-- Two men were found shot last night in Dorchester, one fatally. The dead man was found slumped over a steering wheel; the other victim was found outside the car, with a gunshot wound to the head that sent him to Boston Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition. Both victims were in their 40s. [BPDNews, Globe] -- In an unrelated incident, police found two men, also in their 40s, suffering from multiple gunshot......

-- Early this morning, a woman was sexually assaulted in Egleston Square, Jamaica Plain by a man she said was a police officer, who might have been the same man police later nabbed in Roxbury, dressed like police and attempting to assault a second victim. [BPDNews] -- A Boston firefighter was arrested last night after allegedly assaulting a 62-year-old man inside Hyde Park's Polish American Club. The victim suffered a heart attack after the alleged......

-- A 17-year-old boy was shot dead last night on Parker St. in Jamaica Plain. The shooting happened around 9:13 p.m. and was detected by police in the area, who spotted a man fleeing the scene. Minutes later, on Notre Dame St. in Roxbury, police arrested a 19-year-old Dorchester man, whom they suspect as being the fugitive. The man was charged on marijuana possession and guns charges but does not yet face charges in connection......

-- A road rage altercation ended in bloodshed in a Union Square parking lot when a 35-year-old Jamaica Plain man was stabbed by an unknown assailant who escaped the scene. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries. [Somerville Journal] -- A 28-year-old woman was assaulted on Sacramento Street near Porter Square as she jogged down the stairs of a pedestrian underpass. [Somerville Journal] -- Boston police nabbed a pair of male alleged common nightwalkers during a vice......

-- This morning, a 17-year-old was shot outside of the Ashmont MBTA station in Dorchester, which capped a series of three shootings in which five were injured. Police say that this shooting, and the others, was not random. [BPDNews] -- The second shooting happened last night in Mattapan when a 19-year-old was shot in the chest while riding his bike. Relatives say that the victim, identified as Chris Pounds, had been on a mission to......

-- Charles Cherry, the 66-year-old Roxbury man who was arrested in connection with Friday's murder of a 56-year-old neighbor is a disabled man who suffers from a neurological disorder that keeps him from walking unaided. Police, who originally believed that he had stabbed Elvia McField to death, now say that he shot her with a high-powered rifle after a dispute in his apartment over money. Cherry pleaded not guilty to the charge. [Herald] -- The......

-- Elvia McField, 56, was found stabbed to death in her home on Amory St., near the boundary between Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. Police arrested 66-year-old Charles Cherry and charged him with the murder. [WCVB; BPDNews] -- A 25-year-old woman was raped at gunpoint at the Back Bay Orange Line station yesterday evening, and police have arrested a 48-year-old parolee for committing the crime. The woman was approached by her assailant while on the subway......

-- Larelle Pratt, 19 of Boston, whom police describe as "an impact player" in the local gang scene, was arrested in the Sunday night shooting of two boys in Roxbury. Pratt shot the boys, who were sitting on the back porch of a Roxbury triple decker, and calmly left the crime scene, police say. Prosecutor accounts have revealed that the 17-year-old victim of the gunfire, Eric Parson, saved the life of his 4-year-old cousin, Ferris......

Jamaica Plain's Kelly Ice Rink is slated to get $5.69 million for renovations if the state bond bill passes, according to the Jamaica Plain Gazette. The funds will be used to begin construction on a new, indoor rink to be built near the Jackson Square T station, on the border of JP and Roxbury. (The existing rink is a smallish, outdoor affair near the Stony Brook station.) Kelly Rink advocates had been vying with supporters......

-- A fisticuffs between two Roxbury women turned bloody early Sunday morning after a broken bottle got involved, authorities said. Police arrested one. The stabbing victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries. [BPDNews] -- Thursday night, Boston police arrested two men after a Roxbury bouncer was found beaten and stabbed. The incident, which happened on Norvia's bar on Washington St., began when the bouncer tried to escort three brawling patrons out of the establishment. The victim suffered non-life-threatening......

-- A shooting in Roxbury early Saturday morning left police looking for a smashed up Ford Taurus. A man in his late 30s was found shot near Franklin Park at 1:20 a.m. Saturday, and was transported to Boston Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Police seek the Taurus, registration 5021RK, in connection with the crime. [BPDNews] -- Saturday night, a Lowell prostitute bound a drunken john using a belt before escaping with $62,000 in cash, authorities......

-- Bostonist would like the words "Roxbury" and "Dorchester" to go on hiatus from the Blotter headlines for a few weeks. A quadruple shooting in Roxbury left four teenagers, two boys and two girls, hospitalized last night with non-life-threatening injuries. The children, aged 15 and 16, were shot by a fleet footed gunman while they sat on a stoop on Wardman Road, blocks from the Jamaica Plain border, and within a short walk of the......

-- A man in his 30s was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon in Roxbury during a scuffle. Based on witness statements, police arrested David Copeland, 29, of Roxbury, who was arraigned on murder charges today. [BPDNews; Globe] -- In an unrelated incident, a man was shot early this morning in Roxbury. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Police pursued a suspect on foot, who eluded them. [BPDNews] -- A gruesome sequence of events in Lynn has resulted......

-- Two people were shot in a Roxbury apartment early this morning, according to police. One victim, a man in his thirties, died from multiple gunshot wounds at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The second victim, a teenager, suffered a superficial wound to his hand and has not cooperated with authorities, according to police. [BPDNews] -- A Roslindale man was arraigned yesterday on charges that he shot a man to death in Fitchburg. Ryan J. O'Neil,......

-- Bullets filled the Roxbury air last night as a shootout resulted in an injury to a man driving a van full of children. The shootout happened around 8:00pm on Columbia Road, and police do not believe that the victim was the target of the gunmen, who have not been apprehended. Bullets riddled the driver's van and a number of local businesses, but no other injuries have been reported. [Globe] -- A 38-year-old Malden man......

-- 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,"......

-- Deadly violence in Boston continued unabated as a man was found shot to death in Roxbury early this morning. Police say that Alex Burgos, 22, of Boston, was shot multiple times on Ditmus Court, near the intersection of Tremont and Lenox. No motive has been advanced for the killing and no arrests have been made. [BPDNews] -- Police arrested a 20-year-old Dorchester man on charges that he shot someone late Sunday night. Police say......

-- Boston police conducted a massive crackdown on the city's gangs, arresting nearly 50 suspected offenders on Friday. The sweep included the arrest of Caiheem C. Kindell, 18, of Brockton, who is suspected in connection with the Independence Day quadruple shooting in Hyde Park. [BPDNews] -- Nevertheless, violence continued across the city. Within hours of the conclusion of the BPD sweep, a man was killed on Whittier Street in Roxbury, across the street from police......

-- Boston police report that they have arrested a suspect in yesterday's shooting of a 25-year-old on Devon Street in Roxbury. William Terrell Hart, 22, of Brockton has been charged with a number of offenses in connection with the crime, which has left the victim hospitalized in serious condition. [BPDNews] -- Three boys were shot early this morning in Dorchester. The boys, ages 13, 15, and 16, were shot on a third floor balcony on......

-- Boston police have arrested a man in connection with the June 30 shooting of a 7-year-old boy who was playing kickball in Roxbury. Richard Penha, 19, of Hyde Park, pleaded not guilty to charges that he shot the boy during a shootout with an assailant on a bicycle. Authorities say that the man on the bicycle shot Penha while he was driving and that Penha returned fire, striking the boy. Penha's passenger, Kenny Francois,......

-- Early this morning, police found a man shot to death at the corner of Circuit Street and Walnut Ave., in Roxbury, near Washington Park. The victim was 20-years-old. No arrests have been made, and no motive has been advanced. He was Boston's third homicide in the past 24 hours and the 33rd of the year. [BPDNews] -- A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed yesterday during a cookout in Hyde Park. He was shot......

-- Two of four men suspected of robbing convenience stores in Jamaica Plain and Hyde Park two weeks ago were apprehended by police. [BPDNews] -- Rodrick J. Taylor was convicted this morning of the 2006 strangling murder of Dominique Samuels, whose charred body was found in Franklin Park. Taylor will be sentenced on Monday. [Globe] -- Police have joined with community groups in an effort to quash the gang beef that has been dropping bodies......

-- Two people were found shot early this morning in Mattapan. One of the victims, a 27-year-old male who had been shot in the arm, drove the other, a 28-year-old woman, to Carney Hospital, where she died. No arrests have been made in connection with the incidents. [BPDNews] -- James Keown was convicted today of the 2004 murder by antifreeze of his wife. He received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. [Globe]......

-- A 7-year-old boy was shot last night amid the crossfire between warring youths. The child had been playing kickball near Smith Street on the Mission Hill end of Roxbury when he was apparently struck by ricocheting bullets. He remains hospitalized with multiple injuries. The shooting started when a man on a bicycle allegedly fired at two men in a Honda SUV, hitting the driver, who was later hospitalized at Brigham and Women's. The passenger,......

A time capsule that has been lurking under Dudley Square since 1922 was opened today. The small box, which had been found in the Annex of the Ferdinand Building, contained newspapers, furniture store advertisements, and other ephemera from 1922, including a transcript of the speech given by Mayor Michael Curley when the box was first buried. Our Popular Mayor did the honors and presented the capsule's contents to State Representative Byron Rushing, who accepted......

-- A 16-year-old boy was shot dead in Roxbury last night. Neighbors have identified him as Quamaine Williams. He is Boston's 27th homicide this year. No suspect has been named in the case. [Globe] -- A Gloucester couple pleaded guilty to charges that they photographed their 8-year-old daughter having sex and posted the images online. [Globe] -- A New Hampshire man faces charges that he raped five prostitutes in Brockton. [Herald] -- A convicted sex......

-- Tormu Prall, the fugitive wanted in connection with a New Jersey arson-homicide, and whom Boston police unwittingly released, is now wanted in connection with a case of suspected arson in Cambridge. Police believe that Prall may have set fire to a Broadway apartment building to smoke out a former girlfriend. Prall is said to frequent Boston and Cambridge homeless shelters as well as the streets of Central Square. [Cambridge Chronicle; Globe] -- A wave......

-- The victim of Saturday night's fatal stabbing in South Boston has been identified by police as Curtis Ashford, 24, of Roxbury. No arrests have been made in the case, which police are actively investigating. [BPDNews] -- The arraignment hearing of Kenneth Mauras, a 17-year-old Roslindale youth who faces charges of hit and run following a Hyde Park drag racing escapade, was the scene of a mêlée yesterday morning. After the hearing, Mauras's family and......

-- Upton police found the body of a couple, who they believe were killed in a murder-suicide. Dawn Armstrong, 37, and Thomas Lizotte, 42, of Millville, who were said to be lovers in an "on-and-off relationship," were found stabbed to death in Armstrong's Upton home. Police believe that Lizotte killed Armstrong before killing himself. [WBZTV] -- A man in his 20s was stabbed to death late Saturday night in South Boston, police say. The identity......

-- Boston police are looking for a man rumored to be in the South End or Downtown who is wanted in connection with an alleged murder by arson by police in Trenton, NJ. Tormu Pralle (pictured), also known as Denzel Willington is considered dangerous. [BPDNews] -- Three Harvard students have been assaulted in May. The third attack came Wednesday night when a male victim was attacked from behind near Grant and Banks Streets. He fought......