Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'lucernestreetdoggz'
September 29, 2007
--Don't mess with the elderly in this city. They are not easy targets. A guy found that out when he tried to steal an old woman's purse at the Downtown Crossing T stop. On Wednesday night, Christopher Linehan, 29, of Dorchester, tried to snatch the purse of the unidentified 79-year-old woman. Neither party would let go of the purse, so Linehan tried dragging the woman to one of the black turnstiles. Good Samaritans started blocking......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: The Grannies Fight Back"May 25, 2007
More news has emerged about the large group of gang members who were rounded up yesterday following the shooting of a BPD officer. Shooter Antonio Franklin belonged to the Castlegate gang, not the Lucerne Street Doggz, but the mass arrest might send a message to gang members in general. The Lucerne Street Doggz were awfully busy. Their alleged crimes include 57 shootings, 6 murders, coke-dealing, and general havoc. One crime listed included robbing middle school......
Continue Reading "More Dirt on the Lucerne Street Doggz, Officer Shooting"May 24, 2007
--A Boston police officer got hit during a shoot-out with alleged gang members in Dorchester last night. Stephen Romano, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was hit in the chest but will survive. The shooting started when police interfaced with Antonio Franklin and Durrell Curry. Franklin shot Romano, and then a state trooper on the scene returned fire and hit Franklin, leaving him in critical condition, but Curry escaped. The Herald had a disturbing detail.......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Officer Shot in Dorchester"