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A cherry picker vehicle tilted over while working at a building in Boston’s Allston neighborhood, close to Brighton, on Thursday. The construction vehicle tilted over about 3:07 p.m., Boston police said. The operator was able to get out of the cherry picker. The incident took place at a building on North Beacon Street near Cambridge Street. A city building...

A car slammed into a barbershop in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood Monday night. Photos from the scene showed damage to the 34 Barbershop on Washington Street with some bricks and other debris strewn on the sidewalk. ​Initial information was extremely limited, but Boston police confirmed there was a report of a motor vehicle accident at that location. The barbershop shared a…

A man has been charged in a “peeping Tom” incident in Brighton near Boston College on Oct. 14. Police have not said if he is suspected in other similar incidents in the area.

A man was arrested late Saturday night following a string of “peeping Tom” incidents and ongoing suspicious activity in Brighton, Massachusetts, police said. Boston police were called to Strathmore and Lothian roads around 10:20 p.m. for another report of a suspicious person in the area and found a man matching the given description. He was later identified as Oqueli Pascual-Hernadez,…

A college student in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood says she doesn’t feel safe in her own apartment after finding a man staring at her in the middle of the night. The woman, whom NBC10 Boston is not identifying, says she caught a man standing on the back porch looking into her window early Monday morning as she was heading to...

The FBI says they are in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood on Friday morning as part of an ongoing federal investigation. “We’re in Brighton conducting court authorized activity in connection with an ongoing federal investigation,” the agency said in a statement. The FBI said they were declining further comment to protect the integrity of their investigation. FBI agents could be seen...

Boston police said homicide detectives are investigating until a cause of death is determined.

A man was found unresponsive early Sunday morning in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, police announced. Boston officers responded to a Kinross Road home around 6:25 a.m., and the man was pronounced dead on scene. Homicide detectives with the Boston Police Department are investigating until a cause of death is determined, police said. No other information was immediately available, including any...

Workers at a Boston Starbucks location are on strike over what they say are unfair working conditions. Water pouring from the ceiling was the last straw, Starbucks employees working in Cleveland Circle said, spending Tuesday picketing outside their store. “This is not the first time we have had indoor rain,” Natalie Borg, who has worked at the Cleveland Circle Starbucks…

A man wanted for allegedly assaulting two women within a quarter of a mile of one another in Brighton earlier this week has been arrested, police announced. Boston police said they responded around 5:37 p.m. Friday to the area of Quint Avenue in Brighton after they received several 911 calls reporting a suspicious person that matched the description and images…

Two people were taken to local hospitals after a hit-and-run crash Friday night in Brighton, Massachusetts, according to Boston EMS. The crash happened at the intersection of Euston and Colborne streets in Brighton, police and first responders said. Boston EMS did not know the condition of the victims. Boston police are looking for the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run. No…

Boston police are looking for a man accused of assaulting two women within a quarter of a mile of one another in Brighton earlier this week.

Boston police are looking for a man accused of assaulting two women within a quarter of a mile of one another in Brighton earlier this week. The first incident involved a woman who was walking on Commonwealth Avenue near Spofford Road in Brighton shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. She told police that the man indecently assaulted her and then ran…

Boston police have released a composite photo of a suspect accused of breaking into a Brighton bedroom and staring at a woman as she slept. Police say the suspect may also be connected to several other break-ins in the area.

One person was injured in a shooting in Brighton Monday, according to Boston police. Police said they were called to the shooting near 24 Jette Ct. around 4:30 p.m. The victim’s injuries are not life-threatening. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made at this time. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

The burglaries have happened in the evening and early morning hours in several Brighton neighborhoods, police said.

A suspect remains at large after a cab driver reported being assaulted during an attempted robbery Wednesday in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, according to police. The incident unfolded around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, when a female cab driver picked up a female passenger near Jette Court in Brighton, police said. The cab driver told police that when the passenger got into...

Boston firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out in a commercial building in the city’s Brighton neighborhood around 4:30 a.m. Friday. One firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Boston firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out in a commercial building in Brighton around 4:30 a.m. Friday. One firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Boston firefighters are battling an intense blaze that broke out in a commercial building in Brighton around 4:30 a.m. Friday.