Suspect Arrested After School Shooting
Officers from District 2 responded to the Boston Day and Evening Academy this afternoon at 2:20pm, after receiving information of shots fired inside the building located at 20 Kearsarge Avenue in Roxbury. On arrival both people involved in the incident, which occurred in second floor bathroom, had fled the area.
Tonight at 7:20pm, Rodney Christopher Hoskins, 17, of Mattapan was presented to police at District 2 by his mother and uncle. Hoskins was placed under arrest and charged with Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition. He will be arraigned in Roxbury District Court tomorrow morning.
FINAL NUMBERS FROM WARRANT SWEEPS
Starting on December 2, 2005 at about 4:00pm, Officers throughout the City began a three-day warrant sweep netting in 96 arrests. Some of the warrants that people were arrested on were: Probation/ Parole violations, Failing to Register as Sex Offenders, Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Drugs Violation, Aggravated Assaults, and Assault with Intent to Murder. All of the arrested individuals will appear in various courts throughout the City on Monday morning.
WARRANT SWEEPS & GUN ARRESTS
Starting on December 2, 2005 at about 4:00pm, Officers throughout the City began a three-day warrant sweep netting in 77 arrests. The sweep is ongoing and will continue through Sunday. Some of the warrants that people were arrested on were: Probation/ Parole violations, Failing to Register as Sex Offenders, Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Drugs Violation, Aggravated Assaults, and Assault with Intent to Murder. All of the arrested individuals will all be arraigned in various courts throughout the City on Monday morning.
Last night at about 7:00pm, officers from the Tactical Bike Unit stopped two individuals acting suspicious in the area of Talbot Avenue and Norfolk Street. Further investigation into the two revealed one suspect in possession of a loaded firearm as well as being in default of a Chelsea Court warrant for violating the auto laws. Officers arrested Manuel Willis, 22, of Malden and charged him with Unlawful Possession of a firearm and Ammunition, and Operating a Motor Vehicle Without a License. The second suspect was found to be in possession of a baseball size bag of marijuana. Bryant Santos, 17, of Malden was arrested and will be charged with Possession Class D substance. Both will be arraigned in the Dorchester District Court on Monday morning.
Five minutes after this incident on Talbot Avenue and Norfolk Street, officers assigned to the District 3 anti-crime unit observed and two individuals at 912 Morton Street. Officers approached the two people when one clutched his waist area and began to run away from the officers. After a lengthy foot chase over fences and through yards, officers arrested Gino Curry, 18, of Dorchester. Officers located a loaded firearm, which the suspect discarded when running from the police. Curry is charged with Trespassing, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. He will be arraigned in Dorchester District Court tomorrow morning.
Weekend Warrant Sweeps Net 77 Arrests.
This past weekend, Officers throughout the City conducted a three-day warrant sweep that resulted in 77 arrests. Some of the warrants that people were arrested on were: Probation/ Parole violations, Failing to Register as Sex Offenders, Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Drugs Violation, Aggravated Assaults, and Assault with Intent to Murder. All of the arrested individuals will all be arraigned in various courts throughout the City on Monday morning.
Officers also made several gun arrests over the weekend.
Correction to Inaccurate Media Report
On Saturday, December 3, it was incorrectly reported that a suspect taken into custody was in possession of a Boston Police Department document containing witness names in a homicide case.
The document in question was in fact related to a sexual assault investigation. The document, approximately one year old, contained the names of possible suspects, not witnesses.
Below is the correction, as published in the Boston Globe.
Boston Globe, 12/4/2005
For the record December 4, 2005 Correction: A Page One story yesterday on a police investigation of how a suspect had an internal Boston Police Department report incorrectly described the contents of that report. The department says the report was on a sexual assault case, not a homicide case. The department also says that it listed names of potential suspects who could also be witnesses, not any witnesses who were innocent bystanders. The incorrect information came from two anonymous police officials briefed on the investigation.
More information: Coverage of the press conference at which Police Commissioner O’Toole addressed the inaccurate report.
Dorchester Juvenile Arrested with Smoking Gun
Last night at about 8:00pm, officers assigned to a Warrant Apprehension Operation in District 3 were stopped in traffic at about 961 Blue Hill Avenue when they heard two loud pops, known to the officers to be gunshots.
The officers observed a suspect, a 15-year-old male from Dorchester, in the middle of the street, firing a pistol toward a group of people who were at a bus stop on the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Westview Street. The officers observed the juvenile fire multiple shots at this group as they ran for cover. As the juvenile fired the gun, he moved quickly across Blue Hill Ave, away from Franklin Field and from the victims.
The officers could see that the juvenile was wearing a black facemask and was armed with a firearm in his hand. After several verbal commands from the officers to drop the weapon, the juvenile discarded the gun onto the grass in front of 961 Blue Hill Ave. The suspect was then taken into custody. Officers observed two bullet holes in the glass bus stop opposite 961 Blue Hill Ave.
The firearm was found to be a loaded .38 caliber International revolver which was reported stolen on November 22,1988 in Alabama. The juvenile will be arraigned in Dorchester District Court and charged with the following delinquencies: Assault with the Intent to Murder; Unlawful Possession Firearm; Unlawful Possession Ammunition; Discharging Firearm within 500′ of a Dwelling; Receiving Stolen Property (the firearm); Destruction of Property (to wit the glass bus stop). Further investigation will be done by B-3 Detectives to identify remaining victims.
National Association of Town Watch
The National Association of Town Watch has chosen the Boston police Department as a National Award Winner. The Department has been honored with a fourth place finish in its population size category.
The Department was recognized with this award because of its excellent contribution in the “22nd Annual National Night Out” This is the fourteenth year where the Department has finished in the top five nationally.
Boston Police Relief Association
The Boston Police Relief Association will hold its 134th Annual Awards Ball at Lombardo’s, Route 28, Randolph on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. The Relief Association will honor the following members of the Department.
MEDAL/AWARD RECIPIENTS
| Superintendent Robert P. Dunford |
Sergeant James L. Gallagher |
| Captain Timothy J. Murray | Sergeant Wayne Lanchester |
| Lieutenant Detective Colm Lydon | Sergeant William G. Ridge |
| Lieutenant John J. Davin | Sergeant William J. Woodley |
| Lieutenant Paul Barry O’Connor | Detective William R. Dickinson |
| Sergeant Detective Gerard Bailey | Detective Margaret A. Murphy |
| Sergeant Detective Kelley O’Connell | Detective Frederick M. Waggett |
| Sergeant Detective James W. Wyse | Detective Brian S. Waters |
| Sergeant Harold E. Cataldo | Police Officer Dean Bickerton |
| Sergeant Timothy Connolly | Police Officer Nelson Carrasquillo |
| Sergeant John P. Conroy | Police Officer James C. Clark |
| Sergeant Michael R. Donovan | Police Officer William M. Cloran |
| Sergeant John J. Ford | Police Officer John D. Conway |
| Police Officer Rance Cooley | Police Officer Cheryl A. Murphy |
| Police Officer Anthony L. Dantona | Police Officer Scott W. O’Brien |
| Police Officer Daran E. Edwards | Police Officer Lynette Praileau |
| Police Officer Kevin Ford | Police Officer Stephen R. Ridge |
| Police Officer Anthony Green | Police Officer Scott R. Roby |
| Police Officer Stephen W. Green | Police Officer Michael M. Ross |
| Police Officer Daniel G. Griffin | Police Officer Juan J. Seoane |
| Police Officer Mark C. Hennessy | Police Officer Samil T. Silta |
| Police Officer Luke B. Holbrook | Police Officer Clifton W. Singletary |
| Police Officer David A. Holleran | Police Officer Joseph Singletary |
| Police Officer Michael J. Jones | Police Officer Tyrone E. Smith |
| Police Officer Edward Kwok | Police Officer Michael J. Spence |
| Police Officer Mauricio E. Langa | Police Officer Richard B. Stanton |
| Police Officer Mary E. Lee | Police Officer Donald P. Stone |
| Police Officer Joseph R. Leeman | Police Officer Kevin P. Swan |
| Police Officer Shawn P. Marando | Police Officer Gerard D. Suprey |
| Police Officer Joel C. McCarthy | Police Officer Lawrence D. Welch |
| Police Officer John E. McNulty | Police Officer Anthony Williams |
| Police Officer David J. Miller | Police Officer Lorenzo I. Woodley |
Transcript: 11/30/05 Question and Answer Exchange
In what will become an ongoing feature of this blog, we are posting the transcript of a formal question and answer exchange between a media outlet and the Boston Police Department, in this case the Boston Globe. The responses given to these questions were used to prepare an article that appeared in the December 1 edition of the Boston Globe.
Full transcript after the link
NY Fugitive arrested in Boston
The Boston Police Youth Violence Strike Force arrested Hakim Tyler this morning for a shooting that occurred in New York. After a fugitive investigation by the YVSF officers, Hakim was located at 16 Akron Street in Roxbury hiding in folded sleeper-sofa. Tyler’s possible presence in Boston was noted in a November 22nd Boston Herald article.