Crime & Safety

East Boston Man Charged With Murder In Connection With Christmas Eve Stabbing

Hatfield will be arraigned in East Boston District Court at a later date.

(Jenna Fisher/Patch)

BOSTON — Boston Police announced on Sunday that they have arrested 36-year-old Steven Anthony Hatfield. He is being charged him with murder after a man was stabbed and killed in the area of 208 Sumner Street in East Boston at around 9 p.m. on Thursday.

Hatfield will be arraigned in East Boston District Court at a later date.

After receiving a call about a person being stabbed, police responded to the scene and found the victim. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

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