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Michelle Carter will spend over a year behind bars in the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth.

A Taunton man faces up to seven years in prison for robbing a Dollar Tree store in the city.

A 43-year-old Taunton man, charged with assaulting a 13-year-old girl with the intent to rape her, was sentenced to serve up to 15 years in prison.

The 24-year-old was convicted on Tuesday of the murder of 23-year-old Vanessa Courtney. He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.

A former banker and town official in Westport has been sentenced after pleading guilty to taking photos and video of underneath women's skirts.

Torres has a long criminal history, with previous convictions for possession of firearms, dealing heroin, and more. He was also convicted of murder in 1983.

Judge William Young has ordered "Codfather" Carlos Rafael to forfeit four of his groundfishing vessels as well as 34 permits associated with those vessels.

FALL RIVER - A 49-year-old Fall River man was sentenced to serve three years in state prison last week after being convicted of assaulting and attempting to strangle his pregnant girlfriend in December 2015, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M...

BOSTON (AP) _ The aunt of a Massachusetts teenager who took his own life after being urged to do so in text messages from his girlfriend is asking for 20 years behind bars for the woman. The woman's father will ask that his daughter be spared prison time...

FALL RIVER - A 29 year old Taunton man will serve up to four years in state prison along with three years of probation after his release for his role in an armed robbery with a firearm. J. Francis Gilbert pleaded guilty to a four count indictment charging him with armed robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, unlawful carrying of a firearm, and unlawful possession of a loaded firearm