Crime & Punishment
Police Blotter
The following is a sample of the types of calls the Brookline police responded to the extended weekend of Feb. 16 through Feb. 19...
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...
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...
Officers Face Termination In Hearing
Police officers Prentice Pilot and Estifanos Zerai-Misgun’s disciplinary hearing for potential termination due to absence from their jobs at the Brookline Police Department occurred...
Johnson & Johnson Talc Trial To Begin In New Brunswick
Nearly a year and a half ago, Stephen Lanzo III, 46, of Verona, was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a deadly cancer of the lung linings,...
Brookline Fire Department Extinguishes House Fire On Beaconsfield Road
Chief John F. Sullivan reports that the Brookline Fire Department and its mutual aid partners extinguished a three-alarm fire at a residence on Beaconsfield...
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...
Police Investigating Racist, Concerning Graffiti In Brookline
The Brookline Police Department is currently investigating spray-painted messages on the side of the gym at Brookline High School.
The graffiti was first reported last...
Police Blotter
Graffiti: A caller reported that three people used chalk to draw a swastika on a Clinton Road sidewalk.
Suspicious activity: Someone reported that a man...
Brookline Police Department Releases A Mid-Year Review
The Brookline Police Department has released its mid-year review, and Patch is here to breakdown the 54-page document for readers. The review, which is...
“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...
Boston Man Sentenced For Two Bank Robberies
A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for robbing a branch of RTN Federal Credit Union in Brookline and a branch...
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...
New, Clear Path To Outlaw Pot Shops
Uncertainty over the process cities and towns must follow to opt out of the sprouting legal marijuana market has sparked confusion across the state...
BPD Officers Attend Child Seat Safety Technician Certification Training Program
The BPD is pleased to announce that four of its police officers are attending the Child Seat Safety Technician Certification Training this week.
These officers...
Police Blotter
Graffiti: At 10:20 p.m. Brookline Police received a report of graffiti on a poster on a South Street lamppost that read “Heil Hitler.”
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Brookline Police Arrest Two in International ATM Scam
Two men have been arrested in connection to international ATM theft. Brookline police were dispatched to a bank on Harvard Street on Tuesday night...
Pedestrian Struck By Car In Brookline Was On Her Cellphone
This evening a pedestrian was sent to the hospital with minor injuries after a car hit them as they crossed the road at Longwood...
Jamaica Plain Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash On VFW Parkway In...
A 35-year-old Jamaica Plain man died Monday when the motorcycle he was operating collided with a car on VFW Parkway in Brookline, State Police...
BPD Hosted A Coffee Hour For These Retired Brookline Police Female...
As a finale to our celebration of National Women's History Month, the BPD hosted a coffee hour for these retired Brookline Police female officers.
Thank...
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...
Larcenies, Car Theft Up, Most Other Crime Down: Brookline Police
There has not been a murder in Brookline for a decade and most crime in town is down compared to previous years, but larcenies...
Officials Put Out Fire At Apartment Building In Brookline
Officials put out a fire at an apartment building in Brookline.
Brookline Police and Fire crews responded to the fire on Aspinwall Avenue.
Officials believe the...
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...
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...
Help Identify A Bank Robbery Suspect
The Brookline Police Department is investigating the following bank robbery, which occurred on November 17, 2020at 1:59 p.m., at the following address:
Brookline Bank1016 Beacon...
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...
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...
Police Blotter
Friday, Aug. 25
Stolen before midnight: An officer was dispatched to Euston Street for a report of a stolen bicycle. The victim stated he had...
Police Blotter
Breaking and entering: At 7:57 a.m. a caller reported the breaking and entering of an Audi between 4 p.m. and that morning at a...
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,...
