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Child injured in East Boston fire dies, DA says
A child who was injured in a fire in East Boston earlier this month has died, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The incident occured on April 2 at a multi-family building on Meridian Street. The fire also killed another person, the Boston Fire Department said. Their name wasn’t immediately released. Four other people were rescued from...
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Report of a person with a rifle prompts lockdown at East Boston schools
A report of a person with a rifle prompted a lockdown at several schools in East Boston Wednesday, according to Boston police, though the safe mode has since been lifted. Boston Public Schools confirm the Guild School and Bradley School were put into safe mode for about 30 minutes, as a precaution. There was never an active threat to the…
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1 dead, others injured in East Boston fire
A devastating fire broke out at an East Boston building, killing one person and sending others to the hospital.
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1 dead, child injured in massive East Boston fire
A person is dead and five others, including a child, were injured after a 6-alarm fire in East Boston Tuesday morning.
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One person killed in East Boston fire
A person had been killed after a massive fire in East Boston Tuesday morning. Five people, including a child, were taken to the hospital.
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Fire spreads to several buildings in East Boston
A fire that ripped through a multi-family building in East Boston has spread to other buildings.
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Large fire breaks out in East Boston multi-family building
A 6-alarm fire broke out in a multi-family building in East Boston early Tuesday morning.
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1 dead, child injured in massive fire in East Boston
One person died and a child was injured in a massive fire that impacted multiple buildings in East Boston early Tuesday morning. The fire started around 5 a.m. in a multi-family building on Meridian Street and traveled to two adjacent buildings, the Boston Fire Department said. Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke said one person died in the fire, and a…
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East Boston smoke shop targeted by thieves three times in one month
An East Boston smoke shop has been hit by thieves three times in under a month. Surveillance footage from the latest break-in Saturday shows the theft at Super Smoke Shop in East Boston. Despite plywood placed to deter thieves after two previous break-ins, two suspects rush into the store, stealing vape pens, cartridges and money from the cash register. Police…
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Blue Line train evacuated after losing power near Orient Heights; delays expected
Shuttle buses are replacing the MBTA’s Blue Line service between Suffolk Downs and Bowdoin due to an issue with the overhead wiring system near Orient Heights, the agency said Friday evening. An agency spokesperson said the issue started around 5:10 p.m. when a train lost power near Orient Heights. Boston Fire responded to evacuate about 180 people on the train…
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Woman facing charges in string of fires at East Boston businesses
A woman has been arrested in a string of fires at businesses at an East Boston business plaza in the last few days. Genesis Hurtado, 26, was arrested Monday on suspicion of setting a fire at an AutoZone on Border Street that broke out earlier in the day, police said. Seat covers had been used to set fire inside the…
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Arson investigation into fires at 2 East Boston stores
An investigation is underway following fires at two retail stores in East Boston.
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Arson suspected in East Boston store fires
An investigation is underway following fires at two retail stores in East Boston on Saturday. Boston Police responded to reports of small fires inside the Marshalls and CVS stores on Border Street shortly after 8p.m. The incidents are being investigated as possible arsons, authorities said. It’s unclear if anyone was injured.
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Man fights deportation after end of prison sentence for killing sexual assailant
An East Boston man who killed the man who sexually assaulted him as a child faces deportation after his release from prison. Marco Tulio Flores, originally from El Salvador, came to the United States when he was 6 years old. At the age of 17, he killed Jaime Galdámez, a close friend of the family he says assaulted him from…
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Man fights deportation after 13 years in prison for killing sexual assailant
An East Boston man who pleaded guilty to killing the person who sexually abused him as a child is fighting to remain in the country he has called home for most of his life.
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Tawakal Halal Cafe saying farewell to its home in East Boston
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A Somali restaurant in East Boston is saying farewell to its home, though it looks like it plans to find a new space. According to a source, Tawakal Halal Cafe on Maverick Street is shutting down on Jan. 5, with a Facebook post from the place saying the following: It’s hard to…
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Arrest made in East Boston fatal stabbing
Wilfredo Landaverde Arevalo was fatally stabbed last Friday, and Edwin Mendez Hernandez has been arrested on a murder charge There’s no word yet on a motive.
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Man arrested 1 week after deadly stabbing in East Boston, police say
A man suspected of a fatal stabbing in East Boston last Friday was arrested a week later in Everett, police said. Edwin Mendez Hernandez, 20, was arrested about 8 a.m. on Friday, Boston police said, exactly a week after police found Wilfredo Landaverde Arevalo, 34, fatally stabbed on Gove Street by Tomahawk Drive in East Boston. Arevalo, from Medford, was…
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Stabbing leaves person with life-threatening injuries in East Boston, police say
A person was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in East Boston Tuesday afternoon, police said. The incident took place near the intersection of Sumner and Paris streets, down the street from a Maverick MBTA Blue Line station entrance. That entrance was closed because of police activity, the T said. Police didn’t immediately share information...
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Family grieving after man critically injured by vehicle in East Boston dies
A man seriously injured by a commercial vehicle early Sunday morning in East Boston has died, police said, and his family was grieving. Aristeo Ramirez’s family said he was a 26-year-old from El Salvador. His wife, María Aguilar, tearfully said she didn’t know how to tell their 3-year-old daughter that her father died. Boston police confirmed Monday that the...