• South Boston March 9, 2024 2:10 pm

    Teenager arrested in connection to armed robbery in South Boston

    Authorities say the arrest took place on Thursday at around 5 p.m. in the area of 40 W Seventh Street.

  • South Boston February 29, 2024 3:21 pm

    Bystander helps capture woman accused of robbing 2 banks in South Boston

    A bystander helped officers capture a woman accused of robbing two banks in South Boston on Wednesday, according to authorities. The woman was caught just after 11 a.m. Wednesday on Southampton Street, Boston police said. When officers to the bank arrived, they were told a woman wearing a thin black hoodie, blue jeans and a white disposable surgical mask had…

  • South Boston January 12, 2024 7:27 am

    Suspects in South Boston high-speed chase expected in court

    A man and a woman accused of leading police into a high-speed chase in South Boston last month are expected in court on Friday. Christopher Meade, 30, and Kailynn Almeida, 23, were driving around Dorchester on Dec. 12, when Boston police said they identified their SUV as a potential connection to a shooting that prompted the pursuit, which ended in…

  • South Boston December 28, 2023 11:37 pm

    2 South Boston churches broken into in separate incidents hours apart

    A current church and a former church in South Boston were vandalized overnight in separate incidents, police said Thursday. A 61-year-old man is accused of throwing a rock through a window at the St. Monica Parish, breaking in around 3:45 a.m. Officers would find the man, later identified as Steven Cyr, sleeping in the basement. Father William Kennedy says there…

  • South Boston December 27, 2023 4:17 pm

    Missing 15-year-old South Boston boy found safe

    A 15-year-old South Boston boy with autism who was missing since Christmas has been found safe, according to the Boston Police Department. Police initially said the missing teen was found Tuesday after he was last seen at about 11 p.m. Monday in the area of Patterson Way in South Boston. On Wednesday, police said the 15-year-old was still missing. Later…

  • South Boston December 12, 2023 6:05 pm

    New details about wild high-speed police chase that ended in South Boston

    A man and a woman faced a judge Tuesday after leading police on a high-speed chase in an SUV allegedly tied to a shooting. The pursuit ended in South Boston and wound up with car parts scattered across the road. Cellphone video showed one of the suspects running away from police and tripping on a sidewalk before running into a…

  • South Boston December 12, 2023 8:32 am

    1 in custody after chase brings large police presence in South Boston

    A person was taken into custody Monday night after a chase that ended in South Boston, according to police. Details were limited, but the Boston Police Department said it was assisting after a vehicle fled from Massachusetts State Police. A Boston police cruiser was hit during the incident. Video showed a large number of state and city police vehicles on…

  • Boston November 9, 2023 12:53 am

    Two youths stabbed, third hurt after incident in Roxbury

    Two youths were stabbed and a third was also injured after an incident in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood Wednesday, with one of the stabbing victims suffering life-threatening injuries. Boston Police Superintendent Felipe Colon said the initial call came in around 5:46 p.m. as a report of a person struck at Tremont and Camden streets. When officers arrived they found two stabbing...

  • death investigation October 16, 2023 9:49 am

    Death investigation in South Boston

    State police responded shortly before 7 a.m. on Monday.

  • South Boston October 17, 2023 11:01 am

    Woman found dead at South Boston's Carson Beach

    A person’s body was found Monday morning at Carson Beach in South Boston, leading to a large police investigation. A number of police investigators were at the scene on the beach. They were called there shortly before 7 a.m., state police said. The person who died was a woman, according to police, who identified her as Megan Anderson, 29. Her…

  • South Boston October 8, 2023 11:27 am

    One dead in crash between minivan and tow truck in South Boston

    Authorities are investigating a fatal crash between a minivan and a tow truck in South Boston late Saturday night. Mass. State Police say they responded to a crash on South Boston Bypass Road, east of Frontage Road at around 11:33 p.m. According to police investigation, a 2023 Chrysler Pacifica crossed over double yellow lines and struck a towtruck that was…

  • South Boston September 7, 2023 9:51 am

    Southie electronic sign displays ‘KKK Meeting Today'; investigation underway

    An electronic construction sign in South Boston was flashing the words “KKK Meeting Today,” over the holiday weekend, sparking an investigation by police in the city. According to a police report, the sign was spotted around D and Cypher Streets in Southie before 8 a.m. on Monday. Authorities who responded were able to turn the sign off. It wasn’t...

  • South Boston August 16, 2023 5:14 pm

    Woman, 93, dies in apparent drowning off Castle Island on trip to beach

    A 93-year-old woman died in what police described as an apparent drowning off Castle Island in South Boston Monday. State police said the woman was part of a private adult day care program and was at Pleasure Bay Beach with a group for a supervised trip. She went into the water with two friends that were also part of the…

  • Boston August 10, 2023 11:57 am

    Pedestrian seriously hurt in South Boston hit-and-run near I-93

    A man was seriously hurt early Thursday morning after being hit by a vehicle on Columbia Road in South Boston, and the driver involved left the scene of the crash, according to Massachusetts state troopers. State police said that it responded to a report of a pedestrian being hit just before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday on Columbia Road at the…

  • Boston August 9, 2023 3:59 pm

    2 people found dead in South Boston

    Two people were found dead in South Boston Wednesday afternoon, police said, but it wasn’t immediately clear if the deaths were believed to be suspicious. The bodies on Patterson Way near Rev Burke Street were reported about 1:30 p.m., Boston police said. Police weren’t immediately able to offer more details on the circumstances around the deaths or if foul...

  • Boston August 8, 2023 12:20 pm

    Cause of death released in ongoing investigation into South Boston apartment incident

    Authorities have released the official cause of death for a person who was found dead in a South Boston apartment in June. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety said in an email Monday night that the cause of death was “Acute intoxication due to the combined effects of cocaine and methamphetamine.” The manner of death was determined to be…

  • Boston July 27, 2023 8:31 am

    DA now investigating South Boston apartment death, response

    The office of Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden says it has launched an investigation into a death at a South Boston apartment from which four children were removed last month. The June 17 incident on Old Colony Avenue raised questions about transparency and whether the city’s police and fire departments are on the same page. “We are conducting a…

  • South Boston July 8, 2023 12:24 am

    ‘If I can do it, anybody can do it': Woman quits marketing job to start Southie Cookie

    Maude Gagnon has been baking cookies since she was 10 years old. She makes and hand-rolls each of them, one by one. What began as a hobby is now her full time job, after leaving her marketing position to start Southie Cookie. “My friends have always said, ‘You should open your own business, your cookies are so good.’ I did…

  • Boston June 28, 2023 11:20 pm

    South Boston death investigation, removal of kids from apartment discussed at city council meeting

    Elected officials in Boston questioned the conditions of public housing Wednesday after the city’s police and fire departments gave conflicting accounts of an incident at a South Boston apartment. The death of a person from cardiac arrest and the removal of four children from an Old Colony Avenue apartment on June 17 was discussed at Wednesday’s Boston City Council...

  • Boston June 26, 2023 1:34 pm

    Wu: ‘No reason to question integrity of any of our agencies' in South Boston death investigation

    After being called out for disputing reports from fire officials, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday said there is no reason for anyone to doubt either fire or police accounts of a recent South Boston death investigation. During an appearance on on WBUR’s “Radio Boston,” Wu was asked about the June 17 incident at an apartment on Old Colony Avenue....

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