Cops: Dad leaves child in car to buy drugs
A Jamaica Plain father was arrested on drug charges Sunday after he allegedly left his 3-month-old child in the car and police were called.
Cops: Elderly man rented home to prostitutes, sold beer, condoms
A 75-year-old Roxbury man was arrested Monday for allegedly renting out rooms in his home to prostitutes and selling beer and condoms.
DA: Serial rapist held on $1M bail
An accused serial rapist who is allegedly responsible for five violent attacks and rapes of women was held on high bail Tuesday.
Video: Gunmen open fire in daylight shootout
Boston police are asking for the public’s help to identify the gunman responsible for a brazen daylight shootout in Roxbury Tuesday that was caught on video.
Report details ‘serious deficiencies’ at Roxbury Community College
Failures by Roxbury Community College officials over the handling of allegations of sexual assaults on campus were detailed in a report released Wednesday.
Bullet grazes innocent bystander, woman, in head
A woman getting off of a bus in Roxbury after having just come from the movies with her son and nephew was grazed in the head by a bullet.
Roxbury teen arrested in ‘senseless’ mob attack of MBTA driver, over a dozen still at large
A Roxbury teen is facing charges of assault and battery for allegedly pummeling an MBTA bus driver Saturday, along with over a dozen accomplices.
(Updated) Rooftop chase through Roxbury ends in arrests
It’s a police chase more commonly seen in a movie, but Boston policeofficers actually chased a group of men, jumping from one rooftop to another.
Mass. Department of Public Health holding first ‘Listening Session’ today in Worcester
Today the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will hold the first of three public “Listening Sessions” to get input from [...]