# Safety: Boston

Updated Fri Nov 6, 5:06 PM Eastern. Most important first.

- [Family of Louisa Gag calls for city action on street safety](/boston/stories/e39dd5a31a.md): The family of Louisa Gag, a Boston transportation planner killed by a truck while cycling in Mission Hill in July, asked the City Council to act on street safety. (WBZ-TV CBS News Boston, 2026-11-05 19:18 EST)
- [Police arrest Foxborough teen over 2025 Dorchester killings](/boston/stories/03d55697bf.md): Police said a 16-year-old from Foxborough was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of murder in the May 2025 shooting deaths of two men in Dorchester. (NBC10 Boston, 2026-11-06 03:51 EST)
- [Fire commissioner says batteries caused fatal May fire](/boston/stories/4e9ba19791.md): Boston Fire Commissioner Rodney Marshall said lithium-ion batteries in plastic toolboxes caused the May 2026 Treadway Road fire that killed Firefighter Bobby Kilduff. (Dorchester Reporter, 2026-11-05 14:52 EST)
- [Arrest Made After Man Stabbed At Boston MBTA Station](/boston/stories/56ec915458.md): The victim was stabbed in the neck on the station’s westbound Green Line platform. (Boston Patch, 2026-11-04 09:17 EST)
- [Former Boston official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud](/boston/stories/2ed5a7d314.md): A former Municipal Protective Services leader pleaded guilty to pandemic loan fraud, Boston Patch reported. Reports say he claimed to be an auto mechanic. (Boston Patch, 2026-11-05 16:35 EST)
- [Dorchester woman charged in alleged $34,000 online extortion](/boston/stories/5bc429dc2b.md): A Dorchester woman has been charged in an alleged online extortion scam involving $34,000. The defendant allegedly posed online as a Hells Angels member. (Dorchester Reporter, 2026-11-06 15:53 EST)
- [Man Arrested In Connection With Series Of Boston Storefront Break-Ins](/boston/stories/98c13ad088.md): Storefront windows were smashed in one area of the city between September and October. (Boston Patch, 2026-11-04 10:05 EST)
- [Second Boston gang member pleads guilty in prison drug scheme](/boston/stories/0338389c87.md): A second Boston gang member pleaded guilty in a prison drug smuggling scheme, Boston Patch reported. Hearns is serving a sentence for manslaughter. (Boston Patch, 2026-11-05 15:51 EST)
- [Rhode Island man faces indictment for stalking Boston woman](/boston/stories/671895d2ee.md): A Rhode Island man has been indicted on charges of stalking a Boston woman for 16 months, according to the district attorney's office. (Boston Patch, 2026-11-06 13:48 EST)
- [Boston Police Looking To Identify Person Possibly Connected To Assault And Battery](/boston/stories/6fc376d91d.md): The victim of the assault was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (Boston Patch, 2026-11-04 13:21 EST)
- [Aggro bicyclist punched somebody in the face for telling him to stop riding on a Back Bay sidewalk, then took photos of his victim sprawled on the ground, police say](/boston/stories/428f1b7d0b.md): Photo via BPD. (Universal Hub, 2026-11-04 12:20 EST)