Crime

Two shootings occurred in New Bedford within two hours of each other Monday night – the first at Temple Landing and the second at Brickenwood New Bedford Housing Authority. Two people were sent to St. Luke’s hospital for treatment. The first shooting was reported around 8 pm at the 160-block …

A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for making false statements in applications for Social Security benefits and a U.S. passport. Daniel Polonia Morillo, 57, of Lawrence, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 12 months in prison, two years of supervised …

A Dominican national who is facing cocaine trafficking charges was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported on four separate occasions. Lenny Soto-Mateo, 36, a Dominican national residing in Lynn, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns …

On Saturday, August 24, 2019, an Officer on patrol in the vicinity of Wychmere Harbor in Harwich observed an individual loading fish pots into the rear of a pickup truck. Further inspection found the individual, who was commercially permitted, to be in possession of 384 pounds of black sea bass …

A traffic stop in New Bedford yesterday led to the arrest of a man for trafficking in fentanyl, among other charges. At about 5:20 p.m., troopers assigned to the Troop D Community Action Team stopped a 2019 Nissan Altima for suspected illegal window tint. During their contact with the operator, …

29-year old Marcos Araujo of New Bedford is being charged with OUI-liquor after hitting Brooklawn Park wall just before 1 am on Thursday. According to New Bedford police, the responded to a call of an accident involving a single car hitting the wall at Brooklawn Park on Acushnet Ave. in …

A 31-year-old New Bedford man was convicted at trial yesterday of charges related to the systematic sexual assault of a prepubescent girl and was sentenced to serve 15 to 20 years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Ronald Teixeira was convicted of two counts …

Shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police patrols and an MSP K9 unit responded to Industrial Park Road at Bay Street in Taunton to assist Norton Police in the apprehension of a male suspect who had fled. The suspect, identified as NICHOLAS SLAVIN, 30, of New Bedford, and who …

A 61-year-old Falmouth man who sexually assaulted a passed out female acquaintance in New Bedford last September was convicted last week in New Bedford District Court and sentenced to serve two years in the Bristol County House of Corrections, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Russell Lopes …

At 11 p.m. Wednesday, State Police-Brookfield patrols and K9 units responded to an address in Warren to assist Warren Police and Ware Police in searching for a male suspect who had fled following a domestic assault in Ware. Warren Police had located the suspect’s vehicle, a Mazda 3 hatchback, and …