Officer stabbed in Mattapan, juvenile in custody
The officer is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
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A Boston Police Officer was stabbed by a juvenile in Mattapan on Wednesday evening, according to the Boston Police Department.
Police said the officer was stabbed around 5:13 p.m. near the area of 1234 Blue Hill Avenue, and a juvenile suspect in custody.
Police added the officer is currently being treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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RANDOLPH In the fall, a new playground was supposed to be built in Randolph in memory of native son DJ Simmonds, a Boston police officer who was injured during the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers in 2013 died from those injuries the following year.
But the worsening pandemic scrapped those plans as the nonprofit organization from New Jersey, which was donating the project, could not make the trip and piece the equipment together at Belcher Park in October as planned.
But the Where Angels Play Foundation and Randolph residents will piece together the delayed playground during a two-day project beginning at 9 a.m. May 13 and 14, with a ribbon-cutting planned for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15.
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The Honorable Judge Margaret R. Hinkle (Ret.) served from 1993 until 2011 as a Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, and will serve as Chair of the POST Commission. Since her retirement in 2011, Judge Hinkle has worked as an alternative dispute resolution professional for JAMS, a private alternative dis
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In the fall, a new playground was supposed to be built in Randolph in memory of native son DJ Simmonds, a Boston police officer who was injured during the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers in 2013, and dying from those injuries the following year.
But the worsening pandemic scrapped those plans as the non-profit organization from New Jersey, which was donating the project, could not make the trip and piece the equipment together at Belcher Park in October, as planned.
But the Where Angels Play Foundation and Randolph residents will piece together the delayed playground during a two-day project beginning at 9 a.m. May 13-14, with a ribbon-cutting planned for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15.