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Daniel Tavaras' Father Calls His Own Son "Pure Evilness"

Phil Paleologos — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:48:37 +0000

What would inspire the father of Daniel Tavares Jr., a convicted murderer, to say if his son was sentenced to death, "I'd like to be the one to inject the poison into his arm and look him in the eye when he dies?"

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Hodgson Approves Raises for Correction Officers

Taylor Cormier — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:01:39 +0000

Correction officers in Bristol County are awaiting to hear from union leaders on a pending contract signed by Sheriff Tom Hodgson.

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Obama Makes $22 Million Available for Sandy Response

Jim Phillips — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:18:50 +0000

President Barack Obama has issued a major disaster declaration for Superstorm Sandy for six Massachusetts counties that means about $22 million is available to state and local governments to share for emergency response and repair costs

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Bristol County DA Sam Sutter Joins Phil Paleologos To Talk State Drug Lab Scandal

BJ Ragone — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:42:54 +0000

The Bristol County District Attorney, Sam Sutter, stopped by the WBSM studio on Tuesday to talk with Phil Paleologos. On the table, the State drug lab scandal involving Annie Dookin.

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Bristol County Donates Necessities to New York

Taylor Cormier — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:14:31 +0000

New Bedford firefighters are spending the day loading up box trucks with non-perishable food, toiletries and other supplies.

The items, gathered by police and fire stations throughout Bristol County, are being shipped down to New York to be used in hurricane relief efforts

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Bristol County Donates Goods to New York

Taylor Cormier — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:52:46 +0000

22 communities throughout Bristol County are pitching in and donating canned goods, toiletries, and other essentials to benefit storm-ravaged areas of New York.

The tons of supplies are being gathered by the New Bedford Fire Department and stored in Fire Headquarters on Purchase street

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Great Day For Bristol County Radio Control Club

Neal White — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:13:57 +0000

Do you have a hobby? I remember being a kid and my older brother had model cars and planes, I was into model trains.

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Bristol County Sheriff Hodgson Says Deval Patrick "Playing Politics" With Budgets

Jim Phillips — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:29:56 +0000

The Bristol County sheriff says 'blatantly inadequate' funding of his department puts public safety in jeopardy and may force him to close the facility for pretrial detainees.

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Sam Sutter Forms "Team" To Deal With Tainted Drug Cases

Jim Phillips — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:12:25 +0000

State officials continue to investigate the ongoing scandal at a state crime lab, where as many as 34,000 drug samples may have been altered or manipulated by a chemist.

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District Attorney Sutter "Stunned" By Drug Lab Shutdown

Jim Phillips — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:42:35 +0000

Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter said he was stunned to learn about the mishandling of drug samples in as many as 60,000 cases at a Mass. Crime Lab.

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