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Investigation by members of the New Bedford Police Department port security unit led to the arrest of Donald Jordan, 43, of 35 Bay St., New Bedford, on charges of larceny from a boat and breaking and entering into a boat in the nighttime after he stole items from a fishing boat on Steamship Pier.
Jordan is charged with stealing a television and DVD player from the fishing vessel Genesis. The robbery was reported at 10 a.m. Oct. 26. Video surveillance showed Jordan in the area of the boat at 12:30 a.m. Oct. 26.
He was arrested Wednesday at 10:20 a.m.
He currently has four open cases in New Bedford District Court. In the past three years, he has prior convictions for armed robbery, possession of stolen property and possession of class B substance.
