Mattapan News

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Michael Corbin and Earl Fulgiam for the 2011 double murder of Billie Marie Kee and Kevin Thomas, Jr.

A Dorchester Man was arrested Friday night after police said they found a Taser and an open bottle of alcohol in his car.

Two Mattapan men were ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bail each today at their arraignment on charges they resorted to gunfire when barred from a party on Evans Street late Saturday night, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

A 131-page report released Monday by the Massachusetts Attorney General's office details the abuse of two teenage students at the Canton-based Judge Rotenberg Center who received nearly 100 "inappropriate" electric shocks during an incident in August 2007.

The Bay State already has among the nation's strictest firearms laws, but Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, who announced last month he is running for mayor, aims to further toughen those regulations to help stem gun violence - a move gun rights advocates say will do little to cut crime.

At about, 10:46 AM, Saturday, May 11, 2013, officers from district E-18 and B-3 responded to a radio call for a person shot in the area of 800 Harvard Street, Calvary Cemetery.

Boston Police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was discovered this morning in Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan, said Officer Catherine Shea.

The state's highest court upheld the 2009 conviction of a woman who was found guilty of the first-degree murder of her former boyfriend and another man, the district attorney's office said Friday.

Thursday night the Dedham Board of Selectmen and Liberty Mutual honored the firefighters who rescued a 17-year-old from a swamp by East Street in Dedham.

Fresh off high-profile appearances on GMA Live! and the Interfaith Service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross before the Obamas, Dorchester and Mattapan youngsters will be among the 350 members of the Boston Children's Choir appearing at their free season finale concert this weekend.

As relatives of murdered woman look on, Boston man pleads not guilty to charges he killed his ex-wife in her Stoughton home Anita Clark, the Stoughton woman allegedly murdered by her ex-husband this weekend, had filed for divorce from Willie Foster Jr.

The man arrested for killing his estranged wife in her Stoughton home was arraigned in Stoughton District Court Monday afternoon, charged with murder.

At about, 7:06 AM, Monday, May 06, 2013, officers from district B-3 responded to a radio call for an investigate person in the area of 1575 Blue Hill Ave.

Marji Gere, a violinist with the Boston Public Quartet , has been named May's Artist of the Month by the Somerville Arts Council .

An employee of Home Depot in West Roxbury was arrested after allegedly admitting he had stolen approximately $2000 in cash.

With a "Woo hoo, thank you for walking," Sally John, left, and Sonya Julien of Glad Tidings House of Prayer for All Nations in Mattapan greeted walkers approaching Arsenal Park in Watertown.

City Council President Stephen J. Murphy will not join the crowded field vying to succeed Mayor Thomas M. Menino and will instead seek re-election to his at-large council seat.

The following is a selective list of entries from the Medford Police log from Monday, April 22 through Thursday, April 25, 2013 and any arrests recorded during that time.

The battle for the Democratic Party nomination in a special election to fill the state Senate seat covering South Boston, Dorchester, and Mattapan remained razor close Tuesday night, with state Representatives Linda Dorcena Forry and Nick Collins separated by just a few hundred votes.

Margaret Drew signed paperwork for mayoral candidate Felix Arroyo in front of the Village Market grocery story in Roslindale Village.