Officers from District 2 responded to the Boston Day and Evening Academy this afternoon at 2:20pm, after receiving information of shots fired inside the building located at 20 Kearsarge Avenue in Roxbury. On arrival both people involved in the incident, which occurred in second floor bathroom, had fled the area.Tonight at 7:20pm, Rodney Christopher Hoskins, […]
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Starting on December 2, 2005 at about 4:00pm, Officers throughout the City began a three-day warrant sweep netting in 96 arrests. Some of the warrants that people were arrested on were: Probation/ Parole violations, Failing to Register as Sex Offenders, Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Drugs Violation, Aggravated Assaults, and Assault with Intent to Murder. All
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Starting on December 2, 2005 at about 4:00pm, Officers throughout the City began a three-day warrant sweep netting in 77 arrests. The sweep is ongoing and will continue through Sunday. Some of the warrants that people were arrested on were: Probation/ Parole violations, Failing to Register as Sex Offenders, Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Drugs Violation,
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This past weekend, Officers throughout the City conducted a three-day warrant sweep that resulted in 77 arrests. Some of the warrants that people were arrested on were: Probation/ Parole violations, Failing to Register as Sex Offenders, Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Drugs Violation, Aggravated Assaults, and Assault with Intent to Murder. All of the arrested individuals
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On Saturday, December 3, it was incorrectly reported that a suspect taken into custody was in possession of a Boston Police Department document containing witness names in a homicide case.The document in question was in fact related to a sexual assault investigation. The document, approximately one year old, contained the names of possible suspects, not
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Last night at about 8:00pm, officers assigned to a Warrant Apprehension Operation in District 3 were stopped in traffic at about 961 Blue Hill Avenue when they heard two loud pops, known to the officers to be gunshots.The officers observed a suspect, a 15-year-old male from Dorchester, in the middle of the street, firing a
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The National Association of Town Watch has chosen the Boston police Department as a National Award Winner. The Department has been honored with a fourth place finish in its population size category.The Department was recognized with this award because of its excellent contribution in the “22nd Annual National Night Out” This is the fourteenth year
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The Boston Police Relief Association will hold its 134th Annual Awards Ball at Lombardo\’s, Route 28, Randolph on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. The Relief Association will honor the following members of the Department.MEDAL/AWARD RECIPIENTS Superintendent Robert P. Dunford Sergeant James L. Gallagher Captain Timothy J. Murray Sergeant Wayne Lanchester Lieutenant Detective Colm
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In what will become an ongoing feature of this blog, we are posting the transcript of a formal question and answer exchange between a media outlet and the Boston Police Department, in this case the Boston Globe. The responses given to these questions were used to prepare an article that appeared in the December 1 edition of the Boston Globe. (link here)Full transcript after the link
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The Boston Police Youth Violence Strike Force arrested Hakim Tyler this morning for a shooting that occurred in New York. After a fugitive investigation by the YVSF officers, Hakim was located at 16 Akron Street in Roxbury hiding in folded sleeper-sofa. Tyler\’s possible presence in Boston was noted in a November 22nd Boston Herald article.
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