Massachusetts State Police

On the SouthCoast in the past few years alone, we've had a suspect flee across three states after allegedly setting fire to his home; a man who tried to swim away from police after crashing his car; and a low-speed chase in which a man in an allegedly stolen vehicle slowly led police down three different highways... with a flat tire.

New Bedford drivers will have to find a way around Rt. 18 northbound at Elm Street, after MassDOT announced the road is closed for an emergency inspection.

State police have identified the man caught in a pursuit involving K-9 units and a police helicopter yesterday in Dartmouth as 33-year-old Daryl Dickerson of East Boston.

A state police pursuit of a suspect who allegedly fled on foot from a stolen vehicle in Dartmouth early Thursday morning has ended with the suspect's capture.

The case against a man accused of crashing his car on the highway in New Bedford while on drugs will proceed, after a Jan. 20 decision from the state's supreme court.

Three men from New Bedford have been arrested on suspicion of stealing catalytic converters from vehicles in a neighborhood of Boston early Tuesday morning.

One of the most wanted fugitives in Massachusetts, who was suspected of committing a murder in Attleboro 31 years ago, has been caught hiding out at a shrimp farm in Guatemala.

The motorcyclist killed in a crash on Rt. 18 in New Bedford on Thanksgiving has been identified as 49-year-old city resident Juan Ruiz.

Massachusetts State Police detectives and Lowell police are looking for the suspect in a murder investigation who they believe may have ties to Fall River.

A Fall River man has been arrested and charged with multiple firearms violations in connection to a shooting on Rt. 24 last week.