Let’s face it: the $51 billion dollars a year war on drugs has not and will never reach its own declared objective of reducing illegal drug trade in the United States. It’s as easy to get ahold of drugs as it has ever been. Even teenagers can get a large …

At around 7 pm on July 24th, New Bedford police officers executed a search warrant at 1095 Pleasant Street – apartment 1 and arrest three female roommates. Police report various amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, clonazepam in the apartment. Fentanyl was responsible for 89% of all overdoses in Massachusetts in 2018. …

It’s clear to me that our State and Federal governments have misclassified fentanyl and partially why the synthetic opioid now accounts for 90% of all the overdose deaths in Massachusetts. Over 1,500 people died from drug overdoses in Massachusetts last year – nearly 1,350 of the deceased had fentanyl in …

Chief Joseph Perkins reports that the Middleborough Police Department arrested and charged a woman with selling fentanyl and other drugs Tuesday afternoon. RAKEL OLAFSDOTTIR, AGE 28, OF MIDDLEBOROUGH was charged with: · Possession to Distribute a Class A Drug (Fentanyl) · Possession to Distribute a Class B Drug (Percocet) · …

History often repeats itself. We are supposed to learn from our past, so if it repeats itself several times, in theory, we should not repeat our mistakes. At a bare minimum with each occurrence, we should improve upon it. Recent discussions in Massachusetts revolving around funding and designating injection sites …

Eleven New Bedford-area residents allegedly involved in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking ring were arrested this morning after a year-long multi-agency investigation led by the Bristol County District Attorney’s office and funded via a grant program through Attorney General Maura Healey’s office, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today. The …

This Bristol County District attorney’s office released details on the three overdose deaths that occurred in New Bedford on Wednesday. At 6 am, the fishing vessel Capt. Porter, based out of North Carolina, advised the U.S. Coast Guard that it had a deceased crew member on board. The vessel docked …

At 7:21 pm on Thursday, April 11, New Bedford police officers executed a search warrant at 259 North Front Street, Apartment 3. New Bedford police officers seized 16 grams of suspected crack cocaine and $400 cash. 29-year old Christopher Grant was arrested and charged with possession to distribute a Class …

In an eight-hour period on Wednesday, April 3, New Bedford police officers arrested 11 people on various drug charges. According to New Bedford police logs, there were three drug overdoses in New Bedford at 10:14 am, 1:20 pm, and 7:27 pm. At 10:47 am, 33-year old Marty Gross Jr of …

A 29-year-old man who previously resided in both Fairhaven and New Bedford arrested twice within a year for trafficking opiates was sentenced to serve five to seven-and-a-half years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Zachary Lovegrove pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court last …