News Releases

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that Albert Goslin, Superintendent of the Bureau of Internal Investigations, will be the Superintendent-in-Chief of the department. Lt. Det. Daniel Linskey, currently the head of Bureau of Special Services, will become the department’s chief-of-staff. The two appointments will help maintain stability within the department as it gears up for […]

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that Albert Goslin, Superintendent of the Bureau of Internal Investigations, will be the Superintendent-in-Chief of the department. Lt. Det. Daniel Linskey, currently the head of Bureau of Special Services, will become the department’s chief-of-staff. The two appointments will help maintain stability within the department as it gears up for

This afternoon Rodrick Taylor, 34, of Dorchester was arrested for the April 30 homicide of 19-year-old Dominique Samuels. Members of the Boston Police Homicide Unit, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Detectives from District 2 and members of the Youth Violence Strike Force arrested Taylor based on significant and credible evidence during this intensive two-week long

The Boston Police Department and Suffolk County District Attorney\’s Office today announce that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has officially ruled the death of Dominique Samuels to be a homicide. The cause of Ms. Samuel\’s death was homicidal asphyxiation of undetermined mechanism. Homicide detectives and representatives of the district attorney\’s office are continuing

Last night at 10:22pm, officers from District 2 responded to 13 Wendover Street in Dorchester on a report of shots fired and while in route to the call were notified that a person was shot. On arrival, officers located the victim of a gunshot wound. The victim, Alex Mendes, 24, was transported to the Boston

This morning at 8:36am, officers from District 3 responded to a report of an armed robbery at Wales and Harvard Streets in Dorchester. On arrival officers spoke with a 42-year-old Boston man who stated that he was robbed, at gunpoint, of jewelry by a male and two females. While the officers were interviewing the victim,

Officers from District 11 responded to a radio call this morning at 2:13am for a report of shots fired at 196 Hamilton Street in Dorchester. On arrival the officers located a 24-year-old male lying on the ground opposite 190 Hamilton Street suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to the Boston Medical Center

At 2:13am this morning officers in District 11 responded to Hamilton Street in Dorchester on a call of shots fired. On arrival they located a victim on the ground opposite 190 Hamilton suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim, who is not identified at this time, was transported to the Boston Medical Center and

At 8:16pm last night, officers from District 2 responded to 6 Carmel Street in Roxbury for a man down. On arrival they observed a victim lying in an alleyway suffering from what appeared to be head trauma. The victim, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.Homicide Investigators continue to investigate

Last night at about 10:02pm, officers in District 11 responded to 26 Melbourne Street in Dorchester for shots fired. On arrival officers located three victims suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Two males ages 21 and 20 and one Juvenile female were taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment. All three victims are expected to recover.