Crime

58-year-old former Norton resident, Anthony Schmitka, one of the first defendants highlighted on the Bristol County Most Wanted Fugitives List unveiled to the public last month, has been tracked down and apprehended in Woodstock, VT., Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today. The defendant had been on …

A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for stealing more than $230,000 in government benefits. David Brunell, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to three years of supervised release, with the first 60 days to be spent in a residential re-entry …

An inmate pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Boston in connection with a murder-for-hire scheme. Mason Stickney, 21, of Byfield, pleaded guilty to three counts of using a facility of interstate commerce in the commission of murder-for-hire. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for June 13, …

A former Roslindale Post Office employee was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with embezzling mail. Megan Hawes, 29, of Roslindale, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to two years of supervised release and 80 hours of community service. In December 2018, Hawes …

On Tuesday, March 5, at about 7:30 p.m. Officer James White and Kyle Gomes while on patrol, observed a red Ford F-150 with damage to its passenger side mirror, in the area of the Narrows Bridge. This vehicle matched the description of the one which had struck a woman on …

A 40-year-old New Bedford man who intentionally set fire to an occupied multi-family home in September 2017 was sentenced to serve four to six years in state prison yesterday, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Brad Westgate pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court yesterday to an …

A 34-year-old former New Bedford man with several active arrest warrants was apprehended by members of the Bristol County District Attorney’s State Police Unit at Logan Airport late last month after boarding a flight from London to Boston. John Walker had open arrest warrants for six counts of violating a …

On Monday, March 4, at 9:37 p.m. Wareham Police responded to Pepin’s Liquors on Cranberry Highway in West Wareham for an armed robbery. The clerk reported that a male entered the store brandishing a firearm and a bag with a drawstring demanding to have it filled with money. The description …

On Monday, March 4, at 6:53 p.m. Wareham Police responded to the area Marion Road at Swifts Beach Road for the report of a hit and run accident involving a pedestrian. At the scene, Officer Joseph Cardoza discovered that a 48-year-old Wareham resident had been struck while using the crosswalk. …

On Monday, March 4th, 2019, New Bedford Police Narcotics continued its crackdown on drug distribution services in the city, concluding an investigation into a cocaine distribution service being operated out of 37 Ashley Street. Police arrested Joeshua Matos-Dejesus, 22; Brian Santiago, 18; and Luis Santiago, 21; all of 37 Ashley …