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New Bedford has its fair share of crime, but this week was over the top. Since Saturday, we’ve had a woman get mugged by two men for her purse, the Storage Depot was robbed at knife point, a man got robbed at a drive through ATM, a murder-suicide followed nine hours later by another homicide. Unfortunately, and not crime related, a 35-year-old worker died after getting tangled in a shucking machine. That’s four deaths this week in New Bedford. Not a great way to start off the new year considering New Bedford averages around 5 homicides a year.
Here are the crime reports from the police and the district attorney’s office. Several are still open investigations looking for the “perps.” Call the police if you recognize anyone from the description!
Saturday, January 11th
On Saturday evening at approximately 8:30 pm a 28 yr. old female was walking home in the area of Belleville Ave. and Nye St. when she was approached by two males. Both males were young with one being white and one being black. No other description was given. The males attempted to steal her pocketbook, but she put up a struggle. In the process the pocketbook was torn and both males ended up fleeing empty handed. Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Scott Brown at 508-991-6300 ext. 131.
Tuesday, January 14th
On Tuesday morning (January 14th) at approximately 10:20 am the Storage Depot at 95 Brook St. was robbed at knife-point. The 21 year old clerk was not harmed. The suspect entered the business and inquired about renting a storage unit. He then pulled out a knife and robbed the victim of an undisclosed amount of cash. He was last seen running from the business in a westerly direction. Any one with information is asked to contact Det. Tyrone Jones at 508-991-6300 ext. 134.
Description:
- Light skinned Hispanic male
- About 5-9 with a scruffy beard
- Blue jacket
- Blue/grey pants with a wide red stripe down the sides
- Red, white, and blue baseball cap.
On Tuesday Night (January 14th) at approximately 10:15 pm a 25 year old New Bedford man was robbed while using the drive through ATM at the Santander bank located at 2136 Acushnet Ave. He was not harmed. As he was seated in his car at the ATM, a male approached him from behind with a small black firearm and demanded his cell phone. When the victim stated he did not have one, the suspect ordered him to drive away. In doing so, the victim left his card inside the machine and drove to the north end station to report it. When officers returned to the scene, they discovered a withdrawal slip on the ground belonging to the victim’s account, but the card was nowhere to be found. An undisclosed amount of cash was withdrawn from the account. Any one with information is asked to contact Det. William Sauve at 508-991-6300 ext. 130
Description:
- Thin white male in his 20’s
- A red checkered scarf covering his face
- A black doo rag
- A black hooded sweatshirt
- Green or Hazel eyes.
Wednesday, January 15th
Police and rescue personnel received 911 calls Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. to respond to 598 Brock Avenue in New Bedford. Upon arrival, emergency responders located a male and female victim. Both were found dead at the scene and the investigation is for murder-suicide. Full details: http://www.newbedfordguide.com/murder-suicide-new-bedford/2014/01/16.
Thursday January 16th
Police and rescue personnel received 911 calls Thursday around 1:14 a.m. to respond to the area of Myrtle Street and Cedar Grove Street in New Bedford. Upon arrival, emergency responders discovered an individual suffering from life-threatening injuries. The individual was immediately transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford where he was later pronounced dead. Full details: http://www.newbedfordguide.com/homicide-investigation-underway-in-new-bedford/2014/01/16.
i must say detective tyrone jones is a shitbag cop, hes doesnt really do his job properly, always looking for the easy way out. if anybody wants to ask why feel free to email me at jarredpittsley@gmail.com wheres the rest of the conents from my wallet “officer”
Yeah, you’re completely right about tyrone jones being a shit bag & much worst than just that. Theres a lot more officers inside the new bedford police who fall in the same category. But, the chief of police, Internal affairs, District Attorney & mayor dont do anything about it to put a stop to their corruption & abusive behavior. For example officer pereira was video taped stealing percoset from evidence room & gets a slap on the wrist with no charges being filed, another example is officer henry turgeon lll was fired from the force because other fellow officers accused him being mentally & emotionally stabled. But then few years later his given back his badge & put back in the force & awarded about $125k for emotional distress, just because he threatened to make a big fuzz about being fired. What about us innocent victims who have been mistreated, abused & assaulted by these same exact crooked cops what compensantion, Apologies or relief nor justice do we get? “NONE”… If theres anyone out there who been a victim of any type or of any kind of the new bedford police dept or officers & have any valuable information of any history of complaints or records been filed against these abussive & corrupted crooked officers please feel free to share it with me at: mrjlruiz@gmail.com
Thank ypu.