robbery

New Bedford Police are investigating a break-in at a popular downtown New Bedford eatery. No Problemo, located at 813 Purchase Street, had its front window smashed in with cobblestone, and the cash register was stolen. Police got the call at 11:19 p...

Police are investigating after a 40-year-old woman had her purse snatched Monday on Collette Street. The woman told police she was walking in the area when a male approached her from behind and grabbed the strap of her purse, breaking it...

NEW BEDFORD - A man was reportedly beaten and robbed in the North End early Monday. The victim told police he was walking in the area of Arlington and Bates Streets when he was grabbed from behind and assaulted. The victim said his assailants stole his phone, hat, and sneakers...

NEW BEDFORD—Twenty-nine year-old Josue Alexis Castro was arrested Sunday in connection with the attempted armed robberies of Subway restaurant, 836 Pleasant St. earlier in the day and Sunstar Grocery, 639 County St., the day before. Police received a report of an attempted robbery at Subway at 4:15 p...

NEW BEDFORD - Police are investigating an armed robbery Tuesday night at JC's Corner Variety Store, located at 377 Cedar Street in New Bedford. Police were called to the store at 7:48 p.m. when a clerk reported that two men entered the store armed with a suspected firearm...

NEW BEDFORD - Police are stepping up patrols after three armed robberies, believed to be related, at local convenience stores. Two of the robberies happened on back-to-back days at the same location. At 7:24 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, police received a report of armed robbery at the XtraMart at 117 Durfee St...

New Bedford Police are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery of the Bizarro Food Mart at 556 Kempton Street Monday night. Scanner reports indicate the suspect is believed to have walked into store around 7 p.m. and displayed a small handgun, robbing the store of cash...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are responding to reports of a shooting in the South End. Scanner reports indicate the shooting took place around 12:15 at 20 Clara Street, with a male suspect shooting at another individual. The incident started out as a home invasion, with a tall, light-skinned Hispanic male with a gun robbing the resident of cash...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police say a delivery driver for Palace Pizza was robbed Sunday night. The 43-year-old male driver told police he was met at 242 Purchase Street Sunday evening by a man with a gun. The suspect demanded cash, and then fled on foot after taking the driver's money...

NEW BEDFORD - A sales transaction got off on the wrong foot in New Bedford as a 23-year-old man is robbed of a sneaker. The victim told police he made arrangements on Facebook to meet a man at Hazelwood Park to sell a pair of Nike Air Jordan sneakers...