A Fall River woman was sentenced to house arrest and ordered to pay $1800 in restitution after pleading guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from a 97-year-old woman.
The deceased female who was found by area residents in a marshy area behind the former Sam's Club in Fall River on Sunday afternoon has been positively identified.
A New Bedford woman that was arrested early Tuesday morning on drug charges in Dartmouth is under arrest again following her arraignment in Third District Court.
Thomas Vargus, one of the Massachusetts State Police Most Wanted fugitives, was captured Sunday in Pennsylvania. Vargus, 45, is wanted for the random stabbing of a dog and the assault of the woman walking the pet in Taunton last month.