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Police & Fire
Fake Hooker Pulls Real Knife To Rob John In Boston Hotel
A Lawrence man and a New York City woman are accused of luring a man to a downtown Boston hotel for sex and then robbing him at knifepoint, authorities said. Robert Santana, 28, of Lawrence, and Danine Simpson, 27, of the Bronx, contacted the man about sex in exchange for cash on a website and set up a meeting on the 23rd floor of the Hilton Hotel at 40 Dalton St. on Thursday, Dec. 21. Related: Woman Nabbed After Stabbing 4 At Boston Hotel When Simpson called the man into her room, police said she pulled out a knife and demanded he hand over $200. The man then reported the i…
Police & Fire
Boston Restaurant Owner Nabbed For Assault, Battery With Gun: Police
A more than week-long search for a wanted Suffolk County man ended with his arrest, officials say. Patrick Mendoza, age 54, of Boston, was arrested on Friday, July 21 for assaulting someone with a gun in Boston on Wednesday, July 12, according to the Boston Police Department. Mendoza owns Monica’s Trattoria, an Italian restaurant located in Boston's North End, according to Boston News 7. Mendoza was wanted on a warrant out of Boston Municipal Court for the following: Assault by means of a dangerous weapon (gun) Assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon Assault …
Police & Fire
Mass State Trooper Hospitalized After Assault By Wanted Weymouth Man In Boston
A wanted man assaulted a pair of law enforcement officers and attempted to get others to intervene on his behalf, officials say. Joseph W. Russell, of Weymouth, was arrested on Monday, July 3 after kicking and punching a police officer and a state trooper, sending the state trooper to the hospital, according to the Massachusetts State Police. The state trooper saw Russell, age 27, in the area of Southampton Street just before 7:50 a.m. and recognized him as the subject of multiple active arrest warrants for drug-related offenses. The trooper approached Russell, who r…
Police & Fire
Boston Man's Death Ruled Homicide, 57-Year-Old Woman Nabbed For Murder: Police
What was initially reported as a cardiac arrest turned out to be far more sinister when, months later, police ruled the death a homicide. A call reporting a person in cardiac arrest brought police to 155 Northampton Street in Boston on November 29, 2022 where they found 55-year-old Robert Lee Scott, of Boston, according to the Boston Police Department. Scott was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Months after his death, on Friday, April 21, 2023, the Medical Examiner ruled Scott's death a homicide. The cause of death was determined to be sharp force injury t…
Police & Fire
Thieving Boston Teens Steal 23 Cell Phones, Came Back For Seconds, Thirds: Police
A pair of 14-year-old boys weren't satisfied with their initial helping of stolen goods and left and came back twice to gather more and more ill-gotten electronics. Thieves smashed a window to 201 Sumner Street in Boston around 4:55 a.m. on Thursday, April 20 and stole multiple cell phones from a wall display, according to the Boston Police Department. A cell phone shop called "celltronic Boston" is listed at that address. The robbers took the phones and left, but an hour later they returned, broke the glass counter display, and took more cell phones. They left and ret…
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: Lynn, Lawrence Men Nabbed For Fentanyl, Crack Cocaine, Oxycodone: Police
A street drug deal went sour when a drug investigation led to two arrests and the seizure of over $4,000 in cash, a loaded Glock, and four different kinds of drugs. Elmer Funes, of Lynn, and Xavier Munoz- Diaz, of Lawrence, were arrested on Thursday, March 30 around 8:30 p.m. after police saw the Funes engage in a street drug deal with Munoz- Diaz in the car with him, according to the Boston Police Department. Police had been conducting a drug investigation in the Eagle Hill area in Boston when they saw the exchange. A traffic stop revealed the c…
Police & Fire
23-Year-Old Linked To Back-To-Back Attempted Murders In Boston, Whitman: Police
Surveillance cameras were the undoing of a green-jacket-clad man who kicked an unsuspecting person into the pit of an MBTA station and then, only a few hours later, repeatedly stabbed a man inside an apartment complex. Kedrian Deavonni Perry-Marshall violently kicked a person into the pit at the MBTA State Street Station in Boston at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28 and then stabbed a 27-year-old man at an apartment complex on Myrtle Avenue in Whitman at approximately 8:15 p.m., according to MBTA Transit Police and the Whitman Police Department. Perry-Marshall's first victim was not injured…
Police & Fire
New York Fugitive Slashed Boston 75-Year-Old's Throat, Ate His Food, Slept On His Couch: DA
A Brooklyn fugitive searched two floors of a West End apartment building for an unlocked door before entering the apartment of a 75-year-old and killing him brutally, according to the office of Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden. The apartment's resident, David MacDonald, often left his door unlocked so services like Meals On Wheels could easily enter his apartment, according to the DA's office. Dion Pelzer entered the apartment building, located at 65 Martha Road, around 9:30 p.m. on February 15, 2023, and took advantage of MacDonald's unlocked door, entering his a…
Police & Fire
'Can We Talk:' Revere Man Charged With Hoarding Child Porn, Authorities Say
Specialty task forces reaped the rewards of a covert online operation when they arrested a 24-year-old man for possessing and disseminating child porn. Sani Zuntu, of Revere, was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 28 around 5:50 p.m. at 50 Park Plaza on charges of possession of child pornography, nudity, or sexual contact, and disseminating child pornography or nudity and sexual contact, according to the Boston Police Department. Leading the conversation with the text, "Hey, can we talk please," Zuntu shared child pornographic material with uncover investigators, Suffolk County District …
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37 Dirt Bikes, Mopeds Seized in Months-Long Boston Investigation: Police
A slew of fentanyl, firearms, dirt bikes, and mopeds was seized and a quartet of Bostonians arrested due to a long-term investigation into illegal drag racing, officials say. Police executed multiple search warrants in the area of 44 Lochdale Street, Roslindale around 12:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, according to the Boston Police Department. The search warrants were obtained through an investigation into groups of people involved in illegal drag racing events which involved large crowds, excessively loud music, public drinking, and reckless driving. The warrants turned up multiple firearm…
Police & Fire
Katherine Clark's Child Arrested While Protesting Police Shooting Of Manuel Terán
The child of a Massachusetts State Representative was among two people arrested at a demonstration that echoed the message of another protest decrying the shooting of an activist by police in the South. Police responded to a call about a protest at the Parkman Bandstand Monument in the Boston Common on Tremont Street around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, according to the Boston Police Department. Upon arrival, police found an individual spray painting the messages “NO COP CITY” and “ACAB,” on the monument. BPD says during the arrest, about 20 other protesters surrounded officers, int…
News
Climate Change Protestors Disrupt Morning Commute Throughout Boston Area
An organization pushing for climate change reform took to the streets of Boston Wednesday morning, Sept. 21 in an effort to make Massachusetts ban new fossil fuel infrastructure. The organization, known as Extinction Rebellion, is a movement that strives to persuade governments to "act justly" on the climate emergency, according to their website. Massachusetts must place the well-being of every present and future human being above the fossil fuel industry's profits... Posted by Extinction Rebellion Boston on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Extinction Rebellion coordinates non-violent de…
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