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CBS News
6 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Boston man hailed a hero for rescuing blind woman from apartment fire
An early morning fire at an apartment building on Tremont Street in Roxbury could have had a tragic outcome if not for a quick-thinking neighbor being called a hero. It started in a second-floor apartment where 79-year-old Geneva Fuller woke to smell smoke. "She's blind, so she really didn't know what was going on. She had to go by her senses of hearing and smelling," said her son Keith Patterson. Fuller activated her Life Alert which brought crews to the scene who then saw the smoke and flames. Neighbor runs back upstairs By then neighbor Socrate Joseph knew his blind neighbor might be trapped. "I ran back upstairs on the third floor, grabbed my phone so I could use it as a flashlight. Then I went back downstairs, looked for her. I grabbed her hand, and she was pulling back," said Joseph. Socrate Joseph carried a blind woman out of an apartment building on fire in Roxbury. CBS Boston The frightened woman was combative in the face of danger, but Socrate Joseph says he had to take matters into his own hands. "In that moment I just yanked her, put her over my shoulders. So I was climbing down the steps with her," Joseph said. "That's when one of the firefighters came and then they took her from me." "A hero among us" Fuller was rescued out a side door to waiting EMS crews. Joseph's intuition is something Keith Patterson says he'll be ever grateful for. "He was literally a hero among us," Patterson said. "I would say if it wasn't for him, I don't think I would be having this conversation with you, nor would my mom be alive. I was just forever grateful, forever indebt to him." Fuller is a fixture in the Roxbury neighborhood having lived there for nearly 40 years. The building manager says he is also grateful for his tenant. "Ready to risk his own life to save another, to me that means the world," said Victor Luna. The units now boarded up are a total loss leaving Socrate Joseph homeless for now, but knowing everyone made it out. "If I did not, it would have been on my conscience. I don't know her, but it was the right thing to do," Joseph said. Geneva Fuller suffered smoke inhalation and will be monitored at the hospital for the next 24 hours. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Boston police seek publics help for search of three vandalism suspects
Boston police are asking for the public's help in identifying three suspects wanted for vandalism Investigators say three women, all believed to be in their twenties, caused serious damage to a vehicle on 15 Guild Street in Roxbury on May 19th. Boston police are actively investigating the incident. If you know who they are or have information related to this case, police are asking you to call detectives at (617) 343-4275. Community members who wish to provide information anonymously may do so through the Crimestoppers tip line, either by phone at 1-800-494-tips or by texting 'tip' to crime (27463) This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
CBS News
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Boston artist John Wilson's work now the subject of Museum of Fine Arts exhibit celebrating humanity
A late Boston artist that got his start in the Roxbury neighborhood now has his work gracing the walls of the Museum of Fine Arts as part of a new exhibition. Welcome to Roxbury: the geographic center of the city, the heart of Black Boston, and the birthplace of artist John Wilson. "His life came out of that community very deeply, and it produced this—at least for me—this magnificent representation of human beings," said Roy Wilson, John's son. Importance of family John Wilson was born in 1922, to immigrants from British Guyana. Although his career took him to many places, Including Europe and Mexico, family was always important to him. He went on to marry his wife Julie and they had three kids: Erica, Rebecca and Roy. Roy Wilson invited WBZ-TV into his childhood home in Brookline. "I just have this vision of him doing anything to protect us. And I always knew that about him - that he'd be there in the end for you - whatever it took," said Wilson. John Wilson passed away in 2015 at the age of 92, but the memories that Wilson made with his father are still very much alive. "Well - one thing is - he was upstairs working a lot. When I went to the show, it was kind of impressive… seeing all the stuff that he had been working on in his studio for so many years—to see it all in one place!" said Wilson. New MFA exhibit That place? The walls of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. One hundred and ten of his works grace the walls; paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and illustrated books—all on display in the exhibition "Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson." "The self-portrait was an incredibly important part of John Wilson's work and throughout his six-decade career, so much of his work is focused around portraits of himself, his family, and his friends," said co-curator Edward Saywell. "And a lot of that has to do with his reclaiming, the dignity and the gravitas of the portrait for Black Americans." Saywell, one of the four co-curators of the John Wilson exhibit, told WBZ-TV that as an art student, Wilson never got to see himself in art history books or exhibitions. "And when he did see representations of Black Americans, all too often he described them as caricature-like or dehumanized. And one of the threads that you see throughout the entire exhibition is incredible humanity and empathy that he imbues in all his portraits—whether it's a portrait of himself or a portrait of a family member or a friend," Saywell explained. John Wilson spent more than six decades creating artwork that challenged viewers to not just see. "The works speak to, not only key political and civil rights moments over those six decades, but they speak to what life was like in Roxbury growing up in the 1940s," Saywell said. Works displayed in Roxbury Long before Wilson's works were in the MFA, they were on display in the neighborhood that helped shape him. One of those works sits on the campus of Roxbury Community College, called: "Father and Child Reading." A 7-foot tall bronze sculpture that honors the fond memories John Wilson had of his father reading to him. "Father and Child Reading," a sculpture by John Wilson. CBS Boston "I know that he was very dedicated to the idea of being a father, in acculture, that in some ways, made it difficult to be an upstanding man," said Wilson. The other work, a very well-known piece called "The Eternal Presence", more affectionately known as "The Big Head." The monument, described by the artist himself as, "an image of universal dignity." "For him, putting it in Roxbury was as important as the piece itself. And attaching it to the ground, no pedestal, in his home community—was as important as anything else about the piece. And the fact that people come once a year to polish it and to refinish it, was completely moving to the man. It was the highest compliment he could imagine being paid," said Saywell. That piece sits on the campus of the museum of The National Center of Afro-American Arts. "My sincerest hope is that any visitor is going to see an extraordinary Boston artist who should be on the national stage and are going to come away, hopefully seeing work that speaks to them in one way or another," Saywell shared. "That we are as magical, as strong, as thoughtful, as human, as any other people on the planet," Wilson said when asked about what he wants visitors to feel leaving his father's exhibit. John Wilson's impact is also still felt by students and staff alike at Boston University, where his inspiration and instruction as a professor continues to reverberate. The exhibition at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston will be on display through June 22 – and then it will travel to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in September.
CBS News
20-05-2025
- CBS News
Boston homicide detectives investigate woman's death in Roxbury
Boston homicide detectives were called to the scene of a death on Annunciation Road in Roxbury early Tuesday morning. Boston police say they arrived at the Boston Housing Authority complex just after 6 a.m. Officers "located an adult female deceased in an outside area." WBZ's camera captured the scene which showed a silver Jeep parked in a parking lot next to the complex. The parking lot was blocked off by crime scene tape and a tent covered the back of the Jeep. Homicide detectives investigate death in Roxbury. CBS Boston Evidence markers were seen all over the ground. A wheelchair sat behind the Jeep. Body in a wheelchair Several neighbors told WBZ that they saw a body in the wheelchair which was covered up by investigators. One neighbor said that she believed it was the body of a woman who frequented the complex but did not live there. The neighbor claimed the woman slept in the silver Jeep. "I feel so sad because I got granddaughters and kids, you know. She was young," the neighbor said. The identity of the victim and their cause of death have not been released by police. An autopsy is being performed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Yahoo
Roxbury man arrested, charged with drug-related offenses following traffic stop
Boston police have arrested and charged a Roxbury man with drug-related offenses after conducting a search warrant following a traffic stop. The incident occurred around 3:37 P.M. on Friday, May 9, when officers were conducting surveillance on 27-year-old Jose Irizarry-Estepan. Officers noticed Irizarry-Estepan enter the rear driver-side door of a vehicle on Tremont Street near West Concord Street, which drove down Massachusetts Avenue. Officers noticed that the vehicle had a defective brake light and excessively tinted windows. A traffic stop was then conducted. Officers approached the vehicle, identified themselves, and told the operator and two passengers why they were being stopped. Officers recognized Irizarry-Estepan as the person for their search warrant and issued exit orders to proceed with their investigation. Irizarry-Estepan was searched by officers, which resulted in the following items: A clear plastic bag containing eight smaller bags of a tan powdery substance believed to be fentanyl Six plastic bags containing a white, rock-like substance believed to be crack cocaine Two plastic bags containing a white powdery substance believed to be powdered cocaine An aluminum foil zip-lock bag containing a plastic bag of suspected crack cocaine and loose marijuana Officers also found an aluminum tray containing loose marijuana from the vehicle's center console. An additional search of the vehicle's occupants resulted in the recovery of a prescription bottle from the second passenger, which contained a plastic bag of crushed blue powder and seven brown capsule pills later identified as Hydromorphone. Irizarry-Estepan was arrested and charged with the following offenses: Possession with Intent to Distribute Class A Substance Possession with Intent to Distribute Class A Substance (2nd and Subsequent Offense) Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B Substance (Cocaine) Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B Substance (Crack Cocaine) The second passenger will be summoned to appear in Roxbury District Court on a charge of Possession of a Class A Substance. The vehicle operator was issued a Massachusetts Uniform Citation for Defective Equipment (Brake Light), Excessive Window Tint, and Open Container of Marijuana. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
