Arson attempt reported in Fields Corner
Boston Police are investigating what looked to be an attempted arson last month at the former Blarney Stone bar at 1505 Dorchester Ave. in Fields Corner, which is being renovated by a new owner. According to a BPD report, a suspect was captured on security footage attempting to ignite a fire inside a fenced-in area near the property’s patio on Tues., Feb. 25, around 9 p.m. The footage shows that the suspect went into a nearby pizza shop before leaving the scene in a vehicle. Boston firefighters quickly extinguished the small fire, which caused some damage to a tree on the property.

The Blarney Stone closed last summer. A new owner, Yiancarlo Fernandez, has been preparing the space for a tapas-themed restaurant called Acapellas. Police said the incident is under investigation by their Arson Unit. No arrests have been made.

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A 38-year-old Roxbury woman who admitted to stabbing four strangers in a hotel lobby in Dorchester in 2023 was sentenced to 8-11 years in state prison last week. Kourtney Godfrey used a large knife to assault the individuals, leaving one woman with very serious wounds, in the Doubletree Hotel on Mount Vernon Street on Dec. 17, 2023. In all, Godfrey attacked three women and one man before she was subdued by the male victim and two hotel staffers.

The victims were on hand for her sentencing and expressed the trauma they still deal with from the incident. “The full horror of this incident is made perfectly clear by the words of the victims, who suffered physical wounds that day and continue to suffer from those wounds and deeper psychological wounds to this day,” said DA Kevin Hayden.

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A citywide operation targeting an alleged drug trafficking ring resulted in 15 search warrant executions in various locations and four arrests last Wednesday (March 12), according to a BPD account of the investigation, which also included DEA and FBI agents. The coordinated raids yielded an estimated $160,000 in US currency and 829 grams of Fentanyl, along with a smaller quantity of crack cocaine, a BPD report says. Arrested were Danny Guerrero-Soto, 52, of Dorchester; Juan A. Soto-Guerrero, 31, of Roxbury; Justin Davila-Sanchez, 35, of Mattapan; and Dariel Santana-Guerrero, 28, of Dorchester. They were all arraigned on a variety of drug-related charges in Roxbury and Dorchester last week.

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A 19-year-old from Dorchester is one of three men who are facing kidnapping and robbery charges after they allegedly assaulted and robbed a 14-year-old boy on the Orange Line on March 7. All were ordered both to home confinement with GPS monitoring and to stay away from the MBTA while their cases are ongoing, according to DA Kevin Hayden, who said the accused trio is due back in court on May 20.