Crime & Safety

Crime Map: Purse Snatched on Carolina Avenue

The following police blotter and arrest information was supplied by the Boston Police Department. Arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Police reports for Friday and the weekend include the following. The highest-profile incident is actually from Thursday night, when six cars got shot up and a man was wounded in the leg in Jackson Square:

  • 450 Walnut Ave., Roxbury / Assault and battery / Oct. 14, 9 am
  • 10 Greenley Place / Harassing phone calls / Oct. 14, 12:17 am
  • 109 W Walnut Park / Residential break-in (force used) / Oct. 14, 11 am
  • 2 Jess St. / Assault and battery / Oct. 14, 6:24 pm
  • 36 Goodrich Road / Medical call / Oct. 12, 11:11 pm
  • Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital - 1153 Centre St. / Vandalism / Oct. 12, 7:30 pm
  • 405 S Huntington Ave. / Vandalism / Oct. 12, 7 pm
  • 10 Dalrymple St. / Medical call / Oct. 13, 3:29 am
  • 51 Custer St. / Fire report (House, building, etc.) / Oct. 13, 8:16 am
  • 8 Germania St. / Assault and battery / Oct. 13, 6 pm
  • 76 Carolina Ave. / Purse snatching (no force used, $200 and over) / Oct. 13, 6:10 pm
  • 66 Boynton St. / Vandalism / Oct. 13, 7:12 pm
  • 12 Bickford St. / Philip E. Carrington, 12 Bickford St. #560, was arrested and charged with assault and battery / Oct. 12, 6:58 am
  • 63 Wenham St. / Hit-and-run with property damage / Oct. 12, 1:30 am
  • 934 Parker St. / Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (gun) / Oct. 11, 8:12 pm (For more on this incident, please visit this report. A man was wounded in the leg and six cars were shot up.)
  • 47 Prince St. / Larceny, non-accessory, from a vehicle (Under $50) / Oct. 11, 4:30 pm
  • 42 Horan Way/ Threats to do bodily harm / Oct. 12, 10:30 am
  • 82 Green St. / Sudden death [Editor's note: These are usually from natural causes] / Oct. 12, 2:47 pm. A supplemental report was also filed in this incident.
  • 926 Parker St. / Assault and battery / Oct. 12, 4:49 pm
  • 1896 Columbus Ave., Roxbury / Shawn Michael MacDonald, 66 Byrd St. #3, Dorchester and Daniel Gomes, 23 Forest Hills St. #1 and Nicholas Perna, 28 Vesey Road, Randolph, were arrested and charged with possession of class A drugs (class includes heroin) / Oct. 12, 7 pm
  • 10 Seaverns Ave. / Disorderly person / Oct. 12, 10:12 pm
  • Day Street (no street address given) / Hit-and-run with property damage / Oct. 14, 3:10 am
  • Centre Street (no street address given) / Hit-and-run with property damage / Oct. 7, 7 pm

Want to take positive action about crime? Join or start a Neighborhood Watch on your street: Call police at 617-343-4345 or email meetinginfo.bpd@cityofboston.gov.


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