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A man suspected of killing his wife and a transgender activist in Dorchester appeared in court Monday on murder charges.

A Dorchester man charged with murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of two women at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood was ordered held without bail Monday in a court hearing in Boston. Marcus Chavis, 35, was arrested Sunday afternoon shortly after police discovered two women — one of whom was his wife — had been stabbed inside of…

A Dorchester man is due in court Monday to face murder charges for the death of two women stabbed at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

A Dorchester man will face alleged murder charges for the death of two women stabbed at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on Sunday, police say. The 34-year-old Dorchester resident, Marcus Chavis, has been arrested and will be charged with two counts of alleged murder and one count of animal cruelty, according to Boston police. One of the woman...

Police have identified the man who they believe stabbed two women on Taft Street in Dorchester on Sunday.

Two women were killed from a stabbing on Taft Street in Dorchester on Sunday, and one person is in police custody.

Figures released by the Boston Police Department indicate that Black people were far more likely than white people to be the subject of street investigations by Boston police in 2020. Black people were the subject of 62% of last year’s field interrogation and observations in the city, where they comprise less than a quarter of the population, The Boston Globe...

A day after the conviction of Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s murder, people across the nation hit the streets to push for police reform.

A Boston police officer was arrested Friday on a charge of methamphetamine and amphetamine possession stemming from a January incident in New Hampshire. Andrew L. Johnson, 51, of Chestnut Hill, was arrested Friday in West Roxbury by members of the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Following his arrest, he was released to turn himself in…

A Boston police sergeant has been placed on leave and the Suffolk County district attorney is investigating after body cam videos released in a report Friday appeared to show officers using excessive force, bragging about attacking demonstrators, discussing arrest quotas and the use of police cruisers as weapons, and relentlessly targeting protesters with pepper spray and batons. Mayor Marty Walsh…

Boston police and prosecutors are investigating after body camera footage surfaced that shows officers pushing protesters, pepper-spraying crowds and one officer talking about hitting protesters with a police vehicle. A sergeant has been placed on administrative leave after the leak this week of the footage captured during Boston demonstrations early June 1 after the killing of George Floyd by police...

Activists are protesting Saturday night outside House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s home in Winthrop, advocating for a civilian oversight panel to establish accountability and transparency in policing. The push comes after body cam footage shows officers bragging about attacking protesters and multiple instances of excessive force on the night of May 31 when thousands protested, following the death of George Floyd.

A Boston police sergeant has been placed on leave and the Suffolk County district attorney is investigating after body cam videos released in a report Friday appeared to show officers using excessive force, bragging about attacking demonstrators and relentlessly targeting protesters with pepper spray and batons.

The overtime arrests in the Boston Police Department are another high-profile example of officers who have handled evidence being on the wrong side of the law.

Nine officers from the Boston Police Department have been arrested after allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay.

Nine current and retired Boston police officers have been charged with committing over $200,000 in overtime fraud at the department’s evidence warehouse, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

A former head of Boston’s police union already charged with raping a young relative now faces 16 new charges and accusations that he sexually assaulted and abused four more children, prosecutors said Tuesday. Patrick Rose, a former Boston police officer and president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, was arrested on child sex charges earlier this month. Those charges...

Patrick Rose, a former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, was held on $100,000 cash bail Thursday over allegations he repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped a young relative starting when she was 7 years old. Rose, 66, hid his face during his arraignment in West Roxbury District Court after he was arrested on child sex charges Wednesday in Needham….

A retired Boston police officer who served as president of the department’s union appeared in court on child sex abuse charges Thursday while hiding his face..

The former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association accused of sexually assaulting and raping a young relative faced a judge Thursday.