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Boston Archdiocese Removes Nigerian Priest From Ministry After Sexual Abuse Allegation

The Archdiocese of Boston has removed a Nigerian priest residing at a Brookline church from ministry after receiving an allegation of sexual abuse of...

Car Crashes In Brookline, Lands On MBTA Green Line’s B Branch...

MBTA crews removed a disabled vehicle from the Green Line’s B Branch after it crash-landed on the tracks early Friday. The incident happened in Brookline...

Gun Goes Off In Brookline, Bullet Into Home

Someone accidentally shot a gun in Brookline and the bullet went into someone's home, according to police. No one was reportedly injured. At 4:03 p.m....

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...

Brookline Select Board Appoints Superintendent Mark Morgan As Acting Chief Of...

For the first time in 23 years Brookline will soon have a new police chief. On Jan. 20 Superintendent Mark Morgan stepped into a...

Officer McCabe Gives Two Lucky Students A Ride To School

Officer McCabe gave two lucky Park School students a ride to school today in her cruiser after they won the ride at a school...

Firefighters Battling Brookline House Blaze

Firefighters are battling a house fire in Brookline.Thick, white smoke could be seen billowing from the structure on Russett Road on Monday morning. No additional...

Brookline Police, Homeland Security Arrest Man For Sex Trafficing

Brookline Police said the Department of Homeland Security brought in a man, who was then investigated and arrested for drug trafficking and gang affiliation...

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...

A Different Type Of Scam You Should Be Aware Of

The victim receives an e-mail, claiming to have installed malware into their computer, while the victim visited adult websites. The scammer claims there is...

Rash Of Car Break Ins: Brookline Police Warn Residents

Several unlocked cars were broken into this week in Brookline and police are advising residents to lock their car doors and make sure not...

Suffolk Freshman Dies In Startling Pike Crash

A 19-year-old Chestnut Hill man died early Sunday morning when his vehicle somehow went airborne and struck the ceiling of a tunnel on the...

DNA Links Man To 2013 Brookline Break Ins

Brookline police recently connected evidence with a man who previously served time for breaking into St. Mary's Church and stole the church car to...

Overturned Car Snarls Traffic On Route 9

At 6:51 Monday morning Brookline police and fire responded to an overturned car accident on Route 9 East near Cypress Street. According to police the...

I Do Not Support George Floyd And Refuse To See Him...

"Confession: I DO NOT support George Floyd and I refuse to see him as a martyr. But I hope his family receives justice.” Candace Owens https://www.facebook.com/realCandaceOwens/videos/273957870461345/?d=null&vh=e https://www.facebook.com/RealVinceJames/videos/2585631978421954/

Aaron Ogungbadero, 39, Arrested After Boston Traffic Stop Yields An Array...

A Brookline man is facing drug charges after police say a traffic stop in Boston on Monday resulted in the seizure of a large...
Roy Moore

Brookline Attorney Files Complaint Urging Roy Moore’s Law License Be Revoked

As sexual assault allegations against Senate candidate Roy Moore continue to make national headlines, one Brookline attorney decided it was time to take things...

Stolen Amazon Packages Returned, Just In Time For The Holidays

Dozens of stolen Amazon packages, stolen before they even got to doorsteps and entryways will return to their owners today before the holiday weekend,...

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...

Police Blotter

Breaking and entering: Someone reported a woman who had attempted to break into a side screen door of a home. The woman was described...

Restaurant Owner Arrested For Allegedly Videotaping Customers In Bathroom

A Brookline restaurant owner was arrested for allegedly videotaping customers in the restaurant's bathroom, police say. Brookline Police put out a release on Thursday, saying...

“Chief” Graham Horowitz

“Attention on deck!” A police announcement usually heard when a commanding officer enters a room full of officers. Today, however, the commanding officer was not...

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...

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...

Police Blotter

Fight: Someone reported two men in a fight on Beacon Street. One man was described as wearing a black jacket, and the other was...

Brookline Police Officers Awarded For Saving Lives, Being Rolemodels

Tuesday four Brookline Police Officers were recognized for serving their community, chasing down suspects to saving lives and serving as role models to young...
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...

“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...
Prentice Pilot

The Latest Chapter In The Brookline PD Racism Saga: A $150K...

Several years into an ordeal that has challenged Brookline’s conceptions of itself as a bastion of liberal values, a black man who alleged discrimination in the town’s...

Brookline Police Investigate Fight That Left One Hospitalized

A fight between two brothers during a social event at a local veterans’ post Saturday night left one person hospitalized Sunday morning with non-life-threatening...