violence

Fairhaven Police say an incident where a racial slur and possible threat were spray-painted onto a fence is no longer being investigated as a hate crime.

FALL RIVER — A Westport man is arrested after being kicked out of a party for being violent, ramming a vehicle after leaving, and then attempting to avoid arrest. Fall River Police were called to the 300 block of Bradford Avenue around 3:15 a...

Gazelle & B Mo speak out against hate.

This past Saturday's horrific events in Charlottesville, Virginia have prompted a local response, as city officials, faith and community leaders and others from the Greater New Bedford area will gather Tuesday night in unity against hate and violence...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - About 100 people have gathered in a coastal Massachusetts town following violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Three people were killed Saturday and dozens were injured as white nationalists protested the city's decision to remove a Confederate monument...

Last week, Mayor Jon Mitchell and Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro took a walk through the area of Tallman Street and North Front Street, an area which has been rocked by violence as of late. In his weekly appearance on WBSM, Mayor Mitchell said he wanted people in the neighborhood to know they were there for a couple of reasons...

The New Bedford Police Department isn't waiting around for at-risk youth to start using guns before they confiscate them. Starting immediately, they're coming right for them, but they need the public's help in knowing where to look. "This idea of us being in paralysis by fear is hurting us," Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro told WBSM News...

Monday's alleged gang shootout in the area of North Front Street that injured an innocent bystander, a 60-year-old man that was in his own apartment on Tallman Street, has highlighted that violent crime in New Bedford can strike anywhere...

With the news that the victim in Monday's shooting in New Bedford was nothing more than an innocent bystander, it's becoming clear that violent crime in the city isn't just being inflicted upon those who pursue a lifestyle that welcomes it...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police say the 60-year-old victim in Monday afternoon's shooting in the North End was in his apartment at 50 Tallman Street when he was shot. According to police, two separate groups of individuals began exchanging gunfire in the area of 329 North Front Street Monday afternoon...