Crime

“A Dominican man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after deportation. Felix Bienvenido Gonzalez-Arias, a/k/a “Victor Manuel Trinidad-Lugo,” 38, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled sentencing for May 17, …

“A New Bedford man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for possessing fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine for distribution. Ramon Serrano, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In September 2022, Serrano pleaded guilty …

“A Boston man has been arrested and charged in connection with the Jan. 4, 2023 armed robbery of a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier in Massachusetts. Anthony Diaz, 20, was charged with forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, and interfering with a United States Postal Employee, while they …

“A 31-year-old New Bedford man arrested in connection with a multi-year narcotics trafficking investigation, dubbed “Operation Lunch Break,” who while out on bail was apprehended for distributing Fentanyl, was sentenced to serve three to four years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Jesus Santiago …

“Detectives assigned to the “Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau” made two sizeable seizures of narcotics and cash last week. On February 15th, narcotics detectives were focusing on drug activity in the south-end sector. Det. Sgt. A. Simmons observed a drug transaction taking place in the parking lot of a south-end grocery …

“A 23-year-old New Bedford Fentanyl Trafficker was sentenced to serve up to seven years in state prison last week, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Rory Barrows, Jr. pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court on Feb. 16th to an indictment charging him with Trafficking in Fentanyl. …

“On Monday, February 20, 2023, at approximately 4:00pm Barnstable Patrol Officers and Detectives responded to the Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis for a report of an individual who had been stabbed. Upon arrival, Officers located a 17-year-old male who had sustained multiple stab wounds in his upper torso. The victim …

At approximately 1:15am, New Bedford Police received a 911 call of a home invasion in the North End. Upon arrival, the Phillips Avenue residence (next to the old Rainbow’s End bar) of the reported home invasion immediately cordoned off a crime scene and began to canvas the area. Eyewitnesses reported …

At approximately 2:00am, New Bedford Police received a report of a car accident with three people fleeing from one of the cars involved. Police and Fire Departments, along with EMS units responded to Coggeshall Street next to the Golden Greek Restaurant, to find a small SUV that had apparently stopped …

“In a quarterly progress report issued today, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said examiners within the office’s Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) found evidence totaling $2,710,499.81 in fraudulently obtained public assistance benefits and services. “During Quarter 2 of fiscal year 2023, our office investigated a total of 1,135 cases and of …