Today, Mayor Jon Mitchell took the official step of appointing Deputy Police Chief David Lizotte as Acting Chief of the New Bedford Police Department, following the unexpected death of Police Chief David A. Provencher last week. Deputy Lizotte, a 32-year veteran of the force, began his career in New Bedford …

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a 26-year-old Fall River man was sentenced to serve 30 to 45 years in state prison after being convicted of a litany of crimes connected to a brutal April 2013 assault and rape of a 65-year-old woman. Christopher Stiles …

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and Taunton Police Chief John Reardon announced that two men were arrested early this morning in connection to the 2010 cold case murder of 33-yea-old Joseph Dugan. State Police detectives assigned to District Attorney Quinn’s office and Taunton Police detectives arrested Jeremy …

After finding an announcement for the annual ‘Socks for Vets’ drive for the Veterans’ Transition House of New Bedford, staff and students at the Thomas R. Rodman School were inspired to act. Mr. Mark Ledoux, Grade 5 teacher at Rodman, initiated a schoolwide sock drive at Rodman – and students, …

On Saturday morning at approximately 12:10am a fight broke out in the 100 block of Bates St. where a 29 year old New Bedford man suffered lacerations to the left hand and neck. He was treated and released from St. Luke’s Hospital with non life threatening injuries. It appears the victim …

The identities of those involved in the Saturday night fatal fire incident on Mount Pleasant Street in Westport has been publicly released. The deceased victim of the fire is 4-year-old Caleb Nardolillo. Caleb’s mother, Melody Nardolillo, 32, and sister, Bella Perry, 7, remain hospitalized for treatment of burns to their bodies and …

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that a 55-year-old New Bedford man was sentenced to eight to ten years in state prison today in Taunton Superior Court for sending hundreds of sexually graphic Facebook messages to a 12-year-old Dartmouth boy in 2012. David Gould, of 157 Grinnell …

On Tuesday morning December 8th at approximately 7am a male walked into the Stop n Save convenience store at 129 Ashley Blvd. He ordered a pack of gum and when the clerk opened the register, he brandished a firearm. The suspect then reached into the register and grabbed an undisclosed …

This morning, at about 6:45 a.m., troopers from the State Police Barracks in Bourne responded to a report of two vehicle crash rollover on Route 195 East west of exit 20 in Marion. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Antone Pereira indicates that a 2006 Ford Econovan was traveling east on Route …

At approximately 7:30 PM this evening, New Bedford Police Chief David A. Provencher passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. The cause of his death was respiratory arrest. “Tonight the City of New Bedford lost an outstanding police chief and a great man. Our prayers go out to …