On Friday April 7, 2006 at 12:39pm, officers from District 4 responded to 139 East Berkeley Street for a well being check on a resident. The officers discovered the body of a male inside that address. The victim has been identified as 43-year-old David Hall of that address. The cause of death as determined by […]
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Early this morning at 12:40am officers from District 3 responded to 11 Clarkwood St. in Mattapan on a report of shots fired. On arrival, officers found an unidentified B/M believed to be in his late teens/early twenties suffering from apparent gun shot wounds. The victim was transported to Brigham & Women’s Hospital and was pronounced
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This site has posted a few items concerning human trafficking. Which eventually led to the question “What exactly is human trafficking?”Attached is a fact sheet on human trafficking prepared by the Boston Area Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force. The fact sheet explains what human trafficking is, what it isn’t, and how to help victims. For example:
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Security Guard Violates LTC RestrictionsEarly yesterday morning, officers responded to a radio call on Creston Street for a male with a gun. Upon arrival, officers observed a Mitsubishi Eclipse leave the scene at a high rate of speed. The suspect vehicle was eventually stopped and the suspect willingly exited the vehicle. He had a firearm
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The suspect involved in today’s police shooting has been identified as 31-year-old Mark Botelho of Arlington, Massachusetts. He remains in stable condition at Mass. General Hospital with a single non-life threatening gunshot wound to the abdomen.Botelho faces numerous charges including: 4 counts of Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon, Receiving Stolen Motor
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It was incorrectly reported that the suspect was transported to BMC. The suspect was in fact transported to MA General Hospital.
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Today Boston Police Officers from District A-1 conducted a motor vehicle stop in front of 39 Boylston Street. The vehicle was reported stolen in Somerville, MA on April 15, 2006. As BPD uniformed officers approached on foot, the suspect fled driving over a sidewalk on Boylston St. and taking a right turn onto Washington St.
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Last evening at about 10:05pm officers from District 3 responded to 25 Hosmer Street in Mattapan for a person stabbed. On arrival officers located a male victim suffering from an apparent stab wound outside on Hosmer Street. The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center with serious injuries and later died.Boston Police Homicide detectives are
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On Saturday evening 4/15/06 at 6:15pm, officers in East Boston responded to 38 Condor Street for an unconscious female. On arrival they were informed that a female victim of Domestic Violence was inside. Velveena Baskin, 38, was taken from the scene to Mass General Hospital with serious injuries. The victim’s husband, 46-year-old Whitney Baskin, who
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Shots Fired Leads To One Person ArrestedOfficers in District 11 responded to a radio call for shots fired at Mt Everett Street and Hamilton Street at 4:23pm yesterday. On arrival officers heard about 6-10 shots and observed a black motor scooter with two passengers leaving the scene brandishing what appears to be a black firearm.
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