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Drunk Wakefield Man Threatens To Blow Up Store During Fight With Security: DA Drunk Wakefield Man Threatens To Blow Up Store During Fight With Security: DA
Drunk Wakefield Man Threatens To Blow Up Store During Fight With Security: DA A drunk Wakefield man is facing multiple charges after he got into a physical fight with Primark security, tried to steal something from the store, and then threatened to blow up the building when he lost, authorities said.  Williams Rodriguez-Juarez, 24, is charged with unarmed robbery, making a bomb or hijack threat, assault and battery on a police officer, strangulation or suffocation, trespassing, resisting arrest,  and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (shod foot), the Suffolk County District Attorney said. A judge set his bail at $500, and he must stay away from…

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by Josh Lanier
Lifestyle
Longtime Boston Bartender Crafts New Cocktail Bar Heading To Charlestown Longtime Boston Bartender Crafts New Cocktail Bar Heading To Charlestown
Longtime Boston Bartender Crafts New Cocktail Bar Heading To Charlestown The man behind award-winning craft cocktails is launching his dream cocktail bar after years of preparation.  Seth Freidus has worked his way around some of the Boston area's most-respected restaurants as a bartender, manager, and consultant. He's now opening up a venue of his own, where the spotlight will be on his award-winning craft cocktails. Freidus's new cocktail bar will be called Good Company and will be located at 100 Hood Park, near Tradesman Coffee & Pizza and Turnstyle Cycling. A menu has not yet been made public, but guests can likely expect to enjoy the inventive flavor …

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Unprovoked Attacks On Asian Women In Cambridge Leads To Charges: DA Unprovoked Attacks On Asian Women In Cambridge Leads To Charges: DA
Unprovoked Attacks On Asian Women In Cambridge Leads To Charges: DA Authorities have charged a 53-year-old Cambridge man with attacking two Asian women without reason or remorse last year, officials announced on Tuesday, Jan. 17.Alexander Ivaneko faces charges of assault and battery on a person over 60 causing injury, assault and battery, two counts of assault and battery to intimidate, and two counts of civil rights violation with injury, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. A judge ordered him held on  $5,000 bail.  Police said Ivanenko approached an elderly Asian-American woman on April 2 and then punched her in the face as she walked…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Boston Teenager, 13, Missing Since Leaving Charlestown Basketball Game Boston Teenager, 13, Missing Since Leaving Charlestown Basketball Game
Boston Teenager, 13, Missing Since Leaving Charlestown Basketball Game Boston Police are asking for the public's help in finding a teenager who has not been seen or heard from since leaving a basketball this week.  Nycere Johnson, age 13, was last seen in the area of 861 Blue Hill Avenue around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, according to police. He was apparently last seen leaving a basketball game in Charlestown that night, multiple news agencies report.  BPD Missing Person Alert: 13-Year-Old Nycere Johnson BPD Missing Person Alert: The Boston Police Department is seeking... Posted by Boston Police Department (Official) on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Nyce…

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by David Cifarelli
News
Boston Woman Held On Bail For Trying To Set People On Fire In Downtown Crossing Boston Woman Held On Bail For Trying To Set People On Fire In Downtown Crossing
Boston Woman Held On Bail For Trying To Set People On Fire In Downtown Crossing A Boston woman was held on $5,000 bail and ordered to stay away from her victims after trying to light people on fire in downtown last week, authorities said. Police responded to reports of a woman pointing a lighter and Lysol at people outside the Roche Bros in Downtown Crossing around 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office reports.  When officers arrived, the woman, later identified as Syrette Copeland, ran away. She was arrested after a brief struggle with officers in Downtown Crossing Station, the office reports. Officers later lear…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Dorchester Man Arrested Selling Heroin At Boston Macy's: Authorities Dorchester Man Arrested Selling Heroin At Boston Macy's: Authorities
Dorchester Man Arrested Selling Heroin At Boston Macy's: Authorities Police arrested a 29-year-old Dorchester man for selling heroin at a Macy's in Boston last week, authorities said.   Edison Arias, 29, was arraigned on Monday on charges of trafficking heroin under 200 grams, distribution of a Class A substance, and theft under $1,200, the Suffolk County District Attorney said.  Security at the Macy's in Downtown Crossing called police on Friday, July 22, after they said they spotted Arias selling drugs and trying to steal a shirt and called police, the district attorney said. Boston Police said they found 118 grams of heroin, cash, and two c…

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by Josh Lanier