Boston Police Blotter: Boat fire in Dorchester near Rainbow Swash mural

Firefighters responded to a boat fire off Dorchester Sunday afternoon.

The incident occurred around 1 p.m. in the waters off Savin Hill Yacht Club, according to Boston Fire Department.

The passengers on the boat got off safely, BFD said. But the boat did have to be towed to shallow waters.

Images posted by the department show other boats responding to put out the flames right next in front of the Rainbow Swash mural.

Man arrested after urinating in bus

The MBTA Police responded to a call last week of a man urinating on the bus.

The call came in around 11 a.m. Wednesday that a male passenger was peeing in front of others on the bus near the Mass Ave. at Harrison Ave. stop, T Police said in a post on X.

After removing the man, officers said they discovered he had “14 warrants for his arrest for various [offenses] from numerous courts,” according to the T Police. The man was arrested.

Incident Summary

BPD responded to 245 incidents in the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. Sunday, according to the department’s incident log. Those included two robberies, two aggravated assaults, two residential burglaries, four larcenies from a vehicle, and 31 miscellaneous larcenies.

Arrests

All of the below-named defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

— Roman Lora, 24 Sumner St., Revere. Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

— Maryann Valeyron, 31 Albion St., Lowell. Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

— Irini Papa, 4 McDewell Ave., Danvers. Assault and battery on a police officer.

— Yaseen Ahmad, no address listed. Sexual conduct for a fee.

— Matthew Fitzpatrick, no address listed. Sexual conduct for a fee.

— Darren Francisque, 58 Gold St., Randolph. Sexual conduct for a fee.

— Angelo Furtado, no address listed. Sexual conduct for a fee.

— Rev. Mahayaye-Vineetha Thero, 145 College Ave., Somerville. Sexual conduct for a fee.

— Sundararahan Vaidyanathan, 13264 Middleton Farm Ln., Herndon, VA. Sexual conduct for a fee.

— Justice Wallace, 150 Ellington St., Dorchester. Unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

— Jessica Hazard, 190 Mountain Ave., Malden. Trespassing.

— Julio Cortez, no address listed. Disorderly conduct.