By adamg - Thu, 06/24/2021 - 8:26pm

A man who kept selling fentanyl at the Mildred Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain even after getting shot in the chest was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison on four counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Proposed view of new complex from Lamartine Street
By adamg - Thu, 04/15/2021 - 10:57pm

The BPDA board today approved plans by developers to raze several buildings at the sprawling Mildred Hailey Apartments complex in Jamaica Plain and replace their current 253 Section 8 apartments with all new units - and add 420 additional income-restricted apartments and an all new street grid, green space and pathways intended to stitch the complex into the neighboring community, rather than walling it off. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 04/01/2021 - 10:18am

Boston Police report arresting a South Boston man and seizing a gun they found on him after gunfire along Heath Street across from the Mildred Hailey Apartment left three vehicles and one residence with fresh gunshot damage Tuesday night. Read more.

By adamg - Tue, 03/02/2021 - 10:44pm

Boston Police report arresting a Jamaica Plain man this morning on charges he had something to do with a shooting on the Centre Street side of the Mildred Hailey Apartments around 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 6. Read more.

By adamg - Sun, 02/21/2021 - 3:49pm

A divided Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled Friday that a Boston police officer had probable cause to stop a teenager at the Mildred Hailey complex in Jamaica Plain on Nov. 1, 2018 and have her frisked, which means the gun found on her can be used to try to convince a Juvenile Court judge she is guilty of being delinquent for possession of an unlawful firearm. Read more.

By adamg - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 9:40pm

Around 8:40 p.m. at 944 Parker St.

By adamg - Sun, 11/22/2020 - 9:34pm

Live Boston reports at least one person was shot on Horan Way around 8:20 p.m.

By adamg - Tue, 11/17/2020 - 9:06pm

Numerous shots fired shortly before 9 p.m. on Heath Street near Walden Street. The apartment that was hit is in the Mildred Hailey Apartments.

Detectives examine evidence on Parker Street
By adamg - Wed, 10/21/2020 - 9:37pm

Victim identified as Augusta Carter, 45, of Jamaica Plain.

Boston Police report a man was shot at 950 Parker Street in Jamaica Plain around 6: 50 p.m. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Boston murders in 2020.

By adamg - Wed, 09/30/2020 - 10:14am

A federal judge this week sentenced Michael Pridgen, 36, to 4 1/2 years in federal prison for selling crack and fentanyl in hallways in the Mildred Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Architect's rendering of new Mildred Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain
By adamg - Fri, 09/18/2020 - 9:37am

Three non-profit groups have filed plans with the BPDA to replace roughly half the Mildred Hailey public-housing complex in Jamaica Plain with a new mixed-income community over eight to ten years. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 09/03/2020 - 9:44am

A federal judge today denied compassionate early release for Joe "Profit" Simmons, sentenced to 7 years in prison in 2018 for selling crack at the Mildred Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain. Read more.

By adamg - Sun, 05/31/2020 - 2:14pm

Boston Police report arresting a man they say fired shots during an incident on Centre Street in front of the Mildred Hailey Apartments that left one man dead and another hospitalized on May 20. Read more.

By adamg - Fri, 05/29/2020 - 12:14pm

Boston Police report arresting a Randolph man and a Jamaica Plain 17-year-old on gun charges early this morning after foot chases, one of which ended when the suspect tripped and fell, allowing pursuing cops to catch up to him. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 05/21/2020 - 11:30pm

Two men were shot at Centre and Lamartine streets around 10 p.m., according to Stanley Staco and Mark Parkinson, who reports one died. Read more.

By adamg - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 9:00pm

Update: Victim is 16.

Live Boston reports somebody was shot around 7:35 p.m. on Walden Street, across from the Stop & Shop parking lot.

On Thursday, a man was shot repeatedly on Walden Street in the Mildred Hailey Apartments.

Detectives and evidence markers
By adamg - Thu, 04/16/2020 - 9:14am

Live Boston reports a man was shot several times on Walden Street in the Mildred Hailey Apartments around 8 p.m. on Wednesday. The man, shot in the arm, leg, and back, was taken to a local hospital. As many as two dozen shell casings were found in the area.

By adamg - Wed, 04/01/2020 - 10:37pm

Shortly after 10 p.m. at Parker and Bickford streets, near Heath Street.

Man being loaded into ambulance
By adamg - Sat, 03/21/2020 - 9:02pm

Live Boston reports a man was shot in the area of 50-60 Bickford St. in the Mildred Hailey Apartments shortly after 2:30 a.m. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of his injuries, but he is currently in stable, if still critical, condition.

By adamg - Sat, 03/14/2020 - 5:52pm

Boston Police report arresting Andre Raper, 27, on charges he shot a man at 265 Centre St., in the Mildred Hailey apartment complex early Thursday. Read more.