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A New Bedford woman that was arrested early Tuesday morning on drug charges in Dartmouth is under arrest again following her arraignment in Third District Court.

Bail was set at $500 for a suspect charged with illegal possession of a firearm, ammunition and possession of nearly 22 grams of marijuana, five grams of cocaine and four grams of crack cocaine.

The fishing boat that sank off of Nantucket earlier this week, leaving two crewmembers missing, is the subject of a lawsuit that was filed less than a month ago.

The chief justice of the Massachusetts Trial Court recently told prosecutors she fears allowing fentanyl and carfentanil into courtrooms puts people at risk.

A Fairhaven man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing methamphetamine.

A means for funding a regional justice center in New Bedford has cleared a major hurdle.

The man accused of killing a family dog in Lakeville last month pleaded not guilty Thursday in Fourth District Court.

The man accused of stabbing a Taunton woman and her dog before going on the lam was back in Massachusetts Thursday.

The judge ruled Wednesday that there was no contempt of court resulting from Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson showing up two hours late to testify in federal court this past July.

A 37-year-old Fall River man arrested last month for allegedly trafficking in cocaine while already out on bail has been ordered held without bail under the state’s dangerousness statute.