Police & Fire

Posing as a Police Officer, Sexual Assault Suspect Tricked Victim Into Stripping

Disturbing new details regarding last Friday’s sexual assault in the North End came out in court at the arraignment on Monday. Prosecutors said that security guard Isaiah Brown, 26 years old, posed as a police officer on Hanover Street and made the femaie victim show I.D. as she was returning to her apartment around 2:30 Read More…

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Brockton Suspects Arrested for April Home Invasion on Fulton Street

Members of the BPD Fugitive Apprehension Unit were able to locate and arrest two suspects who were involved in a violent home invasion that occurred on April 18, 2017 in the area of 185 Fulton Street. The arrests happened Friday resulting from an investigation by BPD A-1 detectives, according to BPDNews. The suspects, 28-year-old Neil Tom Read More…

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Uber Driver Arrested For Groping Female Passenger in North End

Boston Police arrested and charged an Uber driver with indecent assault of a female passenger on Sunday in Boston’s North End. The following report is from BPDNews.com. On Sunday morning at about 3:25 AM, Boston Police responded to a North End location on a report of a female who was indecently assaulted by an Uber driver. Read More…

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Police Recognized Fall River Man Charged in North End Sexual Assault

A Fall River man was arraigned on Monday in Boston Municipal Court after being arrested on sexual assault charges for the weekend incident in the North End. Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley’s office said that 36-year old Wagner Nieto is being held on $10,000 bail. According to the victim, she was walking home around 3 am on Saturday when she Read More…

Police & Fire

Update: Suspect Arrested in North End Sexual Assault Incident

10/18/14 9:00 p.m. update: A suspect has been arrested in Fall River regarding this incident, according to Boston Police A-1 Captain Ken Fong and NEWNC Public Safety Chair David Marx. Great team effort by BPD A-1 officers, detectives, sexual assault unit, fugitive unit and Fall River PD,” said BPD District A-1 Captain Fong. Below is Read More…

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DA Drops Charges Against North End Man for Valentine’s Day Sexual Assault

In an apparent case of mistaken identity, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office has dropped the charges against a North End man, Ross Currier, who is no longer considered a suspect in the Valentine’s Day sexual assault on Unity Street. Prosecutors said that “new evidence” has cleared Currier of the charges for which he was previously Read More…

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Police Release Video of Suspect in Sexual Assault Case

[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLFMUFA7ArA] Boston Police have released this video showing a possible suspect in the sexual assault on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day. The video is from the area of Salem & Hull streets that night near the location of the attack. Police are interested in speaking with this individual immediately. If you are this Read More…

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Valentine’s Day Sexual Assault Suspect Arrested Outside Nazzaro Center in North End

April 9, 2014 Update: In an apparent case of mistaken identity, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office has dropped the charges against this North End man, Ross Currier, who is no longer considered a suspect. See this post for more information. [hr] After being spotted by the victim on the Nazzaro Center basketball court in the Read More…

Event Notices Meetings Police & Fire

Police Saturate North End and Update Residents on Assaults and Missing Person Cases [Video]

[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzcC7zvukVc] The March North End Public Safety Meeting covered several recent high profile incidents in the neighborhood. District A-1 were represented by five officers and detectives at the meeting, including Captain James Hasson, Lt. Detective Chuck Wilson, Sgt. Thomas Lema, Officer Teddy Boyle and Officer Roy Garber. (00:00 in video) Sgt. Lema started the Read More…

Police & Fire

Police Release Videos and Ask Public to Help Identify Sexual Assaulter

[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1pHYOr6VPo] Boston Police have released these two videos showing showing a man running at Salem and Sheafe Streets about the time of the sexual assault in the early morning hours of February 15th. A woman in her early 20′s was attacked around 1:10 am early Saturday on Unity Street when a man pushed his way Read More…