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FALL RIVER - A 49-year-old Fall River man was sentenced to serve three years in state prison last week after being convicted of assaulting and attempting to strangle his pregnant girlfriend in December 2015, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M...

Freetown Police have arrested a man for attempting to steal a power washer from a shed, and then assaulting a neighbor who tried to stop him with his prosthetic arm. On Wednesday night, Freetown Police received a 911 call from a Christopher Drive resident reporting that a suspect was being detained for stealing a power washer from the resident’s garage...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford teen is arrested after allegedly stealing a scooter and assaulting two people who confronted him. New Bedford Police say Dangel Molina, 18, of New Bedford, had used a pair of bolt cutters to steal a scooter from Bom Apetite restaurant on Belleville Avenue around 6:30 p...

UPDATE Suspect ROSBA TAYLOR located and taken into custody in Lynn by Lynn Police. Child has been recovered by Lynn Police and appears unharmed. No further information available at this time. From the Massachusetts State Police - Plymouth Police and Massachusetts State Police are seeking a male suspect who physically assaulted the mother of his young child and kidnapped the child this morning... R

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford woman is being charged after allegedly assaulting a police officer. New Bedford Police say Jennifer Correia, 31, was yelling and causing a disturbance in the area of 571 County Street Tuesday night at around 9 p...

NEW BEDFORD - Two New Bedford residents are arrested for trying to assault police officers in separate incidents. Police say around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to a disturbance near County and Division Streets for a fight in progress...

NEW BEDFORD - David Taber, the man accused of assaulting his 88-year-old father in Acushnet and later ramming a cruiser in an attempt to evade police, has been found dangerous. A New Bedford District Court Judge ordered Taber, 66, to be held without bail for up to 120 days...

A 31-year-old New Bedford man, who violently attacked a convenience store clerk simply because the clerk could not understand what the man was saying, was sentenced to serve up to six-and-a-half years in state prison earlier this week in Fall River Superior Court, District Attorney Thomas M...

A Fall River woman was arrested early Monday morning after she tried to kick a police officer. ABC6 is reporting that 25-year-old Judith Brown was arrested just before 1:30 a.m. Monday morning when Taunton police responded to a disturbance on Oak Street...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a suspect in an assault Feb. 25 in the area of 44 Phillips Ave. Lenine J. Andrade, 19, has a last known address of 117 Coffin Ave., New Bedford. He is described as a white male with a full beard, brown eyes and black hair, standing about 5’3’’ and weighing 180 pounds ...