Bristol County District attorney

Former Bristol County District Attorney Paul F. Walsh, Jr., who served in that office for 16 years, has passed away at the age of 70.

New Bedford Police and other authorities are investigating after a 27-year-old city man was shot and killed on County Street Thursday evening.

Two New Bedford men have been arrested after they were caught allegedly smuggling massive amounts of cocaine from Puerto Rico — with the drugs hidden in Pokémon art cases.

A Fairhaven man will spend up to 15 years in state prison after he was convicted of killing a homeless man in New Bedford in 2019.

Police are investigating a murder-suicide at a New Bedford home on Friday — a home that is also linked to the disappearance of a woman in 2019.

Police have closed and taped off a road in New Bedford's North End on Friday morning in connection to a death investigation.

A New Bedford woman who was one of the top members of a large local fentanyl trafficking organization will serve up to seven years in state prison, after she pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges last week.

A Lynn man caught operating a small prostitution ring at a Seekonk motel in 2020 has been sentenced to serve three years in prison.

A New Bedford man who used his Allen Street clothing store to peddle cocaine has been sentenced to serve up to seven years in state prison.

A New Bedford drunk driver will spend up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter in the 2018 death of a Dartmouth father of two.