First homicide of 2019: Johnston Rd. in Dot
Maureen Dahill2019-01-01T12:04:44-05:00A man in his 30s was shot and killed around 3am on Tuesday on Johnston Road. According to the Boston Globe, it’s the City of Boston’s first homicide of 2019. [...]
Four suspects in custody for Armed Robbery In Dot
Maureen Dahill2018-12-31T18:33:55-05:00From BPD News: Daily Dose of Great Police Work: At about 12:57 AM on Saturday December 29, 2018, officers assigned to District C-11 (Dorchester) arrested four suspects after responding to [...]
Top 10 Stories of 2018 on CID
Maureen Dahill2018-12-31T14:08:23-05:002018 is just about over and as we look back this past year in Dorchester, here are the top 10 stories on Caught in Dot. Subjects cover everything from development [...]
Victim Identified in Dyer Street Shooting
Maureen Dahill2018-12-29T10:08:19-05:00From BPD News: At about 12:34 AM on Wednesday, December 27, 2018, officers assigned to District B-3 (Mattapan) responded to a shot spotter notification in the area of Astoria Street. [...]
Emergency Alert: 911 Outages
Maureen Dahill2018-12-28T12:08:18-05:00What the hell is this? And should we be in panic mode? If you have a smart phone, you probably received an Emergency Alert: Per MEMA. Sporadic 911 outages. In emergency, use 10 digit [...]
Armed Robbery in Dot
Maureen Dahill2018-12-28T10:44:41-05:00From BPD news: At about 9:24 PM on Thursday, December 27, 2018, officers assigned to District C-6 (South Boston) responded to a radio call for a robbery in the area [...]
Triple shooting in Dot
Maureen Dahill2018-12-27T08:33:09-05:00Boston police are investigation a shooting that happened overnight in Dorchester that left one person dead and two others injured. According to NBC10 Boston, BPD was called for shots fired [...]
BPD find drugs, counterfeit cash and gun in Dot.
Maureen Dahill2018-12-20T09:51:00-05:00From BPD news: KEEPING BOSTON SAFE: At about 10:48 AM on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, members of the District C-11 Drug Control Unit executed a search warrant in the area [...]
Guess what? Cleopatra the hippo is having a baby!
Maureen Dahill2018-12-19T14:26:28-05:00The Franklin Park Zoo proudly announced on Wednesday that Cleopatra, a pygmy hippo is expecting and is due in February! If all goes well, this will be the first successful [...]
Spark Energy “Workers” arrested
Maureen Dahill2018-12-18T13:42:57-05:00You know those Spark Energy workers that walk around the neighborhood, knocking on doors asking to see your Nstar bill because they can give you better deal? And when you [...]