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Officers find gun in 13-year-old's backpack after chase at Boston park, police say
BOSTON — A young man and two teenagers are facing charges after a gun was found in a Boston park during a daily cleanup, according to police. Boston police said that on Monday morning, officers responded to a report of a discovered firearm at a park located at 30 Mt Pleasant Ave. in Roxbury, which happened after a detail officer was notified about the gun.
High school knife fight started after threats of gun in school, Boston police say
A fight broke out at a Boston high school on Wednesday, resulting in one girl’s arrest, a knife taken at the scene and a report being made of a gun brought into the school earlier in the week, according to a report from Boston Police Department. At about 12:30...
Shots fired in East Boston tear through teenager's bedroom wall
EAST BOSTON - It was a close call for a teenager in East Boston Thursday night as gunshots rang out in his neighborhood and a bullet went through his bedroom wall."Mom, there is a bullet hole in my wall""So my son's bedroom is on the other side of this wall, the bullet came through and went through this wall as well," said Christine Dioria. One of the bullets came barreling through her 16-year-old son Jason's bedroom. "I heard what sounded like firecrackers but it wasn't. My son came running out of his bedroom, 'Mom, there is a bullet hole in...
Teen says he was attacked by group inside Kenmore Station after Red Sox game
BOSTON — An 18-year-old said he was brutally attacked by a group of teens inside an MBTA station after a Red Sox game, resulting in serious injuries. "I got 8 stitches on my lip, my lip was cut open, my tooth went up my lip up here. I had a concussion, I have bruises all over my body," Phoenix Soares said.
Auburn police looking for missing 14-year-old girl who could be in Boston
Shakespeane Mesadieu has brown hair and brown eyes, police said. Auburn police are looking for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen Saturday night. Shakespeane, or Shay, Mesadieu was last seen Saturday at 11 p.m. at home, the Auburn Police Department said in a Facebook post. She has brown hair and brown eyes.
New England’s Unsolved: New information in the murder of John and Geraldine Magee
It was a double murder that shocked the Merrimack Valley town of Andover. On the morning of December 14th, 2011, John and Geraldine Magee were found shot to death in the living room of their sprawling home on Orchard Crossing.
Missing nanny last seen by employers in Watertown, Massachusetts on May 10
WATERTOWN, Mass. — Police are asking the public for any information that could assist in the search for a missing nanny who was last seen by her employers one week ago in Watertown, Massachusetts. Bogalech Gedore, 34, was last seen by her employers on the evening of May 10,...
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