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Local News Boston police said "multiple institutions" have received similar threats, Suffolk University police said in an update sent to the university community. An emailed bomb to Suffolk University prompted the school to temporarily shut down a campus library Monday morning, a university official said. The threat targeted the Mildred F. Sawyer Library on Tremont Street, Suffolk University Vice President of Media Relations Greg Gatlin told Boston.com. Boston police swept the library as a precaution and deemed it all clear, Gatlin said.

A person died in Back Bay on New Year's Eve after falling from the Mandarin Oriental on Boylston Street, police said.

Boston police are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the suspects allegedly involved in a violent Nov. 4 armed robbery in which the victim was run over by a car. Around 10:44 p.m., the two suspects allegedly robbed the victim of his gold chains near 100 Washington St. in Dorchester, police say. At least one assailant was carrying a knife, police said. The victim was repeatedly punched and kicked and run over by a small red Chevrolet vehicle, for which the license plate number is unknown, police say.

Karen Read attorney Alan Jackson is back on the warpath in his quest to "pull back the curtain" on policing in Massachusetts, and this time Boston's top cop is in the hot seat. "Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox has been caught in a lie - and not a small one," Jackson wrote in a blistering letter to Mayor Michelle Wu Monday, calling for a disciplinary review over Cox's remarks about a former officer who testified during Read's second trial.

Around 12:40 a.m. on Sept. 28, police received a report of an aggravated assault in progress outside of Loretta's Last Call on Lansdowne Street. The victim was punched in the face and fell to the ground in a crosswalk, according to a video obtained by police. Emergency personnel observed the victim, Jack Farrell, 22, laying on the ground unresponsive with a significant amount of blood coming out of his nose and mouth, police say.

A Boston police officer was injured Thursday after being struck by a vehicle in Mattapan, according to police.

Crime The suspect was wearing a Celtics jersey and a Bruins hat at the time of the alleged theft. An alleged thief dressed seemingly head-to-toe in Boston gear is being sought in connection with stolen Amazon packages in Charlestown. The suspect is a white male in his 20s and was wearing a white Celtics jersey over a white t-shirt and a Bruins hat, Boston police say.

actively reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident.

The facts here outline an incredibly audacious scheme to purchase real jewelry—and hugely expensive jewelry at that—with phony money, which eventually came undone through thorough, tenacious work by Boston police detectives.

"In most cases the delay will be approximately 5 minutes," Mariellen Burns, a Boston Police Department spokesperson, explained via email.

A DoorDash driver was shot in Brighton late Friday night, prompting an emergency response from Boston police at 81 Faneuil St. around 11:41 p.m.

The jury initially indicated they reached a verdict but later stated they had not, reflecting the complexity of the case involving Karen Read.

Boston police are actively searching for Adam McCree, a 28-year-old man from Dorchester, for attempted kidnapping and assault and battery in South Boston.