A Marstons Mills man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with receipt and possession of child pornography. Steven Carme, 30, was charged with one count of receipt and one count of possession of child pornography. He appeared in federal court in Boston and was ordered detained …

New Bedford police were called to a Bedford Towers apartment on 231 Middle Street regarding a man that building management believed was staying in one of their apartments and was not the lease. The identity of this male was known to police and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. …

A former Hadley Police Department Officer was found guilty today of using unreasonable force during an arrest and then falsifying a police report of the incident. Christopher M. Roeder, 49, of Agawam, was convicted by a federal jury after a seven-day trial of one count of deprivation of rights under …

Of the 563 drug overdoses that New Bedford police responded to in 2018, 36 were fatal compared to 42 in 2017 – a 15% decrease. The decrease in the total number of fatal overdoses can likely be attributed to the widespread use of Narcan – the life-saving drug that has …

A concerned New Bedford resident wants to warn others about aggressive energy people aggressively knocking on doors in the city today. “There are some guys knocking on doors on Independent Street in New Bedford claiming to be city workers. They are asking for electrical bills. Spread awareness! They ask for …

The City of New Bedford has been awarded $1,758,917 in homeless assistance funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of a competitive grant process under the HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded approximately $2 billion …

The Department of Parks, Recreation & Beaches is now enrolling students for their annual February and April Staycation Fun Weeks at the Andrew McCoy Recreation Center. The Staycation Fun Week runs Monday through Friday during both school breaks, February 18- 22, and April 15-19, 2019. For the daily cost of …

A 34-year-old Norton man was sentenced to state prison yesterday in Fall River Superior Court after pleading guilty to charges related to a November 2017 domestic violence incident in Attleboro which left the victim hospitalized for five days, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Edras Herrera pleaded …

On Tuesday, February 5, at 1:00 a.m. Wareham poice officer Calib Larue was traveling north on Cranberry Highway near Chili’s Restaurant when he observed a motor vehicle coming at him in the wrong lane of travel. Officer Larue stopped the vehicle, however, it started to back up and away, forcing …

If a bill sponsored by 51 Massachusetts state legislators becomes law, aborting babies past 24 weeks and up to birth will be much easier, girls under 18 wouldn’t need permission from parents or a judge, Massachusetts taxes would fund more abortions, doctors would have less red tape to perform abortions …