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The Family That Fights Together: Dad, Daughters Attack Boston Theater Workers, DA Says
A 47-year-old man and two of his daughters were arrested after they allegedly attacked security staff at a Boston movie theater when they were asked to leave for harassing workers, authorities said.
Freddie Bates faces charges of carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded gun without a license, assault and battery, affray, trespassing, and disorderly conduct following the alleged incident last week, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.
Bates visited the AMC Movie Theater in Dorchester with his four daughters on Friday, March 24, and harassed the …
Boston Man Accused Of Killing Man in 1984 Picks Up 2nd Murder Charge
A South Boston man with a history of ties to violent gangs, including notorious mobster Whitey Bulger, picked up his second murder charge on Tuesday, March 28, authorities said. Both killings are more than 30 years old.
Michael Lewis, 62, who is being held on a 1984 murder charge, was indicted in the killing of a Boston Housing Authority supervisor in South Boston in April 1993, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.
Lewis is accused of beating, stabbing, and shooting William Villani, 46, in Villani’s office at Two Sterling Square in South Boston.
Lewis…
Drugs And Ammo: Suspected Trafficker Busted After Police Raid Boston Home, DA Says
A 53-year-old Boston man was arrested earlier this week after police raided his home and found crack, cocaine, fentanyl, and drug-selling paraphernalia, authorities said on Thursday, March 23.
Ralph Gradozzi was charged with trafficking with intent to distribute and possession of ammunition without an FID card, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A judge set his bail at $7,500 and ordered him held on home confinement if he is released.
Boston police raided Gradozzi's Faywood Avenue home in East Boston on Monday, March 20, and seized 21.34 grams of fentanyl, …
Attack Broke Victim's Facial Bones: 3 Boston Women Arrested In Assault, DA Says
Prosecutors charged three Boston women with an attack last month that left the victim with a broken facial bone and ruptured blood vessels in her neck, authorities said.
Jalisa Banks, age 31, of Jamacia Plains, and Candace Phillips, 37, of Dorchester, were arraigned Monday, March 6, on charges of assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) causing serious bodily injury, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Despite the prosecutor asking for bails of $2,500 and $7,500 for the women — respectively, the judge released them on personal reco…