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Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Kids As Young As 6 Found In Child Porn On Boston Man's Computer: Feds
A 23-year-old East Boston man faces potentially decades in prison after police say they found scores of videos featuring child porn with some victims as young as 6 years old. Cristopher Vladimir Pineda Martinez faces one count each of possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He was ordered detained until his next court hearing on February 3. Investigators said Pineda was a member of several private communities and online groups that discussed and traded child pornography. Last month, police said he s…
Dorchester, MA
Neighbors
6 People Arrested At Eversource Substation Protest In East Boston
A group of East Bostonians voiced their opinions in a protest opposing the construction of a new electrical substation, but six attendees were removed from the conversation when they were arrested by police, according to officials. Six people who participated in a protest decrying the construction of a new Eversource electrical substation were arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct around 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17 in East Boston, the Boston Police Department said to Daily Voice. Protesters at the event suggested that the new substation would be dangerous, and called on Gover…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Update
: 41-Year-Old Boston Woman Missing For Over Three Weeks
New photos have been released, and the spelling of a name corrected, for a missing East Boston woman. Massachusetts state police detectives are joining Boston police in the hunt for an East Boston woman who has gone missing, according to officials. 41-year-old Reina Morales Rojas was last seen on Monday, Dec. 26, according to the Boston Police Department, who are being assisted by Massachusetts State Police in the search for Rojas. Police corrected the spelling of Rojas's name on Friday, Jan. 20, from Reyna to Reina, and posted new photos of the missing woman. S…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Serial Boston Car Keyer Arrested: Police
A vandal who has allegedly spent years maliciously defacing cars has been arrested, according to police. Santos Morsoco, of East Boston, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 5 on multiple warrants relating to incidents of vandalizing cars, according to the Boston Police Department. The 47-year-old was charged with 38 counts of willful and malicious destruction of property over $1,200. Multiple videos of a man keying cars, which are now connected with Morsoco, were posted on an East Boston Facebook group. The East Bostonian has a long history of vandalizing cars. He was also…
Dorchester, MA
News
Driver Found Guilty In 2019 East Boston Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old Woman
A 26-year-old man was found of guilty of crashing his car while drunk and taking the life of a young woman in Boston over three years ago, authorities said. Dylan Etheridge was found guilty of manslaughter while OUI in the death of 20-year-old Amber Pelletier in East Boston on Thursday, Dec. 8, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office reports. Prosecutors said that Etheridge hit several parked cars while potentially driving at 80 miles per hour down Bennington Street in East Boston on May 5, 2019, NECN reports. His car eventually flipped and skidded across the road, striking a conc…
Dorchester, MA
Business
Boston's Oldest Italian Restaurant Jeveli's Goes Up For Auction: Report
An Italian restaurant dubbed as Boston's oldest appears to be closing after it went up for auction earlier this month, reports said. Jeveli's Restaurant in East Boston went up for auction from Thursday, Nov. 10 to Wednesday, Nov. 16, according to a post from Stanley J. Paine auctioneers. The page advertised "the entire contents" of the Jeveli's including restaurant fixtures, kitchen gear and more. While it was unclear if the restaurant would be coming back, a Facebook post from Seth Gitell showed a nearly empty space at the historic spot, located at 387 Chelsea Street. "This is Terminal…
Lynn, MA
Business
Boston Restauranteur Acquires Former Space Of Major Magleashe's Pub In Salem
A Boston-based restauranteur has purchased the former space of a beloved pub on the North Shore nearly two weeks after they closed. Seth Gerber, a business partner of MIDA, said he purchased the space at the former Major Magleashe's Pub in Salem in an Instagram post on Saturday, Nov. 12. Gerber said he could not be "more excited" about this opportunity to take over the historic space. "I love the North Shore. This is my home. So there is no better place to dig in with a new concept besides 'Witch City,'" he wrote. "This space has been a restaurant since at least the 1960's [and] I am incr…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
East Boston Passenger Beats Lyft Driver Outside Revere MBTA After He Canceled Ride
A 30-year-old east Boston man admitted to attacking a Lyft driver after they disagreed about a fare over the weekend, police said. The attack happened just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Wonderland Station when a woman hailed the ride-share driver, transit police said. The ride ordered was for a single female passenger, but when the driver arrived at the station, a man and woman got into the car. The male passenger got angry when the driver explained he'd need to cancel, but there would be no charge. The woman climbed out of the car, but as the man slid ou…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Boston Man Accused Of Selling Kilos Of Cocaine With His Mom Convicted: Feds
A 33-year-old East Boston man pleaded guilty this week to selling two kilograms of cocaine to a police informant, federal authorities said. The man's mother, who police accused of helping him sell cocaine and heroin, pleaded guilty to a similar charge last year, reports said. Carlos Acosta Estrella, a Mexican national, could face life in prison after he admitted to charges of intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute 100 grams of heroin provides, and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, the U.S. Attorney's Office an…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
32-Year-Old Chelsea Woman To Blame For Fatal East Boston Hit-And-Run: DA
Prosecutors indicted a 32-year-old Chelsea woman on Thursday, Aug. 25, in the death of a 58-year-old pedestrian in a fatal hit-and-run earlier this year in East Boston. Gabriella Mendez is charged with motor vehicle homicide, leaving the scene of a crash causing injury or death, and other offenses, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Alan Martel was crossing Bennington Road on May 12 when a Hyundai Santa Fe that Boston police said Mendez was driving smashed into him and sped away. Another driver saw the wreck and called 911. Martel died from his injuries a…
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
63-Year-Old Man Dies After Crashing Into North Reading Home: Police
A 63-year-old man was killed in single-vehicle car crash in North Reading, authorities said. David Lopilato, of North Reading and East Boston, died after his 2007 Ford Mustang crashed into a home at 334 Part Street around 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, North Reading Police said. No other injuries were reported. While the home sustained minor damage, it was deemed safe, police said. The crash remains under investigation.
Dorchester, MA
News
Former Boston Educator Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Child With Disabilities
A former Boston Public Schools employee was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing a child with developmental disabilities, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Jose Melendez, age 55, was previously convicted four counts of aggravated rape of a child and one count of aggravated assault and battery on a child on May 31, the office reports. The counts stem from his time as a paraprofessional at Mario Umana Academy in East Boston, during which he abused a male student from 2015 to 2016. "Before, [he] would want to go out, but after he stopped and never w…
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