Crime

On the morning of May 27, 2019, at the mouth of Falmouth Harbor, an Environmental Police Officer investigated a tip provided by the Falmouth Marine Environmental Services (MES) which resulted in a striped bass violation. The individual was found to be in possession of eleven (11) undersized striped bass. Each …

C-Mart Supermarket Inc. (C-Mart) was sentenced on Wednesday, May 29 in federal court in Boston in connection with an $110,000 SNAP benefit fraud scheme that the corporate defendant operated out of a Chinatown supermarket. C-Mart was ordered by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to pay $110,000 in …

Just after 1 a.m. Thursday, Trooper Dario Trifone of the State Police-Northampton Barracks was patrolling Route 91 in Northampton when a vehicle passed his location with a loud and defective exhaust. Trooper Trifone caught up to and followed the 2002 Chevy Tracker for a short time then activated his blue …

According to the New Bedford police logs, there was a reported kidnapping in New Bedford at Clasky Common park on Wednesday at 5:36 am in New Bedford. I reached out to the New Bedford Police but they aren’t releasing any information at this time, only saying that the incident is …

A 29-year-old Taunton man, who sucker-punched and stabbed an unarmed victim in Taunton last May, was sentenced to serve five to seven years in state prison earlier this week, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Tomas Ortiz pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging …

A New Bedford man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with distributing cocaine and marijuana. Luis Mendez, 37, was indicted on one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Mendez has been in state custody since his arrest on Feb. 7, 2019. According to the …

As the result of ongoing surveillance for illegal drug activity at the Woods at Wareham complex, Wareham Police Detectives raided an apartment there on Wednesday morning, May 29. Just prior to executing the search warrant at about 10:30 a.m., detectives observed the female resident of Apartment 95 get into a …

A Guatemalan national wanted for his role in the 1980s massacre of indigenous Guatemalans was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston. Francisco Cuxum Alvarado, a/k/a Francisco Cuxun-Alvarado, 64, was indicted on one count of illegal reentry into the United States. Cuxum Alvarado was detained following an arraignment yesterday. “Mr. …

The 54-year-old Fall River man accused of a fatal hit-and-run incident on Old Bedford Road in Westport earlier this month has turned himself in to authorities at the Westport Police Station, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Gerardo Lugo, 54, of Fall River, is charged with leaving …

On Saturday May 25th, the Franklin Police responded to a citizen request to check a property on Highwood Drive. The caller had reported that his property in the Town of Wrentham had recently been broken into, and he feared that the Franklin property may also be targeted. Responding officers found …