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NEW BEDFORD - Two people are under arrest after New Bedford Police find them with stolen items in a shed. Police were called to a disturbance at 16 McGurk Street at 2 a.m. Monday, and found two people trying to make their way into a shed at the address...

NEW BEDFORD - Over 1,500 drug cases pending in district and superior courts are being dropped by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office as a direct result of a former state drug lab chemist's tampering with evidence. District attorneys across Massachusetts are submitting to the Supreme Judicial Court today the cases they would not or could not prosecute if new trials were ordered due to Ann

NEW BEDFORD - A city teenager is in custody after New Bedford police officers recovered an illegal firearm following a traffic stop Saturday afternoon.

NEW BEDFORD - Two more individuals will face charges in connection to a gang of recreational vehicle riders that wreaked havoc on New Bedford streets on Halloween night. New Bedford Police say local investigators along with the Massachusetts Environmental Police are charging two 17-year-old male juveniles, one from Fairhaven and one from Acushnet, with operating a snow/recreational vehicle on a pu

Two people are facing various drug charges after a search warrant was executed by New Bedford Police Saturday.

Two Rhode Island men were arrested in New Bedford Friday as part of an investigation into a fentanyl distribution service, according to a release.

The owner of a New Bedford gym and former Pop Warner Football coach pleading guilty to supplying heroin to area drug dealers has formally entered a plea agreement. According to The Standard Times, Sharik Mendes entered the agreement in U...

Multiple charges have been filed against a Westport man whose motorcycle collided with a Wesport Police cruiser early Monday morning.

Nine men have been charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with distributing heroin and cocaine in Bristol County. According to court documents, 43-year-old Luis Lopez of Tiverton and Fall River was the head of a drug trafficking organization that imported large amounts of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Bedford and Fall River...

More charges for a former Lakeville firefighter already accused of sexually assaulting a minor. Wareham Police say additional charges have been filed against 51-year-old Thomas Dunlevy, in connection with an incident in July of 2014 during a camping stay at Cape Cod Maple Park Campground in East Wareham...