Overview

• Active investigations across Boston, Fall River, Randolph, Middleborough, Hyde Park and Westwood are drawing on social-media video and public tips to identify more participants.
• Two Rhode Island suspects in the South End case were charged and released on $1,000 and $500 cash bail after a police cruiser was set on fire, well below prosecutors’ requests.
• Healey directed Colonel Geoffrey Noble to reallocate State Police resources and coordinate with local chiefs to deter and investigate meetups, while withholding operational specifics.
• Police reported five arrests in Fall River and said a sixth suspect is being sought, and authorities noted an ambulance was briefly blocked during that incident.
• Boston’s police commissioner described the meetups as a highly orchestrated trend that is spreading through social media, with one spectator in Hyde Park reported injured.