On Tuesday, December 22, at about 8:40pm Massachusetts parole officers Nathan Mendes, Robert Mello, Timothy White, and Mychal Grady developed information that a wanted individual was staying at a house on Mason Street Extension in Onset. The parole officers requested the assistance of the Wareham Police Department to serve the …
Read More »Massachusetts Environmental Police charge man after illegally killing a deer with a shotgun
“During archery season, an individual in the Town of Otis was found to have illegally killed a deer with a shotgun, after which the deceased deer was shot with a bow to give the appearance of having been harvested lawfully. Additionally, the individual made false statements to obtain a confirmation …
Read More »Two New Bedford repeat breaking and entering suspects released without bail
Two New Bedford teenagers were arrested for breaking into and vandalizing up to five properties to include the Buttonwood Park Zoo and the Buttonwood Senior Center. Both were released without bail by the judge. 18-year old Christopher Desousa and 19-year old Isaiah Malik Poindexter, both of New Bedford, were arrested …
Read More »Fairhaven Police Department seeks the public’s help in identifying suspect wanted in stabbing
This is a composite sketch of a suspect involved in a stabbing incident that took place in Fairhaven on 11/26/20. The suspect is described as a light-skinned black or Hispanic male in his mid-twenties with curly hair and patchy facial hair. The male may have also had a large mole …
Read More »Wareham Police arrest New Bedford man after allegedly stealing a car that was warming up in driveway
On Friday morning, December 18, at about 9:20 a.m. Wareham Police responded to an address in Swifts Beach, for a report of a vehicle that had just been stolen from a person’s driveway. Officer Malik Wilkes spoke to the reporting party who said that they had their car on, unlocked …
Read More »Massachusetts Environmental Police issues criminal summons to two for illegal lobster catch
On the night of Friday, December 4, 2020, Massachusetts Environmental Police received a complaint that divers were in the water at Lane’s Cove in Gloucester without a dive flag, as required by law. Upon arrival, Officers encountered two divers leaving the area. After a brief interview, Officers conducted an inspection …
Read More »Four New Bedford roommates arrested for drug trafficking at problem property
New Bedford Police Department gang and narcotics detectives seized 53 grams of meth, 25 grams of cocaine, 13 grams of fentanyl, and $2863 at 228 Phillips Ave. #1 after a second search warrant was issued in a span of 30 days. 45-year old Steven Darosa, 21-year old Emmanuel Jose Colon-Vasquez, …
Read More »Former Leader of New Bedford Latin Kings Chapter Sentenced for Narcotics Conspiracy Charges
A former leader of the New Bedford Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) was sentenced today for drug conspiracy charges. Xavier Valentin-Soto, a/k/a “King X,” 33, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to 65 months in prison and three years …
Read More »New Bedford police “sewer dive” to retrieve crack cocaine tossed into it
Last Friday, 51-year old Benjamin Keith Duarte of Fall River was arrested for trafficking drugs and a number of motor vehicle violations after a vehicle crash near the corner of Coggeshall/Purchase streets and a brief car chase. Detectives discovered bags of cocaine and crack cocaine inside a manhole cover.
Read More »Defendant Who Caused Fatal New Bedford Crash Before Fleeing, Sentenced to Prison
A 23-year-old South Easton woman, who in March 2019 caused a fatal car crash in New Bedford and then fled the scene, was sentenced on Friday to serve 14 to 16 years ini state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Jennaya Elsa Bennett-Werra, who at the …
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