A Randolph man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for sex trafficking a 15-year-old minor. Admilson Gomes Pires, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release. Pires was also ordered to pay $5,500 in …
Read More »Chicago Rapper “G Herbo” sentenced in Boston for role in fraud conspiracy, making false statements
“BOSTON – A Chicago-area rap artist was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield, Mass. for participating in a nationwide wire fraud conspiracy that victimized businesses across the United States and for making a false statement to a federal agent to conceal his involvement. Herbert Wright, 25, a/k/a “G Herbo,” …
Read More »Video captures brutal knockout in parking lot of New Bedford bar
An anonymous source recently sent us a video capturing a man punching and knocking out another man in the parking lot of “The Last Round” in New Bedford. This individual told us, “I want to be anonymous but this is Servulo Pires, assaulting a man who he didn’t know in …
Read More »New Hampshire man pleads guilty to series of extortionate bomb threats against Harvard University
“Threats caused evacuation at Harvard and the controlled detonation of a hoax device. BOSTON – A Manchester, N.H., man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston for a series of extortionate bomb threats against Harvard University. The extortionate threats caused the evacuation of Harvard’s Science Center Plaza and surrounding …
Read More »Massachusetts State Police help disabled vehicle, charge felon with firearm, narcotics, tax, traffic offenses
“Last Friday, one of our members, assigned to SP South Boston, observed a disabled motor vehicle on the Tobin bridge heading into Chelsea. When our Trooper approached the vehicle, the operator exited the running vehicle from the driver seat and stated that he was not the operator of the vehicle …
Read More »Acushnet Police seek info on driver who destroyed Church’s fence, sign at problem intersection
The Acushnet Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the vehicle depicted. On Sunday evening at approximately 8:17PM, the vehicle failed to stop at the S. Main/Main Street stop sign. The vehicle then struck and destroyed the St. Francis Xavier Church’s fence and sign. The vehicle then backed …
Read More »New Bedford Police arrest 41-year old city man, seize large cache of Fentanyl
“NEW BEDFORD – Narcotics detectives have arrested a local man for trafficking in Fentanyl. On January 5th, Det. Matthew Sylvia of the department’s Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau concluded an investigation into a fentanyl distribution operation being conducted out of 255 N. Front St. The target of the investigation was the …
Read More »New charges brought against New York driver in Christmas night triple-fatality in Somerset
“Adam Gauthier, the 41-year-old New York City resident arrested on charges related to a late Christmas night motor vehicle triple-fatality on the Somerset side of the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge, is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Fall River District Court on the two newest charges filed in connection to the …
Read More »New Bedford woman ripped out of family car after hijacking on Coggeshall Street
“Around 1:50 a.m. ?? on Friday, my van was stolen in carjacking. Some guy in a hoodie ran up to my car moments after I pulled into the parking lot next to Taco Bell Coggeshall St., in front of Snipes building technically. I snapped this photo, looked up and noticed …
Read More »37-year-old man who assaulted Dartmouth H.O.C. correctional officers sentenced to prison
“A 37-year-old man, who assaulted three different correctional officers on three separate occasions, was sentenced today in Fall River Superior Court to serve 18 to 36 months in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Kevin Branco, who has no known address, pleaded guilty today to …
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