A Dorchester man with a record going back to 1988 was ordered held without bail after his arrest last week on drug and gun charges at Mass and Cass, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
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By adamg - 8/4/22 - 2:11 pm
A Boston Police officer and a state trooper posing as prostitutes Tuesday night into Wednesday snared 13 men who tried to pick them up for sex at Mass and Cass - offering to pay in either cash or drugs - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 7/21/22 - 10:30 am
GBH reports on a forum last night for candidates for DA, sheriff and state senator that was focused specifically on Mass and Cass.
By adamg - 7/14/22 - 9:42 am
WFXT reports the owner of New Market Pizza - in the unusual domed building at Mass and Cass - went outside yesterday afternoon to stop some guy who was throwing things at the windows after being ejected and wound up getting hit in the head with a metal object, which opened up a gash that required stitches to close.
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By adamg - 6/1/22 - 3:12 pm
An alleged Mass and Cass pimp was arraigned yesterday on human-trafficking charges and for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for an incident in March in which he allegedly beat the woman he had been forcing to work for him for three years, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 5/26/22 - 4:10 pm
A man in his car on Northampton Street outside Boston Medical Center was robbed Tuesday afternoon by two men who jumped into his car - with one of them removing his key while the other put him in a chokehold, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 5/24/22 - 1:09 pm
Mayor Wu today announced the city's "warm weather" plan to deal with Mass and Cass: Basically, more services decentralized across the city, with transportation to get people from the troubled intersection to new "day centers" in other neighborhoods. Read more.
By adamg - 4/28/22 - 12:01 pm
A Mattapan man charged with selling crack and fentanyl he was storing in plastic bags clenched in his buttocks at Mass and Cass could lose the $1,401 police say they found in his jacket pockets at booking. Read more.
By adamg - 4/26/22 - 12:18 pm
BPD responded in force to the train station. Photo by Night Ridah.
Gavin Schoch reports one man was found stabbed on Topeka Street while another was found stabbed by police following a blood trail to the Newmarket commuter-rail station, around 9:30 a.m.
By adamg - 4/8/22 - 6:27 pm
A Boston man arrested last fall on state human-trafficking and drug charges at Mass and Cass now faces federal charges that he trafficked women and drugs both there on the Cape and in New York - and that he would beat and rape women to keep them in line. Read more.
By adamg - 2/24/22 - 10:15 am
WBUR reports.
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Wu said tent removal only part of a longer-term project.
By adamg - 2/23/22 - 9:15 am
The Revere Journal reports the city licensing board renewed the license for the Quality Inn after the owner gave assurances he's really trying to re-open the Covid-19-shuttered place as an actual hotel, and not let it be used as overflow for Mass and Cass, as had been proposed by then acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey back in the day, like last year.
By adamg - 2/7/22 - 1:48 pm
City Councilor Michael Flaherty (at large) wants to cut a break for property owners in Newmarket Square for everything they have to put up with these days. Read more.
By adamg - 1/13/22 - 11:54 pm
Live Boston reports crews removing tents from the Mass and Cass area or patrolling the area n Monday and Tuesday found two bodies. Read more.
By adamg - 1/12/22 - 11:43 pm
The South End-Roxbury Community Partnership posted this photo tonight of Southampton Street, home to a city shelter and a key congregating point for people at Mass and Cass.Read more.
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