crime

Monday's alleged gang shootout in the area of North Front Street that injured an innocent bystander, a 60-year-old man that was in his own apartment on Tallman Street, has highlighted that violent crime in New Bedford can strike anywhere...

FREETOWN - Freetown Police are warning drivers and cyclists after storm drain covers in the town have gone missing. On their Facebook page, Freetown Police say they received multiple reports Tuesday of missing storm drain covers in the area of Locust Street, Chipaway Road, Billy's Lane, and Slab Bridge Road...

With the news that the victim in Monday's shooting in New Bedford was nothing more than an innocent bystander, it's becoming clear that violent crime in the city isn't just being inflicted upon those who pursue a lifestyle that welcomes it...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police say the 60-year-old victim in Monday afternoon's shooting in the North End was in his apartment at 50 Tallman Street when he was shot. According to police, two separate groups of individuals began exchanging gunfire in the area of 329 North Front Street Monday afternoon...

NEW BEDFORD - For the fourth time in several months, the former Flagship Cinemas on Kings Highway in New Bedford has been broken into. New Bedford Police say they received reports of the break-in early Monday. Police believe the building at 500 Kings Highway had been broken into over the weekend...

Community activist John "Buddy" Andrade says New Bedford as a community is failing the youth. "These kids want things to do. They're not bad," Andrade said. "I've seen these young boys and girls, all colors and all shapes and residents of this city, and the adults in government and the adults in the community are failing them...

NEW BEDFORD - One man is injured in a daytime shooting in New Bedford Sunday. New Bedford Police say the shooting took place around 6 p.m. Sunday evening in the area of Maxfield Street near the Westlawn housing development in the city's West End...

FALL RIVER - A Fall River man pleads guilty to stealing a purse from an elderly woman. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 34-year-old Shane Cartin pleaded guilty last week in Fall River Superior Court to one count of unarmed robbery of a person over 60 years old...

Writer James Patterson seems to think the trial and death of Aaron Hernandez will be a real page turner.

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police have arrested six people after an investigation into street-level drug activity in the city's West End. The crime sweep netted 100 grams of marijuana, a small amount of cocaine, a loaded 9mm Jiminez Arms handgun, 107 pills, digital scales, packaging materials, and $170 in cash...