Police in Boston are warning the public about a “new text messaging scam” involving bogus alerts of parking ticket fines. In an advisory, police said the scam involves “fraudulent messages” sent to residents’ phones claiming that they “have overdue parking ticket fees.”

Boston police are responding to a person barricaded inside a home in Hyde Park. The incident is happening on Hopeqewll Road about a block from Osceola Street. Police have blocked off part of the road and are urging people to avoid the area in Hyde Park this morning.

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Boston Police are issuing an alert regarding a text message scam about an ‘unpaid parking invoice’ that’s been saturating Boston area codes since Saturday.