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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…

Ed Davis, who led the Boston Police Department during the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent manhunt, draws on that experience in discussing the deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

A man was arrested for allegedly stabbing another person at a shelter for unhoused people in Roxbury on Saturday, Boston police said. Alexander Aulet, 40, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after the incident was reported about 9:44 p.m. Saturday night at the Southampton Street Shelter, police said. The victim was wounded in…

The Boston Police Department is searching for the person who fatally shot a man Friday afternoon.

Police are investigating the daytime shooting on Corona Street.

A man was fatally wounded in a daytime shooting in Dorchester on Friday, Boston police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene on Corona Street near Geneva Avenue after the shooting was reported about 2:06 p.m., according to police. He was identified as James Jones, 30, of Dorchester. Investigators were canvassing the area for witnesses and any video…

Some of the charges against a former Boston bank employee suspected of rape in incidents dating back over 15 years have been dismissed due to the statute of limitations related to those cases, though others will move forward. In an appearance Wednesday, the court discussed the case against 42-year-old Ivan Y. Cheung of Quincy. Cheung was originally accused of raping…

A dog was reportedly stolen from someone at Washington Park Mall in the Roxbury section of Boston, and police are trying to identify the person believed to have done it. The Boston Police Department said in a news release that the dog was stolen Friday, and featured surveillance photos of the person allegedly behind the animal theft. The dog’s...

A man took pictures of people undressing in a changing room at a store on Boston’s Newbury Street Sunday afternoon, police said, asking for help finding him. Boston police didn’t say what store or stores the illicit photos were taken in. The incident took place about 3:30 p.m. at a store near the intersection with Clarendon Street. “The individual...

A pedestrian has reportedly died after being hit by a car in a Roxbury parking lot Wednesday morning, during an incident that Boston police initially reported as an assault. The incident happened around 6:30 a.m. along Harrison Avenue. Responding police found EMS giving the victim CPR, the agency said. In an update from the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office, officials...

No arrests have been made yet in the case.

Someone was hurt during an armed robbery late Sunday night in the South End neighborhood of Boston, according to police. Officers with the Boston Police Department responded to Berkeley Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday for the armed robbery, the agency confirmed Monday morning. The robbery got away with money, but investigators weren’t sure exactly how much, authorities...

A major thoroughfare was closed in Boston’s Mass. and Cass area on Friday afternoon for police activity. Boston police didn’t share any information about the incident that closed both the Massachusetts Ave. Connector, which runs to Interstate 93, and Melnea Cass Boulevard between Massachusetts Avenue and Hampden Street. This is a developing news story that will be updated when...

An electronic construction sign in South Boston was flashing the words “KKK Meeting Today,” over the holiday weekend, sparking an investigation by police in the city. According to a police report, the sign was spotted around D and Cypher Streets in Southie before 8 a.m. on Monday. Authorities who responded were able to turn the sign off. It wasn’t...

Regan Feliz is due in court for an arraignment on weapons charges.

A man arrested in a Mattapan nightclub shooting that sent people running for their lives early Monday morning is expected to face a judge in Dorchester District Court on Tuesday. Twenty-nine-year-old Regan Feliz will be brought to court for an arraignment on the weapons charges he faces, after the shooting at Macumba Latina Club on River Street. Two people ended…

A person was stabbed in downtown Boston early Monday morning and was in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. The stabbing was reported about 2:56 a.m. on Kingston Street near Bedford Street, Boston police said. The person who was stabbed, who hasn’t been identified, took themselves to the hospital — they were expected to survive. No one had been…

Boston police arrested a man Sunday in connection to a fatal shooting in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood. 21-year-old Mikai Thomson, of Dorchester, is accused of fatally shooting a 22-year-old man late Saturday night on Old Road and Michigan Avenue. Police responded to the reported gunfire near the Franklin Park Zoo around 11:41 p.m. When officers arrived, they found the...

Boston police are looking for a man in connection with a shooting that injured eight people Saturday morning in Dorchester. The shooting took place at around 7:43 a.m. on Talbot Avenue near Harvard Street, Boston police said Tuesday. They shared an image of a man in a hooded sweatshirt, black pants with white stripes and white sneakers. The shooting left…

A person was shot Monday in Roxbury, the latest in a series of violent incidents across Boston.