■VICTIM IDENTIFIED A man who was stabbed to death in Dorchester on Sunday has been identified as 33-year-old Anthony Young, police said. Young, of Boston, was “suffering from apparent stab wounds’’ when police found him early in the morning, Boston police said in a statement on Thursday. He died at a hospital. Boston police are investigating the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call (617) 343-4470.
■ DIRT BIKE ARRESTS Three men from Roxbury accused of recklessly riding dirt bikes were arrested Thursday night inside a UHaul storage facility where officers had followed them, Boston police said in a statement. Giovanny Martinez, 23, Jason Martinez and Najja Joseph, both age 24, were charged with disorderly conduct, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and operating after a license was suspended/revoked, the statement said. They will also be issued citations for “committing an array of auto law violations’’ in the area of Rusfield Street and Massachusetts Avenue, police said. Officers were conducting an ongoing investigation when they spotted the trio riding the bikes. They followed them to the storage facility, where the riders tried to flee on foot.
CAR CRASH A Waltham man was arrested for drunken driving after he rammed into a utility pole and a home in Newton Thursday morning, injuring himself and his passenger, State Police said. Julio Savedra Alonzo, 23, was driving in a 2004 Toyota Matrix around 1:40 a.m. when he lost control of the car on Boylston Street and crashed into the pole and the home’s porch steps, police said in a statement. Aside from the brick staircase, the building did not suffer extensive damage, said Newton Fire Lieutenant Eric Fricke. “The utility pole was completely snapped in half and Eversource needed to install a new one,’’ Fricke said. The passenger had to be extricated by Newton firefighters. Alonzo, who suffered minor injuries, and his passenger, who sustained more serious injuries, were taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, State Police said. No further information about the passenger was immediately available. Minutes before barreling into the Newton house, Alonzo allegedly sped through a construction site on Boylston Street in Brookline and did not stop for police when signaled to do so, said Brookline Police Deputy Superintendent Michael Gropman.
■ GUN BUST Police arrested a Camden, N.J., man on Wednesday after finding him in a Dorchester apartment with a loaded pistol and several bags of marijuana, officials said. Officers arrested Freddie Evans, 30, at 385 Blue Hill Ave. at 5:55 p.m. during an investigation, Boston police said in a statement. While executing a search warrant of the area, officers seized a loaded .40-caliber Hi-Point Smith and Wesson pistol with seven live rounds of ammunition, three live .40-caliber rounds, one .40-caliber spent cartridge, several plastic bags of marijuana, and various drug paraphernalia consistent with the illegal sale of drugs, police said. Evans was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawful possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, and possession with intent to distribute Class D drugs.