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Fall River could enact an ordinance this month to give police more tools to deal with illegal ATV and dirt bike riders. Should New Bedford do the same?

Three New Bedford residents have been arrested in connection with the theft of several motorized dirt bikes in Dartmouth.

Police say a shooting in Fall River earlier this week was sparked by an argument over a stolen dirt bike.

NEW BEDFORD — Police are once again seeking charges of larceny of a motor vehicle against Mike Robles-Negron, 20, of 38 Malden Street, New Bedford, after he took a dirt bike being sold on Craigslist for a test drive Monday and never returned...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are warning area residents to be careful when posting items, especially motor vehicles, for sale online. Police say within the past month they have received five reports of motorized vehicles being stolen after suspects claim to be potential buyers, arrange for a meet-up, and then fail to return the vehicles after taking them for a test drive...

NEW BEDFORD - Two more individuals will face charges in connection to a gang of recreational vehicle riders that wreaked havoc on New Bedford streets on Halloween night. New Bedford Police say local investigators along with the Massachusetts Environmental Police are charging two 17-year-old male juveniles, one from Fairhaven and one from Acushnet, with operating a snow/recreational vehicle on a pu

New Bedford officials hope to crack down on the illegal use of recreational vehicles on city streets with a proposed ordinance announced Monday morning at City Hall.

The New Bedford police officer that was run over by a dirt bike Monday night has been released from the hospital. New Bedford Police Sergeant Candido Trinidad was released from Rhode Island Hospital late last night and is home recovering, according to Lt...

A New Bedford Police Officer was seriously injured Monday night after being run over by a dirt bike in the North End. New Bedford Police say 35-year-old Sgt. Candido Trinidad was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries after being hit by the dirt bike that was part of a group of off-road vehicles stopped by police...

New Bedford Police continue to crack down on people illegally operating ATV's and other recreational vehicles on city streets. Police arrested 19-year-old Calixto Smith of New Bedford after he was seen driving an ATV at a high rate of speed without a helmet on Ashley Boulevard near Dean Street early Sunday morning...