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UPDATE 10:40 a.m. - New Bedford Police say seven people were arrested as the result of an investigation into the distribution of cocaine from an apartment on North Front Street. Police executed a search warrant at 397 North Front St., Apt...

NEW BEDFORD - Police targeting street level crime in New Bedford Saturday arrest a city man on drug charges. The New Bedford Police Gang Unit was operating in the South End in the area of Delano and County Streets when they arrested 25-year-old Kevin Rodrigues of 170 Query Street as the result of an investigation...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are investigating reports of shots fired outside of downtown early Friday morning. The Police Department confirmed that several shots were fired at Grinnell and South Second Streets before 2 a.m. Friday, but would not confirm if evidence of shell casings or any damage was discovered...

NEW BEDFORD - The special election for the Ward Three City Council seat in New Bedford is just days away. Candidates Bethany Fauteux and Hugh Dunn met in WBSM's studios for a live discussion Thursday night on issues pertaining to the ward and the city...

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

A popular local media site is making a transition away from covering day-to-day crime news. Since 2011, New Bedford Guide has been a site that has grown from just focusing on some of the happenings around the city, to one that over 200,000 people visit daily...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police have arrested two men they say are responsible for a total of six robberies over the past two months. Police say the've arrested 21-year-old Isaiah Garcia, Jr., of New Bedford, and have charged him in connection to six robberies that took place between February 8 and April 5: Rent A Center, 446 Dartmouth St ... Read More ...

NEW BEDFORD - A 26-year old New Bedford woman is under arrest after police find a wide variety of drugs in her apartment. Members of the New Bedford Police Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant Thursday evening at an apartment 114 Adams Street...

NEW BEDFORD - A County Street liquor store was the target of an armed robbery Monday. New Bedford Police say just after 4 p.m. Monday, a man walked into Washington Square Package Store at 281 County Street, displayed what looked like a handgun, and demanded money from the register...

NEW BEDFORD - An arrest has been made in a series of shots fired incidents in New Bedford this week. New Bedford Police say 20-year-old Jordan Michael Lamere of Granfield Street is charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, carrying a firearm without a license, property damage to intimidate, and carrying a loaded firearm...