Kimani Washington, 35, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, was arrested yesterday in connection with the Mattapan murders that took the lives of four people, one of which was a 2 year old boy. Although Washington was not charged with Murder, he was charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of…
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Newton North High School Senior Charged with Murder of Waltham Man
Benjamin Peirce, a 17 year-old senior at Newton North High School, was arrested today and arraigned in Waltham District Court for the shooting and killing of Adam Coveney, 29, in his own apartment in Waltham. Peirce was charged with Murder and Armed Assault to Commit Murder. The Waltham Police Department…
Boston Man Arrested for Murder of Waltham Student at Regis College
Robenson Daniel was arrested this morning and charged with Murder and several other Crimes of Violence in the stabbing death of Elhaji Malick Ndiaye, 18, of Waltham, as well as for stabbing another man outside a Regis College dormitory. Daniel was arraigned this morning in Waltham District Court on charges…
Massachusetts State Trooper Arrested for DUI and Assault on Off-Duty Boston Police Officer
Massachusetts State Trooper Timothy Walsh was arraigned on Monday on DUI-related charges and for pulling his gun on an off-duty Boston Police Officer. He was arraigned this past Monday for Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Illegal Discharge of a Firearm and other related Drunk…
Boston Murder Numbers Rise in Shooting of 3 Adults and 1 Child in Mattapan
Early this morning, rampant gunfire led Boston Police to respond to 40 Woolson Street in Boston’s Mattapan section, where the bodies of two naked males, Simba Martin and Levaughn Washum-Garrison, and Eyanna Smith and her 2 year old son, Amani Smith, were fatally shot. Another third naked male, Marcus Hurd,…
Boston Man Wanted for Dorchester Murders Captured in Trinidad
A Boston man with roots from Mattapan has been captured in Trinidad in connection with the Murder of three people at a Dorchester party last year. Keron Pierre, 25, had been living in Trinidad with his wife. He was arrested on September 7 in marijuana charges and following his arrest,…
Wayland Man Charged with Attempt to Kill at Sudbury Gas Station
Vandie Porter, 67, of Wayland, Massachusetts, was arrested yesterday morning for allegedly attempting to kill or maim after a fight broke out at a Sudbury gas station between him and another man and his son. Sudbury Police allege that Porter ambushed the unnamed victim after he exited the Valero Gas…
Dorchester Man Arrested in Robbery of Boston Cab Company
Two men have now been charged with robbing at gunpoint over $21,000 from the Boston Cab Company Dispatch Center, which occurred on November 9, 2009. Marvin Smith, 54, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, is scheduled to be arraigned today in the Boston Municipal Court on charges that include Armed Robbery. The other…
John Odgren Loses Appeal for Reduced Murder Sentence
Lawyers for John Odgren appealed to Middlesex Superior Court Judge S. Jane Haggerty earlier this week, appealing that his sentence be reduced from First Degree Murder to Second Degree Murder. Convicted of First Degree Murder for killing 15 year-old classmate James Alenson at Lincoln-Sudbury High School in 2007, Odgren was…
Boston College Student Charged with Armed Robbery of Brighton Convenience Store
Michael Kevin McCarthy, 22, of Roslindale and a part-time student at Boston College, was recently arraigned on several felony Violent Crimes Charges for robbing Tedeschi’s Convenience Store in Brighton on August 13, 2010. He has formally been charged with Armed Robbery, Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, and Using…