Fentanyl

NEW BEDFORD - Two New Bedford men have pleaded guilty in federal court in connection to a drug ring that covered much of Bristol County and Providence, Rhode Island. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 26-year-old Eric DeSousa pleaded guilty in U...

NEW BEDFORD—A Dorchester man was arrested and charged with trafficking Fentanyl on Saturday morning around 11:30 a.m. Members of the New Bedford Police Narcotics Unit stopped the vehicle in the area of Tinkham Street and North Front Street as a result of an investigation...

BOSTON - Federal charges are being filed against four alleged Latin Kings gang members known to operate out of New Bedford. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 37-year-old Rafael Reyes, 29-year-old Virgilio Adorno, and 23-year-old Avimael Ortiz all face federal-level drug charges...

New Bedford narcotics and gang unit detectives, in conjunction with agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, obtained a federal arrest warrant for Rafael Reyes, 37, of 12 Roosevelt St. Apt. 1, New Bedford, as the result of his arrest in November 2016 ...

New Bedford Police took 21 grams of Fentanyl and a loaded .25 caliber firearm off the street Wednesday after a traffic stop in the area of 60 Nauset St. This is the fifth illegal handgun taken off the streets in the last two days. Jonathan Hernandez, 22, of 77 Cedar St ...

NEW BEDFORD--New Bedford Police took nearly 60 grams of Fentanyl off the streets and arrested a city man Monday as part of an investigation into a Fentanyl distribution service at 280 Acushnet Ave., Apt. 2L. Police executed a warrant for 280 Acushnet Ave...

NEW BEDFORD—Three men were arrested Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation by the New Bedford Police narcotics unit into street-level narcotics activity in the South End of the city. Craig Hickey, 46, whose address is unknown, was charged with conspiracy to violate drug laws and  possession of Fentanyl ...

BOSTON - A New Bedford woman is sentenced for stashing drugs in her home for a drug trafficking ring in Bristol County and in Providence. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz's office says 45-year-old Shirley Vargas was sentenced to 18 months in prison and one year of supervised release...

FAIRHAVEN - Fairhaven Police are investigating a suspected fatal overdose. Police were called to a single-family home in the town just before 5 P.M. Monday for an unresponsive male. The 29-year-old male was declared dead at the scene...

DARTMOUTH—A joint investigation by the Dartmouth Police Department, the Barnstable Police and the Bristol County Sheriff's Office has led to the arrest of a Fairhaven man for trafficking in Fentanyl and other drug charges. At approximately 5 p...