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Three people were arrested after an incident Sunday night in which a Massachusetts Department of Youth Services corrections officer was trapped in his truck on a road blocked by more than 100 other vehicles, Boston police said Monday. The incident occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Canterbury Street, a narrow roadway where Jamaica Plain, Roslindale and Mattapan meet. The street…

No word yet on any arrests.

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A Boston man faces animal cruelty charges after three dead dogs were found in an abandoned U-Haul van in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood Tuesday night. William Cobb, 33, was arrested in Weymouth Friday on a warrant. He is charged with three counts of animal cruelty. This all stems from an investigation that started Tuesday, when someone called 911 to report…

Boston police are investigating the discovery of three dead dogs in an abandoned vehicle.

Three dead dogs were found in an abandoned U-Haul van in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood Tuesday night, Boston police said Wednesday, asking for help determining what happened. A person called 911 to report the dogs inside the van, parked on Edgewater Drive near Topalian Street, just before 9 p.m., according to a police report. The caller said the van had been…

A student from Stoughton, Massachusetts, was one of two people killed in four shootings in Boston over the holiday weekend. Seven people were shot in all.

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The first shooting took place on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, followed by one in Shawmut avenue in Roxbury, followed by another shooting on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester and finally at Donwood Terrace and Gladeside Street in Mattapan.

Four separate shootings broke out in less than 24 hours in Boston.

Two people were killed and more were hurt in four separate shootings in Boston since July 4.

Several incidents of violence across Boston are under investigation.

One person is dead and another injured after a shooting in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, police said Friday, the latest in a spat of violence over the Fourth of July weekend. The shooting happened at about 12:23 p.m. on Donwood Terrace at Gladeside Street, according to Boston police. When first responders arrived they found a man and a woman suffering...

Fourth of July festivities were interrupted by violence in Boston. Multiple shootings are now under investigation, and one of them is deadly.

A child was hit by a pickup truck while getting off a bus in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood Thursday, police said. The child was taken to the hospital from Morton Street at Lorna Road with minor injuries, according to Boston police. The pickup, a Toyota Tundra, allegedly left the scene but returned. Massachusetts State Police, who are investigating the case,...

The hot temperatures made it difficult for firefighters to extinguish the fire at a triple-decker home in Mattapan. 

Authorities battled a fire in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the triple decker on Walk Hill Street and saw flames shooting out of the back of the home. The rear porches burned through and the flames extended to the adjacent building. Sixteen people who were in the home were able to make it out safely,...

A vehicle rolled over Tuesday evening in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood. The crash happened on Hiawatha Road. A man who lives nearby told NBC10 Boston he ran out after hearing it. “I was in the house watching the game tonight, and I just heard something going crazy down the street,” Al Humber said. “I came out here and I saw...

A Boston man bought more than $10 million worth of gold and silver bars in a tax-avoidance scheme involving his plumbing and heating business, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Claudio Poles, a 78-year-old from Dorchester who co-owns the Mattapan business, was charged Tuesday with four counts of filing false tax returns, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts. Poles...

Neither the suspect or the family elaborated on a possible motive in court Wednesday.

A man accused of throwing multiple Molotov cocktails into a childhood friend’s home in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood appeared in court Wednesday, but the motive behind the violent incident remains unclear. The incident occurred at 27 West Main St. on Tuesday, Boston police said. The homeowner, Tanea Smith, was on Facebook Live outside her home when she heard an explosion....

A man will be in court Wednesday to face charges in an arson attack. He’s accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail through the window of a home in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.