Crime & Punishment
Gunshots Fired In The Rear Of 14 Egmont Street
On Saturday night, June 15, 2024, at approximately 10:41 p.m., Brookline Police Dispatch received numerous calls from people in the Egmont Street area, reporting...
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...
Heroin Drug Trafficking Bust In Brookline
Heroin Trafficking in Brookline? Police said two people were arrested yesterday on Boylston Street for possession of and intent to distribute heroin.
Just after 1:00...
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...
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...
Arrests In Brookline Car Break-Ins
Brookline Police say two suspects believed to be related to the recent rash of car break-ins have been arrested.
One suspect was arrested by Boston...
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...
Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 29
Laser on Colbourne Crecsent: At 7:46 p.m., a caller reported that someone in a home by Colbourne Cresvent and Winthrop Road was shining...
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,...
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...
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...
Brookline Police Arrest Former Town Employee For Alleged Misuse Of Public...
Town Administrator Chas Carey, Commissioner of Public Works Erin Chute Gallentine, and Acting Chief of Police Jennifer Paster report that the Brookline Police Department...
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...
Assault And Battery With A Stapler
- A Fairway Road resident called to report someone broke into their home overnight. The resident told police that three Apple laptops were missing...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Brookline Select Board Unanimously Terminates Ashley Gonzalez From Police Chief Position
The Select Board has today unanimously voted to terminate the employment of Ashley Gonzalez from the position of Chief of Police following a disciplinary...
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....
