The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposal for a burger trailer inside a tire shop at 538 Blue Hill Ave. at Seaver Street over concerns from neighbors about late-night gatherings and crime and concerns from board members about security before its proposed 1 a.m. closing. Read more.
The Supreme Judicial Court agreed with a jury today that Lazaro Miranda murdered his girlfriend in her Seaver Street apartment building with a machete in 1997, but that a key omission in jury instructions by the judge in the case means the Suffolk County District Attorney's office has to decide whether to accept a change in his sentence from first- to second-degree murder or whether it wants to re-try him on a charge of first-degree murder on the grounds of "extreme atrocity or cruelty." Read more.
Live Boston reports an SUV flipped over on its side at Columbia Road and Seaver Street about 12:30 a.m.
Boston Police report officers, including gang-unit members, arrested Jonathan Velasquez, 18, on gun charges a Seaver and Harold streets in Roxbury around 12:45 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
Surveillance photos via BPD.
Boston Police have released photos of the suspect that shot a man several times in the abdomen in a parking lot at Seaver Street and Humboldt Avenue on July 17, sending him to the hospital in critical condition. Read more.
A man was shot repeatedly on Seaver Street at Humboldt Avenue shortly before 10:45 p.m. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.
Boston Police report arresting two men on gun charges and a third on a stolen-car charge after stopping them at Seaver Street and Elm Hill Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. Read more.
Victim identified as Joshua Smith, 29, of Milton.
Boston Police report a man who was shot at Seaver Street and Humboldt Avenue was also run over, around 3 a.m.
The man was declared dead at the scene.
Shot-up Jeep. Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports a man escaped serious injury early Sunday when somebody started firing at his Jeep from just a few feet away, in what might have been a case of mistaken identity in the area of Harold and Seaver streets in Roxbury. Read more.
Crash scene. Photo by Live Boston.
A man who served time for severely beating his girlfriend was arrested on Seaver Street this morning after he allegedly slammed into a K-9 cruiser. Read more.
Live Boston reports somebody flipped their car on Seaver Street at Elm Hill Avenue around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, extricated himself, then ran away.
Live Boston reports on crashes at Blue Hill Avenue and Seaver Street around 10:30 p.m. that sent four people to the hospital. The intersection was shut for an investigation.
On Seaver Street near Humboldt Avenue around 6:40 p.m., one in the leg, Live Boston reports.
The Boston Fire Department reports four people were injured in a fire at 357 Seaver St., from which one resident and a cat were rescued from the third floor. Read more.
Jed Hresko happened on the scene just as EMTs were pulling up shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday.
The Happy Super Mart, 122 Seaver St., at Humboldt Avenue, was held up by a man with a gun around 10:45 p.m.
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