Crime

The deceased victim of last night’s homicide in New Bedford can now be publicly identified as being Paul Collazo-Ruiz, 17, of New Bedford. Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to this office, along with New Bedford Police and Homicide Unit prosecutors are actively investigating a homicide, which occurred Saturday evening in …

A former Narraganset Regional High School math teacher was sentenced Thursday, October 17 in federal court in Boston for receipt and possession of child pornography of three-to-five-year-old girls being sexually abused by men. Warren Anderson, 27, of Lowell and Harvard, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs …

New Bedford Police Detectives arrested a city man after a search warrant was executed at 208 Sycamore Street in New Bedford. Detectives concluded an investigation into the theft of a “dirt bike” that led them to this address. Upon the execution of the search warrant, Detectives located a stolen bike, …

Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to this office, along with New Bedford Police and Homicide Unit prosecutors are actively investigating a homicide, which occurred Saturday evening in the City of New Bedford. Shortly after 7 pm Saturday evening, New Bedford Police responded to the intersection of Tallman Street and Ashley …

A 61-year-old former Bridgewater man who fled the state 16 years ago to allegedly avoid being tied to at least four brutal rapes dating back to the 1990s was ordered held without bail as a flight risk during his arraignment in Fall River Superior Court this morning, Bristol County District …

53-year-old Brian Jagielski, who was apprehended late last month in Chicago after being listed as one of Bristol County’s Most Wanted Fugitives, has been returned to Massachusetts and will be arraigned in Fall River Superior Court tomorrow at 2 pm, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Jagielski, …

A 61-year-old former Bridgewater man who fled the state 16 years ago before being arrested recently in Seal Cove, Maine, and being transported back to Massachusetts will be arraigned tomorrow morning in Fall River Superior Court on new indictments connected to two previously unsolved rapes from the late 1990s. A …

Within the last two weeks the Wareham Police Detective Division, acting on tips, began an investigation into suspected drug dealing at 6 Windy Hill Drive in West Wareham. After making various observations, the detectives obtained a search warrant for the address and had identified suspects. On Tuesday, October 15, detectives …

Three members of a violent Brockton drug crew were arrested and charged in connection with operating a fentanyl delivery service. One member of the drug crew remains at large. Placido Armando Pereira, 33; Natalio Miranda, 28; andDjoy Defrancesco, 23, all of Brockton, were arrested Wednesday, October 16 and charged with …

A joint investigation by federal Homeland Security Investigations, Massachusetts State Police, and Revere Police led to the arrests yesterday of four drug suspects and the seizure of four kilograms of fentanyl. During the course of the investigation, a purchase of the four kilograms was negotiated with the suspects, at a …