-- Christian Morgenson, a 61-year-old man, shot and killed his wife Sunday night before calling the police and killing himself, according to authorities. In a chilling twist, Morgenson posted a notice of the couple's deaths on his website prior to carrying out the apparent murder-suicide. [Globe] -- A man was arrested outside of the Jackson Square T station in Jamaica Plain Sunday night after he allegedly pulled a knife on a passerby and tried to......

-- Boston police arrested a 30-year-old Dorchester man yesterday for the afternoon shooting of a man in the South End. The victim suffered life-threatening injuries. [BPDNews] -- A New Hampshire man was beaten to a bloody pulp by alleged friends in Somerville, authorities say. [Somerville Journal] -- A pair of teenage robbers pulled off a nighttime robbery at a gas station using a stun gun, according to police. One teen, a 19-year-old from Somerville, has......

-- A naked man was arrested on two counts of breaking and entering and two counts of indecent exposure after two alleged South End break-ins Saturday morning. According to police, "when asked if it was his birthday, the suspect stated, 'No.'" [BPDNews] -- A kidnapping in Dorchester was reported early Monday morning and quickly solved with the help of K-9 units, according to authorities. [BPDNews] -- A Dorchester man was linked to the 2006 murder......

-- A 25-year-old man man was shot dead yesterday afternoon on King St. in Dorchester, the victim of multiple gunshot wounds, according to Boston police. The victim has not been identified and no arrests have been made. [BPDNews] -- Whitey Bulger's hit man says he would have popped Whitey, had he known that the mob boss was also an FBI informant. John Martorano, who has been convicted of 20 gangland killings, gave candid testimony yesterday......

-- A road rage altercation ended in bloodshed in a Union Square parking lot when a 35-year-old Jamaica Plain man was stabbed by an unknown assailant who escaped the scene. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries. [Somerville Journal] -- A 28-year-old woman was assaulted on Sacramento Street near Porter Square as she jogged down the stairs of a pedestrian underpass. [Somerville Journal] -- Boston police nabbed a pair of male alleged common nightwalkers during a vice......

-- A 35-year-old man was shot this morning near Dorchester High, putting the school into lock down. The man's wounds were non-life-threatening, and no arrests have been made. [Herald] -- The bandits who stole the century old metal trim from the Longfellow Bridge have been caught, police say. The metal, 2,300 feet of it, had been removed from the bridge during renovations and stored in a Stoneham warehouse, where it was stolen. Authorities discovered the......

-- This morning, a 17-year-old was shot outside of the Ashmont MBTA station in Dorchester, which capped a series of three shootings in which five were injured. Police say that this shooting, and the others, was not random. [BPDNews] -- The second shooting happened last night in Mattapan when a 19-year-old was shot in the chest while riding his bike. Relatives say that the victim, identified as Chris Pounds, had been on a mission to......

-- A high-caliber shooting near Donnelly field left a pair of Cambridge houses riddled by bullets. A pedestrian, who remains at large, fired a .45 caliber pistol at a moving car, according to police. [Cambridge Chronicle] -- A man suspected of shooting a teen in the knee in Union Square last Wednesday was collared by Somerville cops on Friday. The 21-year-old, whom police accuse of shooting the teen after a confrontation at a party, was......

-- The second Dorchester murder in 48 hours found a man stabbed to death yesterday afternoon in front of a home on Geneva Ave. [BPDNews] -- A man was shot last night on Algonquin St. in Dorchester. He remains in critical condition at Boston Medical Center. [BPDNews] -- A man on Gayhead St. in Jamaica Plain was pummeled with a tire iron by thugs who had been breaking into his car, according to police. [BPDNews]......

-- A car chase and gun battle ended yesterday evening in Cambridge when a man toting a .45-caliber handgun slipped out of his bullet-perforated car and into the waiting arms of police. The man was allegedly involved in a series of shootings that twisted through the streets of East Cambridge, stretching down Pine St. and up Main St. to Bishop Allen Dr. Three different crime scenes were established, and authorities believe that somebody fired upon......

-- A man suspected of being homeless was found stabbed to death in a small Dorchester park this morning. [Globe] -- After Friday's shooting on the Boston waterfront was linked to a reggae and hip-hop cruise, police feared escalated violence at this weekend's Caribbean Festival, which has seen bloodshed in the past. So, police rounded up the usual suspects before the event even started. 56 suspected gang members and alleged criminals were arrested in a......

-- Two, possibly three people were shot last night on Hendry St. in Dorchester. All three victims were hospitalized, and few details were made available by police. [Globe] -- A 17-year-old Cambridge boy was shot yesterday afternoon in a daytime drive-by shooting. The boy had been riding his bike near Donnelly Field in East Cambridge when he was shot by two men in a dark colored car, police say. [Cambridge Chronicle] -- The T is......

-- A 50-year-old Melrose man faces charges that he stuffed his pants with a bunch of road flares, told a Revere bank teller that he had a bomb, and left a 72 word note instructing her to bring a bag of money into the bank's parking lot. The note, which was TL;DR, only prompted the teller to call the cops, who scooped up Bryan Sullivan and charged him with armed assault with intent to rob,......

-- Boston police have charged three in the May killing of a South Boston man. Edward Holloman, 19, of Lynn, and Edward Mendez, 34, of Jamaica Plain were both charged with murder. Darren Hemingway, 19, of Brighton, was charged as an accessory after the fact. The men are accused of killing 27-year-old Curtis Ashford after getting into a fight on 8th Street last May. [BPDNews] -- A melee spilled out of the Middle East rock......

-- A Dorchester block party turned bloody early yesterday morning when cookouts turned to shootouts. Three were injured in the violence, aged 14-19, one critically. Police do not know what made the party turn violent, and no arrests have been made. [Globe] -- A Dorchester man used a human shield in an attempt to avoid arrest Saturday night, according to police. Jason Aparicio, 23, allegedly held a man at gunpoint and used his .45-caliber semiautomatic......

-- Late last night, Boston police found a man shot near Washington Street in Jamaica Plain. The 19-year-old was rushed to Brigham and Women's, where he remains in critical condition. No arrests have been made, and police have not suggested a motive in the shooting. [BPDNews] -- Early this morning in Dorchester, a man nearly avoided a fatal shooting, police say. The victim, who was shot at the intersection of Torrey and Oakwood Streets, suffered......

-- Michael Finos, 46, of Holliston, was arrested Saturday for allegedly raped an 11-year-old multiple times. Finos was arraigned this morning on charges including rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14, and disseminating obscene material to a minor. [Herald] -- Boston police found a man shot to death in his car early Saturday morning. The victim was in his thirties, and the car was parked in front of......

-- A man was found stabbed in the kitchen of a Dorchester home yesterday afternoon. The victim had been stabbed by his brother-in-law during a fight, police say. The 42-year-old suspect faces the charge of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. The victim remains at Boston Medical Center in critical condition. [BPDNews] -- Boston police conducted a massive warrant sweep today, targeting suspects with outstanding drug warrants. The operation, dubbed "Curtain Call,"......

-- Deadly violence in Boston continued unabated as a man was found shot to death in Roxbury early this morning. Police say that Alex Burgos, 22, of Boston, was shot multiple times on Ditmus Court, near the intersection of Tremont and Lenox. No motive has been advanced for the killing and no arrests have been made. [BPDNews] -- Police arrested a 20-year-old Dorchester man on charges that he shot someone late Sunday night. Police say......

-- Boston police conducted a massive crackdown on the city's gangs, arresting nearly 50 suspected offenders on Friday. The sweep included the arrest of Caiheem C. Kindell, 18, of Brockton, who is suspected in connection with the Independence Day quadruple shooting in Hyde Park. [BPDNews] -- Nevertheless, violence continued across the city. Within hours of the conclusion of the BPD sweep, a man was killed on Whittier Street in Roxbury, across the street from police......

-- Boston police report that they have arrested a suspect in yesterday's shooting of a 25-year-old on Devon Street in Roxbury. William Terrell Hart, 22, of Brockton has been charged with a number of offenses in connection with the crime, which has left the victim hospitalized in serious condition. [BPDNews] -- Three boys were shot early this morning in Dorchester. The boys, ages 13, 15, and 16, were shot on a third floor balcony on......

-- Boston police have arrested a man in connection with the June 30 shooting of a 7-year-old boy who was playing kickball in Roxbury. Richard Penha, 19, of Hyde Park, pleaded not guilty to charges that he shot the boy during a shootout with an assailant on a bicycle. Authorities say that the man on the bicycle shot Penha while he was driving and that Penha returned fire, striking the boy. Penha's passenger, Kenny Francois,......

-- Fears that gang violence is on the rise in Boston's southern neighborhoods seemed justified as police revealed that Monday's shooting of a five-month-old baby in Mattapan may have been part of a cycle of retaliatory killings between rival Jamaica Plain gangs. Police believe that the shooting, which left Alianna Peguero in the hospital, may have been a retaliation for the April killing of Luis Troncoso on a basketball court in JP. The Troncoso killing,......

-- A five-month-old baby was shot last night in her father's arms in their Mattapan apartment. Alianna Peguero is in critical condition at Boston Medical Center, and her injuries were severe enough that Boston's homicide squad is investigating the shooting. Her father, Alinson Peguero, 46, was shot in the hand. Police believe that the shooting is part of an ongoing gang dispute that took the life of Alan Peguero, Alianna's half-brother, last September in the......

-- Scott Pereira, 30, of Dennis was arraigned today on charges that he kidnapped a 15-year-old girl from her home and raped her. Police say that Pereira entered the victim's room after midnight May 11th, as she slept, and abducted her by knifepoint. He faces charges of rape of a child with force, indecent assault, and armed burglary. [Globe] -- The Herald reports that Christopher McCowen, the convicted murderer of fashion writer Christa Worthington, was......

-- The FBI raided Franklin Field projects in Dorchester, arresting 8 men whom they connected to a drug dealing operation. The raid is part of a concerted federal effort to curb gang activity across the state of Massachusetts. [Herald] -- A fourth suspect has been arrested in Sunday's brutal abduction that left a man bleeding from his eyes and tied to a chair in a burning Allston apartment. The 20 year-old Cambridge man pleaded not......

-- The former principal of Hull High School, Russell Goyette, 61, pleaded not guilty to charges that he possessed child pornography. Authorities say that they found thousands of images on Goyette's computer depicting children having sex with adults and with other children. Goyette, who retired as principal of Hull High in 2005, has continued to teach and had plans to work as a summer swimming instructor at a children's summer camp. Police claim they found......

As the case against Arlington Senator Jim Marzilli continues to develop, more women are stepping forward with accusations. Although no additional charges have been filed, he already has plenty after Tuesday's debacle, as many as 5 women are saying they were also the victims of Marzilli's inappropriate comments and advances. The tragedy of this story is that Senator Marzilli has been regarded as a progressive lawmaker who is known for his environmentally sound policies......

-- A 20-year-old man was found shot dead behind a home on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester this afternoon, according to authorities. No further details were immediately available. [WBZTV] -- Paul R. Stanley, the defrocked priest who was convicted in 2005 on rape and assault charges, has challenged the "repressed memory" evidence that put him behind bars. He has requested a new trial to revisit the question of whether he raped and fondled a young boy......

-- More details have emerged in the fatal shooting Saturday of a 22-year-old Roxbury man. Authorities revealed that the victim was Cheickoumar Kake, a Roxbury native who had just returned to town after living in Maryland. Kake was a resident of the Academy Homes apartment complex, where he was killed during a community cookout. Though police have been investigating a gang beef between groups based in Academy Homes and the nearby Bromley Heath housing complex,......