattapan teenager who was shot in the jaw yesterday has not been named but was a student and basketball player at Charlestown High. Also yesterday, a man was stabbed last night on Cambridge Street, and he is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. --An armed robbery happened at the Au Bon Pain at Harvard Square the night of November 19. Matt Dunning Erin Smith at the Cambridge Chronicle reports that three masked robbers "tied......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: More on Teen Shooting Victim, ABP Hold-Up"November 20, 2007
Attention, Cambridge citizens--there is a hungry burglar in your midst, and you should protect your Thanksgiving foodstuffs. Erin Smith reports that a Berkshire Street resident thought a thief broke into his apartment on November 14. The evidence showed that "The burglar ate some leftover Shepherd’s Pie in the refrigerator, but was considerate enough to place the dirty Pyrex pie pan in the sink before leaving, according to police reports. However, the pie thief did forget......
Continue Reading "Oddblotter: Someone's Been Eating My Shepherd's Pie!"November 15, 2007
--A young man was shot and killed yesterday afternoon in Roxbury. David Jones, 17, of Boston was shot several times on Bartlett Street. This is the 61st murder of the year. The Herald reports that Jones may have been friends with a gang member who was murdered in February of this year. The police don't think it was random. His family told the Globe that he was "trying to turn his life around." WBZ noted......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Murder in Roxbury"November 6, 2007
Somebody is getting kicked out of the bowling league. Erin Smith at the Cambridge Chronicle tells the story of a rumble at Lanes and Games that sent one employee to the hospital on Sunday night.* Seven people were boozing it up (no word about their game) and grew pugnacious when the owner tried to toss them. The suspects left, but they returned to kick some bowling-alley-employee butt. Believe it or not, the suspects left and......
Continue Reading "Oddblotter: Walter Sobchak Is Somewhere in Cambridge"October 26, 2007
--Someone found a man in his 20s who had been killed by a gunshot wound to the head this morning on Westville Street. The Herald is reporting that the man was a relative of Andre Stoner, who was killed on October 17. Whoever killed Stoner's relative left him for dead in the John Marshall Elementary School parking lot. --Speaking of Andre Stoner and his family, Jessica Fargen of the Herald reports that the family has......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Man Found Dead on Westville Street"August 21, 2007
--Neighbors in Everett are still shocked that George Philbrook, who killed his ex-wife and went straight to the liquor store, could do such a thing. Philbrook projected the image of a friendly guy, but he started shutting off before shooting Dorothy Philbrook. They had been fighting about money, and Dorothy Philbrook was apparently a fan of scratch tickets. The Herald was very much into the detail about scratch tickets. Someone allegedly heard Philbrook shout, "You......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Can Scratch Tickets Drive Someone to Murder?"