Jamaica Plain Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA) or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Get Down at Ethos' 8th Annual Senior Prom on Thursday

  Wednesday May 23 | via Patch.com 

  Are you a senior citizen looking for some fun tomorrow? Maybe you're mother, father, grandmother or great aunt is looking for some fun - so check out Ethos' annual Senior Prom.

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  Related Topix: Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, West-Roxbury, MA, Jamaica-Plain, MA, Life, Food, Nutrition

• Disabled MBTA riders protest cuts, fare hikes

  Tuesday May 22 | via Worcester Telegram & Gazette 

  John Kelly, second from left, and James Brooks, both of Boston, sit in wheelchairs in front of an entrance to the Statehouse in Boston during yesterday's protest.

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  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Deval Patrick, US Governors, Somerville, MA

• Angell Animal Clinic lives up to its name

  Monday May 21 | via Lowell Sun 

  When news spread about Lilly, the 8-year-old pit bull who pulled her owner to safety from railroad train tracks in Shirley earlier this month, financial support began pouring in for the injured pooch.

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  Related Topix: Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, Jamaica-Plain, MA

• There's always room for one more at Angell Animal Cl...

  Sunday May 20 | via Sentinel & Enterprise 

  When news spread about Lilly, an 8-year-old pit bull who pulled her owner to safety from railroad train tracks in Shirley earlier this month, financial support began pouring in for the injured pooch.

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  Related Topix: Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, Jamaica-Plain, MA

• Boston Police Arrest Suspect Wanted in Connection to...

  Friday May 18 | via Boston Police Dept 

  After an extensive and exhaustive investigation, today, members of the Boston Police Homicide Unit and Fugitive Apprehension Team located and charged Charles Reddicks, 18, of Boston in the shooting death of Mariano Malave.

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  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Violent Crime, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Jamaica-Plain, MA

• Five Things: Meet the New Police Captain

  Friday May 18 | via Patch.com 

  Today is Friday, May 18. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Meet the new captain.

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  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Painting, Arts, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Charlestown (Boston, MA), Social Software

• Court papers: Boom-Boom Room cop has job lined up as...

  Thursday May 17 | via Boston Herald 

  Award-winning court and crime reporter Laurel J. Sweet has been featured in the ABC miniseries "Boston 24/7" and the 9-11 documentary motion picture "Looking For My Brother." he notorious ex-cop behind a drug-ridden, after-hours brothel for Boston police in Hyde Park known as the "Boom-Boom Room" has a new job as a youth pastor waiting for him when ... (more)

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  Related Topix: Prison, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, Roslindale, MA

• Jamaica Plain day care operator faces charges she tr...

  Tuesday May 15 | via Boston.com 

  The operator of a Jamaica Plain day care center today pleaded not guilty to three charges stemming from a May 6 confrontation where she allegedly drove her SUV towards parishioners and argued with the pastor of Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon church.

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  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Jamaica-Plain, MA, Brighton, MA

• Natick Resident Allegedly Tried to Run Over Church P...

  Tuesday May 15 | via Patch.com 

  A Natick resident and director of Arc-en-Ciel Daycare in Jamaica Plain has been arrested and charged with trying to run down parishioners of her host church.

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  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Jamaica-Plain, MA

• Jamaica Plain Daycare Director Allegedly Tried to Ru...

  Tuesday May 15 | via Patch.com 

  The director of Arc-en-Ciel Daycare has been arrested and charged with trying to run down parishioners of her host church.

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  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA)

• Boston boosting community policing efforts

  Tuesday May 15 | via Boston.com 

  Boston police Officer Carlos Martinez stopped to talk with Clarence Wilcox, who works at Lawson's Barber Shop, while walking his beat in Egleston Square Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, Jamaica-Plain, MA

• Founding Director of Sharon French Montessori School...

  Monday May 14 | via Patch.com 

  The founding director of a new French bilingual Montessori school opening in Sharon this September was charged in Jamaica Plain with assault and battery on Monday, six days before the Sharon school holds a public information session.

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  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Sharon, MA, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Jamaica-Plain, MA

• Man police say spit on bus driver arrested

  Wednesday May 9 | via Boston Herald 

  Richard Weir is the Herald's new "T" beat reporter, covering a subway and bus system that moves 1.3 million people every day and is the lifeblood of the city.

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• Massachusetts Among States Offering The Most Rights ...

  Wednesday May 9 | via Patch.com 

  In the wake of North Carolina's decision to amend its Constitution to ban same sex unions, The Guardian has created a model looking at gay rights in each state .

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  Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Washington DC, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA)

• Secure Communities Program Expands to Rest of State ...

  Wednesday May 9 | via Patch.com 

  The Secure Communities Program , which would impact undocumented immigrants, will go into affect next week throughout Massachusetts.

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  Related Topix: Illegal Immigration, US News, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, Deval Patrick, US Governors

• Woman accused of multiple bank robberies in court

  Tuesday May 8 | via Cw56.com 

  FBI agents arrested Johanna Quish , 45, on Monday. She is accused of robbing a bank on Boylston Street in April.

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  Related Topix: Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, Jamaica-Plain, MA