An investigation has found that the cause of this week's deadly fire at a New Bedford rooming house was accidental, apparently coming from either a microwave or the outlet it was plugged into.
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.
A Fall River man who assaulted the mother of his children despite a restraining order against him will serve jail time for the offense, after he was convicted on Tuesday.
A Rhode Island woman has been sentenced to serve prison time after pleading guilty to assaulting and seriously injuring her one-year-old toddler while staying at a Seekonk motel in 2018.
A New Bedford man will spend up to eight years in state prison after stabbing a romantic rival in the neck at the city's bus depot — and then assaulting another man hours later, with the first victim's dried blood still on his face and hands.
A New Bedford man has been sentenced to serve two years in state prison after violently assaulting his girlfriend while picking up a child outside DeValles School in 2021.
A Fall River man who threatened his wife with a knife before assaulting her, then injured a police officer and struck a vehicle while trying to flee has been sentenced to jail time.
The man convicted of stealing Super Bowl rings and gold from an Attleboro jewelry maker in an infamous 2008 heist has landed back in prison on accusations that he conned the public into donating to a fake charity.
A Fall River woman with multiple prior convictions will serve up to seven and a half years in state prison after she was convicted of trying to break into her ex-boyfriend's home with a loaded AR-15 firearm.
A New Bedford man previously arrested in a massive narcotics trafficking investigation will spend three to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to dealing fentanyl while out on bail.