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A woman was arrested for allegedly punching, kicking and beating a dog with a glass bottle near Boston Common Tuesday night, police said. Jasmine Velasquez, 26, was arrested on animal cruelty charges after officers who happened to be in the area heard the dog crying and spotted her kicking it, according to the Boston Police Department. They rushed to the…

Alyssa Partsch, of Dorchester, was ordered held without bail on Monday.

A woman who allegedly stabbed a 21-year-old to death this past summer in Boston is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

A 30-year-old woman accused of a deadly stabbing on Boston Common over the summer was ordered held without bail after entering a not guilty plea at her arraignment Monday in Suffolk Superior Court.

A woman who was arrested on Saturday in connection to a fatal stabbing that occurred back in July outside the Park Street MBTA Station at the Boston Common is scheduled to appear in Court on Monday.

Boston police have arrested Alyssa Partsch, 30, of Dorchester, in connection to the July stabbing death of 21-year-old Jazreanna Sheppard, of South Boston.

A woman has been arrested in connection to a fatal stabbing that occurred back in July outside the Park Street MBTA Station at the Boston Common, police announced Saturday. Alyssa Partsch, 30, of Dorchester, was taken into custody around 6 a.m. Saturday by the Boston Police Department’s fugitive unit in the area of 25 Wainwright Street, police said. Partsch was…

Striking actors got a show of support in Boston Wednesday afternoon when a rally took place on Boston Common. Actors have been on strike for more than three weeks, while thousands of screenwriters have been on the picket lines since early May. It is the first time in 60 years that actors and writers are simultaneously striking. The actors are fighting...

It has been two weeks since a fatal stabbing took place outside the Park Street MBTA station at Boston Common, and friends and family say they want the person responsible to be caught. Family and friends say the victim, 21-year-old Jazreanna Sheppard-Gonzalez, was working hard for her young son and thinking about a career in nursing. “She was beautiful,” said…

Friends and family are mourning the death of a young woman who was stabbed at Boston Common two weeks ago.

Twin brothers are facing charges in an attack involving a machete in Boston near Boston Common this May that left one person seriously hurt, prosecutors said Monday. The pair, Elisha and Eliya Kimanga, are accused of mayhem and assault and battery in the incident, which took place just before 9 a.m. on Tuesay, May 23, and detached one person’s ear…

The victim has since been identified by police as 21-year-old Jazreanna Sheppard, of South Boston.

A woman who walked into the Park Street MBTA station after being stabbed last week on the Boston Common has died from her injuries, according to police in the city. The Boston Police Department said Saturday that officers responded downtown to the area of 121 Tremont Street around 11:34 p.m. on Thursday, July 20, and found a woman with life-threatening…

There was a major police presence by the Boston Police Department around the subway stop, with areas taped off and investigators working on the case.

There will be a fun and exciting celebration at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 27, followed by the opening of the Boston Common Frog Pond spray pool.

As summer kicks off and temperatures begin to rise, the public can now cool down at the Boston Common Frog Pond‘s spray pool. Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods and The Skating Club of Boston are welcoming children and their caretakers to the spray pool starting Tuesday, June 27. The opening will be marked by a celebration offering…

Meet The Embrace monument. This new, historic, labor of love is now open to the public at the Boston Common. Learn about the design from the artist, Hank Willis Thomas and lead architect Jonathan Evans. And you can learn more about this and everything going on around Boston at meetboston.com.

Meet the Embrace. A monument in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King now lives in the Boston Common.

Police confirmed Monday that the teenagers were found just after getting on an MBTA bus, and said officers found a folding knife with them.

It was a wild hour at the Boston Common on Sunday night with police responding to two scenes. Police would not say if the two are connected.