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NEW BEDFORD—The New Bedford Police Department (NBPD) has released its crime statistics for 2016.  The number of all crimes in the City of New Bedford fell 10% from 4,488 in 2015 to 4,040 in 2016. Changes in the numbers of crimes in various categories are summarized below and are detailed further in an accompanying table ...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are investigating another pair of shots fired. Police say one shot was fired at around 6 A.M. and the other shortly after 9 A.M. Tuesday morning in the area of Pleasant and Franklin Streets. There were no reports of injuries or property damage...

Did convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez watch his former Patriots teammates beat the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl from his jail cell on Sunday?

NEW BEDFORD - More drugs and guns off of New Bedford streets. As part of another crime sweep in the North Front Street area Wednesday, detectives seized 58 grams of cocaine, crack cocaine, and a digital scale and packaging material, along with over $6,000 in cash...

NEW BEDFORD - Residents in a north end neighborhood in New Bedford took matters into their own hands Monday night after seeing a man break into a car. Police say a resident saw the suspect break into his mother's car on Glennon Street around 9 P...

NEW BEDFORD - The Bristol County District Attorney's Office has joined in the investigation into a shooting in New Bedford Tuesday night that left one man critically injured. The DA's Office says at 11:40 pm Tuesday night, New Bedford Police received a 911 call regarding a male suffering from a gunshot wound in an apartment building at 51 Tallman Street...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man was taken to St. Luke's Hospital after being shot in the head Tuesday night. New Bedford Police say they responded to 51 Tallman Street to a report of a man suffering from a gunshot wound just before midnight...

A Wednesday night crash in New Bedford leaves an Acushnet man dead.

One of the suspects being sought for stealing a puppy in Fall River may have had a change of heart.

A man being sought for a hit and run in the Dartmouth Mall on Tuesday afternoon has been arrested.