The long awaited public safety study on routing hazardous material/cargo (hazmat) trucks has finally reached Boston’s City Hall. According to city officials, the analysis supports banning the hazmat trucks from cutting through ANY of the North End / Waterfront streets. Further, the study recommends routing the trucks completely outside the City of Boston to the Read More…
“I hope it snows tomorrow,” said North End resident Loretta when it was reported that weather helped the number of crime incidents trend down 21% on a year-to-date basis. Still, Sergeant Lema brought mostly good news to the May 2011 North End Public Safety meeting. There have been no homicides or sexual assaults in the Read More…
Notable incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront area: Breaking & Entering – Residential 04/29/11 10:20am-6:15pm Margaret St. resident reports an unknown person entered her apartment. There was no sign of forced entry and stolen were numerous pieces of jewelry and U.S. currency. Robbery with a knife 04/30/11 Read More…
About 75 firefighters responded to 95 Commercial Wharf at 5:15 am this morning where a 2 story law office built on the water was destroyed by fire. Smoke consumed the area for hours and divers were brought in to fight the fire from under the dock. One firefighter was taken to Mass General for a Read More…
The Licensing Board will hear from Doc’s Long Wharf on Tuesday, May 3rd regarding the non-use of its alcohol license as of March 30, 2011. Alcohol licenses expire after a non-use period of usually one year. Doc’s was intending to lease the location from the Boston Redevelopment Authority that owns the property. However, ten North Read More…
Highlights from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront area: Breaking & Entering – Residential 04/25/11 8:16pm Victim reports Fulton St. residence had the front door forced open and a laptop and jewelry were stolen. Larceny from Motor Vehicle 04/24/11 1:30am Victim reports she was parked in a Clinton St. Read More…
This week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront area: Violation Auto Laws 04/15/11 9:43am Male suspect was summonsed to court for operating under a suspended license on Salem St. Motor vehicle, 1996 Nissan Altima, was towed. Larceny from Motor Vehicle 04/16/11 5:00pm-7:51pm Victim reports his 2009 Honda Pilot was broken into Read More…
James Foley, a reporter for GlobalPost, is being detained in Libya with other foreign journalists by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. (Click image for Facebook page.)GlobalPost, an international news organization headquartered at The Pilot House, Lewis Wharf in the North End/Waterfront, has dispatched a recovery team to Libya’s border crossing with Tunisia to seek release Read More…
Crime incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront: Assault & Battery with a Deadly Weapon04/09/11 12:10am306 Hanover St.Male and female suspects were arrested for assault & battery after an altercation with a male and female victim. The victims had coffee thrown on them and were also sprayed with Read More…
From left to right: Sgt. Tom Lema, Captain Bernard O’Rourke, Officer Teddy Boyle at the April North End Public Safety Meeting District A-1 Boston Police reported both good news and bad news at the April North End Public Safety meeting. The good news: 2011 year-to-date violent crime is down with no homicides, no sexual assaults, Read More…
Incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End/Waterfront area: Drugs – Possession Cl A with Intent to Distribute04/01/11 11:33amTwo male suspects were arrested at 177 Hanover St. for the possession of Cl. A (Heroin) with intent to distribute. Assault & Battery (Deadly Weapon used on Police Officer)04/04/11 2:00amMale suspect arrested on Read More…
Selected incidents from this week’s Boston Police A-1 District for the North End / Waterfront area:
Receiving Stolen Property
03/26/11 7:51am
Male suspect arrested on Endicott St. for possession of stolen property, over the counter medications that were stolen from a downtown pharmacy.
Breaking & Entering – Residential
03/28/11 9:30am-12:30pm
Snowhill St. resident reports an unknown person entered the apartment and removed 2 laptops, sports memorabilia, jewelry and computer equipment.
Breaking & Entering – Residential
03/28/11 5:08pm -5:38pm
Clark St. resident reports front door forced open and removed from the apartment was jewelry, bank cards, computer equipment, camera and an iPod.
Drugs/Possession Cl. A with intent to distribute
03/29/11 2:00pm
Male suspect arrested for possession of Class A heroin with intent to distribute at Endicott and Thacher Streets.