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Update (1:02 p.m.): ABC6 is reporting that Lombardi was ordered held without bail and is due back in court in two weeks. CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A 32-year-old man is due in court on charges he killed a Massachusetts woman and buried her body behind a vacant home in Rhode Island...

NEW BEDFORD - Two New Bedford men have pleaded guilty in federal court in connection to a drug ring that covered much of Bristol County and Providence, Rhode Island. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 26-year-old Eric DeSousa pleaded guilty in U...

BOSTON - New Bedford fishing magnate Carlos Rafael's plea hearing has been postponed. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts says "The Codfather's" next scheduled court appearance is March 30 at U.S. District Court in Boston. Rafael was originally scheduled to appear on March 20...

WARWICK, RI - The Westport man accused of stabbing an employee at a Warwick Rite-Aid confessed in court and will undergo a mental health evaluation. 41-year-old Jacob Gallant appeared in Kent County Court Wednesday to rescind the order for a competency hearing, with the judge asking Gallant if he knew why he was in court...

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NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man who appears to be chronically in and out of the judicial system receives a low-bail setting after the D.A.'s Office sought a $50,000 bond. 45-year-old Ronnie Oliver was arrested by New Bedford Police this week in connection with recent break-ins to Buzi Salon, The Garden sports bar, and The Hungry Whale Pub...

NEW BEDFORD - A Dartmouth man is arrested after bringing drugs into court. Police say 40-year-old Jason Costa of Center Street in Dartmouth was being searched before being placed into a holding cell Wednesday morning at Third District Court when he was found to be in possession of a bag of heroin and ten suboxone strips...

The Third District Courthouse in New Bedford may look more like a crime scene Saturday morning, but police say it's nothing to worry about. New Bedford Police will be conducting active shooter training with courthouse staff at the downtown courthouse from 8am to noon Saturday...

Crimes are prosecuted in court everyday, but it's not often the crimes are actually committed in the court. That's what happened Tuesday at the New Bedford District Court, when 23-year-old Clifton Jefferson allegedly stole a remote car key from a bin near the X-ray machine at the courthouse entrance and found the car nearby...

The man accused of fatally shooting his daughter in the parking lot of her New Bedford apartment building has been indicted by a grand jury. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says the grand jury returned three indictments against 45-year-old Walter DaSilva Friday, charging him in Superior Court with murder, carrying an illegal firearm, and unlawful possession of a loaded firearm... Rea