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Thursday Apr 27, 2017

Convicted rapist facing new rape, attack charges

By Adam Gaffin, www.universalhub.com

Ronald Brown, who has been held since October on charges he tied two women up and raped one in a South End apartment was arraigned on a new indictment that charges him with multiple counts of breaking and entering, larceny and receiving stolen property, all in the South End in September and October, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Brown, 53, a level-3 sex offender because of his 1986 conviction on two counts of aggravated rape, is also charged with videoing a naked woman through her apartment window, the DA's office reports.

He will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court.


Death Investigation in the Area of 180 Ruggles Street in Roxbury

Submitted by BPD

At about 8:53 PM on Friday, April 21, 2017, officers from District B-2 (Roxbury) responded to a call for a person shot in the area of 180 Ruggles Street in Roxbury. On arrival, officers located an 18-year-old male suffering from what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds. The victim, suffering from life threatening injuries, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Boston Police Department is actively investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident. Anyone with information is strongly urged to contact Boston Police Homicide Detectives at (617) 343-4470.

Community members wishing to assist this investigation anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or by texting the word 'TIP' to CRIME (27463). The Boston Police Department will stringently guard and protect the identities of all those who wish to help this investigation in an anonymous manner.

BPD Auto Theft Unit Continues to Take Illegal Off-Road Vehicles Off the Roads

Submitted by BPD
In the morning hours of Thursday, April 13, 2017, members of the Boston Police Auto Theft Unit with the assistance of the Boston Housing Authority Police, MA Environmental Police, Boston Code Enforcement, and the National Insurance Crime Bureau executed the first phase of an ongoing enforcement operation focused on illegal off-road vehicles. This particular phase was focused on the improper and dangerous storage of these vehicles in Boston Housing
Developments throughout the city. These vehicles have come to represent a constant annoyance in the city's neighborhoods because individuals operate them dangerously throughout public ways and parks.

As a result of the ongoing investigation, officers issued several violations and seized a total of 16 off-road vehicles that were observed to be stored in manners that presented fire, health, and safety hazards and in violation of City Ordinances, Boston Housing Regulations, and/or Mass General Laws. These seizures occurred at the West Broadway Housing Development (South Boston), the Mary Ellen McCormick Housing Development (South Boston), the Franklin Field Housing Development (Dorchester), Gallivan Housing Development (Mattapan), and Fairmount Housing Development (Hyde Park). The officers, as well as Code Enforcement officers, spoke with the residents to educate them on the hazardous conditions presented by the improper storage of these vehicles.