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2 Busted In Brookline Violent Home Invasion; Police Searching For 3rd Suspect 2 Busted In Brookline Violent Home Invasion; Police Searching For 3rd Suspect
2 Busted In Brookline Violent Home Invasion; Police Searching For 3rd Suspect Two men who police say forced their way inside a Brookline home in the middle of the night in July to rob and assault the person inside have been caught, but a third suspect remains on the run.  Manuel Alicea, 31, of Tewksbury, and Dominic Hardin, 34, of Lowell, are being held without pending a dangerousness hearing after being arraigned on Wednesday, Sept. 27, Brookline police announced. Officers are searching for Corey Buchanan, 31, of Lowell.  Investigators said the trio donned ski masks to break into a home on Warren Street just before 2:30 a.m. on July 18. They robb…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
'Warhammer 40K' Stickers Peppered On LGBTQ, BLM Flags In Brookline: Police 'Warhammer 40K' Stickers Peppered On LGBTQ, BLM Flags In Brookline: Police
'Warhammer 40K' Stickers Peppered On LGBTQ, BLM Flags In Brookline: Police Authorities in Brookline are trying to figure out how two flags representing social movements were defaced with stickers from a tabletop war game whose imagery is often found in hate speech.  Brookline Police learned that the Black Lives Matter and Progress Pride flags outside the library in Coolidge Corner, located at 31 Pleasant Street, were vandalized on morning of Tuesday, Dec. 20.  The flags were peppered with stickers that appeared to reference the popular war game "Warhammer 40,000," whose imagery has often been adapted to symbolize hate speech. The stickers read "Hersey" and had a …

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Brookline Bank Robber Caught After Officers Recognized Him From Earlier Bust: Police Brookline Bank Robber Caught After Officers Recognized Him From Earlier Bust: Police
Brookline Bank Robber Caught After Officers Recognized Him From Earlier Bust: Police The tip came from inside the house. When police started looking for a man they said robbed a Brookline bank, they didn't have to go far to find him. The officers remembered him from an arrest a few days earlier.  Jerome Turner, a 47-year-old Boston man, is accused of entering the Brookline Bank in Harvard Square earlier this week, Brookline police said. Turner reportedly walked into the bank and handed the teller a note demanding cash, authorities continued.  Shortly after the robbery police put out a security camera image of the suspect and two Brookline officers recognized him i…

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by Josh Lanier
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United Parish In Brookline Condemns Destruction Of Their Trans Pride Flag United Parish In Brookline Condemns Destruction Of Their Trans Pride Flag
United Parish In Brookline Condemns Destruction Of Their Trans Pride Flag A parish in Brookline is spreading messages of positivity after their Trans pride flag was vandalized on their doorstep last month.  "The hate and violence shown on our lawn has no place in the kind of world that Jesus imagined and God created," United Parish said in a Facebook post. "We at the United Parish in Brookline believe that all people are made in the image of God and embrace and cherish every person and every kind of family." We are sad to report that on Thursday, August 25, someone burned and destroyed the Trans pride flag on our front lawn.... Posted by United Parish in Bro…

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by David Cifarelli