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Statewide Grand Jury Indicted “Supa Mario” For Sex Trafficking In Brookline

A Boston man has been indicted on charges of human trafficking, rape and witness intimidation in connection with supplying multiple women with drugs and...

Bank Robber Arrested

Today Brookline Police Officers arrested a 30 year old man from Dorchester on unarmed robbery charges. He was arrested this morning as he exited...

Brookline Pays $180K To Settle Former Police Officer’s Racial Discrimination Complaint

Brookline has reached an $180,000 settlement with a former police officer who filed a racial discrimination complaint. The town will pay the former officer, Estifanos...

Supa Mario Held On High Bail In Sex-Trafficking Case

A 31-year-old Boston man known as "Supa Mario" was ordered held on $25,000 cash bail in Middlesex Superior Court in a statewide indictment in...

Emergency Crews Respond To 2 Rollover Crashes In Brookline

Emergency crews responded to a rollover crash Tuesday morning in Brookline that temporarily shut down Beacon Street. Officials say the crash before 10:00 a.m. and...
Chief Daniel O'Leary

Brookline Police Chief Dan O’Leary To Retire After 40 Years

Brookline Police Chief Daniel O'Leary announced he will be retiring next month from the Brookline Police department after 40 years serving the town as...

3 Car Crash In Coolidge Corner Sends A Person To Hospital

Three cars crashed on Harvard Street between Coolidge Corner and Brookline Village, sending one person to the hospital with minor injuries, according to police. Watch...

Kosher Restaurant Can Remain Open Despite Charges Against Co-Owner

A kosher restaurant in suburban Boston will be allowed to remain open even though one of its owners has been charged with illegally recording...

Police Blotter

Thursday, Nov. 9 ATM interference on Beacon Street: At 6:52 a.m., police received a report surveillance captured a man fidgeting with the ATM at 1228 Boylston...

Help Identifying Bank Robbery Suspect

Police in Brookline are asking for the public’s help in identifying a bank robbery suspect. Authorities say the woman is wanted in connection with a...

Fire Breaks Out At Brookline High School

A welding tank sparked a fire Wednesday morning at Brookline High School, officials said. Firefighters responding to the arts building on campus battled a blaze...

Child Struck By Vehicle In Brookline

Police are responding to a report of a child who was hit by a vehicle at Beacon Street and Winthrop Road in Brookline. The child...

Town Of Brookline To Begin Interviews With Police Chief Candidates

Town Administrator Mel Kleckner is pleased to share that the first round of interviews of candidates to be the Town of Brookline's new police...

Click It Or Ticket: Brookline Police Join State Campaign

If you do not make a habit of wearing your seat-belt, which is the law, Brookline Police could pull you over this month. It...
BPD

U-Haul Van Rolls Over On Pond Avenue

According to Brookline Police, there was a traffic crash this morning on Pond Avenue at Highland Road, in which an U-Haul van lost control...

Neighborhood Crime Alert

Please be aware that overnight Monday night into Tuesday morning this week, several cars in the Aspinwall Hill neighborhood (University Road/Rawson Road) were broken...

New “Fishing” Crime Hitting Massachusetts Postal Service Boxes

Postal service police are investigating a bizarre, new scam in the greater Boston area. Police said crooks have been stealing mail from official post office...
Christian Amaral, 23

Man Denies Choking Child In Brookline Park

A man accused of choking a boy at a Brookline playground will have to spend at least another night in jail. Christian Amaral, 23, of Newton, has...

US To End Policy That Let Legal Marijuana Flourish

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country,...

Select Board Committee On Policing Reforms Remote Meeting

Please register and find the Information to join as an attendee of the October 07, 2020 meeting via confirmation e-mail here. To join by phone:...

Police Blotter

Erratic operation: At 9:49 a.m. a caller reported that a grey Acura was driving erratically and went through a red light at the intersection...

Car Crashes Into Anna’s Taqueria In Brookline

Anna's Taqueria opened for business as usual after a car crashed into the restaurant just before 4:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 in JFK Crossing. "We...

Brookline Students And Allies “Walk Out” Undeterred By Snow

The snow day did not stop dozens of students across the town from walking out in an effort to show where they stood on...

Boston Holocaust Memorial Vandalized For A 2nd Time This Summer

The New England Holocaust Memorial has been vandalized for the second time this Summer, according to the Boston Police. Boston Police said a witness on...

Brookline Firefighters Rescue Woman Trapped In Car After Crash On Black...

Brookline firefighters rescued a woman who became trapped in her car after sliding on black ice and crashing into a large boulder Wednesday morning,...

“Cryptocurrency Scheme”: Unregulated Digital Token Sales Lead To Charges

The Bay State’s top securities regulator has charged a Brookline man with selling millions of dollars in “Caviar tokens” through unregistered securities through a...

Fired Brookline Firefighter Will Get His Job Back

Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins has upheld an order for the Town of Brookline to reinstate firefighter Gerald Alston, after a Civil Service Commission...

A Woman Giving Out Mice, Egg Throwers, And Wandering Raccoons

Monday, May 8 Missing: Someone reported a 15-year old boy missing. Oh no: Someone called to report an older woman was hit by a car near...

Large Menorah Stolen From Outside Brookline Synagogue

Police in Brookline are trying to figure out who stole and damaged a 6-foot tall, 300-pound menorah from outside a synagogue before abandoning it...

Rare Mountain Bike Stolen From Car In Brookline, Police Looking For...

Brookline Police are asking for the public's help in finding a rare mountain bike that was reported stolen yesterday from the roof of a...

Illegal Immigrant Charged With Attempted Rape, Kidnapping In Brookline

A Honduran illegal immigrant accused of choking and attempting to rape a woman was arraigned in Brookline District Court on Tuesday. Mainor Suazo-Martinez, 20, was...