Crime

A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper pleaded guilty today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP). Gary Herman, 45, of Chester, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel …

According to Alarms.org, the official site of the National Council for Home Safety and Security, New Bedford is the 5th most dangerous city in Massachusetts. The organization produced a list of the “safest cities in Massachusetts for 2018” – ranking 172 Massachusetts towns and cities. Of the 172 cities listed, …

New Bedford narcotics detectives took more than $30,000 worth of heroin and more than 80 grams of Fentanyl off the street Tuesday, Oct. 9 and made an arrest following an investigation into a heroin delivery service out of 598 Brock Ave., Apt. 3F. Detectives executed a search warrant of the …

A 48-year-old New Bedford narcotics trafficker was sentenced to serve up to five and a half years in state prison last week in Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Michael Oliver pleaded guilty to a multi-count indictment, charging him with trafficking in heroin, …

Shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, Trooper Dustin Shaw, who is assigned to State Police-Oak Bluffs, was on patrol when observed a 2012 Mazda sedan with no inspection sticker pass him on West Tisbury Road in Edgartown. Trooper Shaw stopped the car in the area of Bold Meadow Lane, approached, and …

On Sunday, October 7, at about 12:00 p.m. Wareham Police were requested to Walmart for a report of a shoplifter in the store being watched by loss prevention personnel. Officer Nate Aronson arrived on location and the suspect was pointed out to him. Officer Aronson confronted the subject in the …

From the New Bedford Police Department: “Please be aware that the Department of Public Infrastructure has informed the Police Department that they have received reports of two men going door-to-door in the City, impersonating DPI staff in an attempt to gain access to houses. The two men, driving an unmarked …

A Newton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conducting an extensive cyberstalking campaign against his former housemate, her family members, co-workers, friends, and other unrelated individuals. The defendant hacked into his former housemate’s online accounts, posted fraudulent sexual solicitations in the victims’ names, sent unsolicited images …

A Worcester man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to possessing child pornography. James M. Stoddard, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman scheduled sentencing for Jan. 3, 2019. Stoddard was arrested and charged in federal court …

A member of MS-13 was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for racketeering conspiracy and murder. Hector Enamorado, a/k/a “Vida Loca,” 39, a Honduran national, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to life in prison. In April 2018, Enamorado was convicted by a federal jury …