Tagged Boston News

October 23, 2011

Some protestors feel that handing someone over to the same police force that recently arrested 141 of them is an act of betrayal. (Blast Staff photo/John Stephen Dwyer) Depending on who is telling the story...

“Anonymous” hacker group takes down police websites, posts personal information online

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October 22, 2011

Law enforcement websites and Internet services, including those used by the Boston Police Department came under attack yesterday by members of a hacker group called Anonymous. In a statement released by the ...

It’s Official: Theo Epstein has resigned as Red Sox GM, named president of the Cubs

October 21, 2011

Theo Epstein, the general manager who assembled two World Series championship Boston Red Sox teams, has officially resigned and will depart for the Chicago Cubs, where he has been named president of baseball op...

Joan and Valerie visit Occupy Boston

October 21, 2011

Earlier this month, 85 year old Joan Prum took a stroll down “Main Street,” a precarious pathway of pallets and muddy plywood that divides the main area of Occupied Boston into some 40 tents on one side and...

Unidentified woman found dead in the Charles River

October 20, 2011

State Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman found dead in the Charles River early this morning. Members of the State Police Underwater Recovery Unit and troopers with Troop H r...

Masks help conceal the wear's identity, but their most important use is to prevent the inhalation of pepper spray should it be used. (Blast Staff photo/John Stephen Dwyer)

Dress for protest: Occupy Boston gear and accessories

October 20, 2011

Photographers encountering Occupy Boston and similar occupations gravitate towards folks dressed or coiffed distinctively. Unusual looking people make photos more interesting. But the truth is, most peopl...

Entrenched in Occupy Boston at the end of week two

October 15, 2011

Editor's note: Blast writer John Stephen Dwyer has been staying with Occupy Boston protesters since the beginning of the protest. He has been filing longer stories every few days with breaking news when it happ...

Arrested Occupy Boston Protestors seen in court today, most dismissed with no charges

October 11, 2011

Out of the nearly 300 arrested at Occupy Boston last night for trespassing, unlawful assembly and being in a park after 11 p.m., almost 57 appeared in court today according to the Suffolk County District Attorn...

Gallery: Occupy Boston protesters arrested

October 11, 2011

This is a collection of Blast Magazine photography from the Monday Occupy Boston protests and the police arrest of 129 people who had built a tent city in a second part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenw...

District attorney: Most arrested Occupy Boston protesters will not face criminal charges

October 11, 2011

Dozens of the protesters arrested during Occupy Boston's expansion into a renovated portion of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway on Monday will not face criminal charges if they pay a $50 court fee and a...

141 arrested in Occupy Boston protest

October 11, 2011

Yesterday, thousands of people swelled the ranks of Occupy Boston in a march that began at the Boston Common and snaked through various Boston neighborhoods to protest -- among other complaints -- high unem...

24 arrested as thousands take part in protests in Boston’s Financial District

October 1, 2011

A diverse crowd of protestors gathered Friday afternoon on Boston Common and marched to the Bank of America building at 100 Federal Street, across from South Station. Right to the City (RTTC), a group organized...

Ashland man arrested and charged in terrorist plot against the Pentagon and US Capitol

September 28, 2011

Federal authorities charged an Ashland man with plotting to damage the Pentagon and US Capitol with a remote-controlled aircraft filled with explosives. Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old US citizen, was arrested...

Springfield’s Mercy Medical center briefly locked down after area bank robbery

September 28, 2011

Mercy Medical Center in Springfield was locked down this morning after two bank robbery suspects were seen fleeing toward the hospital's emergency room, police said. The TD Bank on Chestnut Street was ro...

Former corrections officer sentenced on federal drug charges

September 28, 2011

A former corrections officer working in MCI-Norfolk was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in federal prison for trying to smuggle heroin into the prison for inmates. Ronald P. McGinn, 40, of Bridgewater, also...

Toxicology report reveals no conclusions in the death of a Boston College student

September 21, 2011

A toxicology report yields no conclusions in the odd death of a Boston College student in March. The report found no narcotics in the body of Alexander Grant, who was found dead in Putnam Brook after visiting ...

Boston police bust two in Rice Crispy Treat heist

September 20, 2011

Two Boston-area men were arrested Monday after police responded to a reported robbery at a 7-Eleven on State Street. Police arrived around 2:30 a.m. and spoke to a clerk who said the two men went into the st...

WEEI will simulcast on FM — Mike FM goes bye bye

September 8, 2011

After a drop in listenership partly due to weak AM signal, WEEI The Sports Hub (850 AM) will begin simulcasting on WMKK (93.7 FM), wiping out the existing pop rock station on that channel. The Boston Globe r...

Innocent teen killed in gang violence