15 Mar, 2025

Firefighters rescue woman from sidewalk collapse outside Dorchester church

Local News The woman fell about 10 feet below street level into the church’s basement. She broke her leg in the fall. The sidewalk collapsed outside Bethlehem Temple Healing Church in Dorchester late Friday night. Boston Fire Department Boston firefighters rescued a woman who fell 10 feet after the sidewalk outside a Dorchester church collapsed […]

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Dorchester woman arrested in fatal stabbing of South Boston woman

Crime Jazreanna Sheppard, 21, was fatally stabbed July 20. She left behind a 2-year-old son, her family said. Boston police arrested a Dorchester woman over the weekend in connection with the fatal stabbing of a South Boston woman in July. Around 6 a.m. Saturday morning, officers arrested 30-year-old Alyssa Partsch for the murder of 21-year-old […]

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Two men charged in fatal shooting of Quincy woman in Dorchester

Crime The arrests came nearly two months after Princess Charles, 29, was shot and killed on Greenock Street Sept. 9.  Two men were arrested this week in connection with a September shooting in Dorchester that killed a Quincy woman and left another person injured.  The arrests came nearly two months after 29-year-old Princess Charles was […]

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Dorchester man held on $1M bail in connection with shooting that injured young brother and sister

Crime Boston police said they are still searching for another suspect in the Sept. 17 shooting, which wounded five. The scene of a Sept. 17 shooting on Ames Street in Dorchester. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe Staff, File A Dorchester man is being held on $1 million bail after he was charged in connection with […]

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Dorchester man gets 5 years for sex, drug trafficking

Crime Woburn police arrested Theodore Gamble Williams during a 2017 undercover sex trafficking sting. A Dorchester man was sentenced to five years in prison for sex and drug trafficking, officials announced Friday. Theodore Gamble Williams, 38, will serve five years after being convicted by a Middlesex Superior Court jury of trafficking a woman for sexual […]

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Dorchester woman wins $1 million Powerball prize

Local News Tiffany Brown purchased her winning ticket at Supreme Liquors in Dorchester. Dorchester resident Tiffany Brown won a $1 million Powerball prize this week. Massachusetts State Lottery Commission A Dorchester woman won a $1 million Powerball prize this week. Tiffany Brown got lucky when the first five numbers of her Quic Pic ticket matched […]

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ARL seeking owner of dog found suffering from extreme emaciation in Dorchester

Crime ARL’s Law Enforcement Department seeks any information about this case that could lead to prosecuting the person responsible for this animal cruelty. Dobby was found suffering from an “extreme level of emaciation,” the Animal Rescue League of Boston said. Animal Rescue League of Boston The Animal Rescue League of Boston wants answers after authorities […]

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Dorchester shooting: five wounded, one juvenile facing life-threatening injuries

Crime Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said two juveniles and three adults were shot at a gathering in Dorchester Sunday evening. Five people were injured, and a juvenile suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting in Dorchester Sunday night, according to Boston police. Police responded to the shooting at 8:36 p.m., Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox […]

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