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WARWICK, RI - The Westport man accused of stabbing an employee at a Warwick Rite-Aid confessed in court and will undergo a mental health evaluation. 41-year-old Jacob Gallant appeared in Kent County Court Wednesday to rescind the order for a competency hearing, with the judge asking Gallant if he knew why he was in court...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lawyers representing northeast fishermen are waiting to hear a U.S. District Court ruling that would temporarily halt the lease of 127 square miles of ocean off the coast of Long Island. In December, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management preliminarily awarded the $42...

HAMPTON, New Hampshire (AP) - A New England fishermen's group suing the federal government over the cost of at-sea monitoring is scheduled to present oral arguments before the federal Court of Appeals in March. The monitors are workers who collect data that help the government craft fishing regulations...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man who appears to be chronically in and out of the judicial system receives a low-bail setting after the D.A.'s Office sought a $50,000 bond. 45-year-old Ronnie Oliver was arrested by New Bedford Police this week in connection with recent break-ins to Buzi Salon, The Garden sports bar, and The Hungry Whale Pub...

BOSTON - A Latin King gang member has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston. 31-year-old Luis Lopez of New Bedford has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release. Lopez pleaded guilty in October to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute heroin...

NEW BEDFORD - A Dartmouth man is arrested after bringing drugs into court. Police say 40-year-old Jason Costa of Center Street in Dartmouth was being searched before being placed into a holding cell Wednesday morning at Third District Court when he was found to be in possession of a bag of heroin and ten suboxone strips...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford fishing magnate and a Bristol County Sheriff's Deputy will be tried separately in court next year. According to The Gloucester Times, lawyers for Carlos Rafael and Deputy Antonio Freitas filed separate motions in November to sever their cases from each other, allowing each of them to have their own trial...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) _ The trial of a Rhode Island man charged with killing a man whose body was found in his burned out Massachusetts home has ended with a hung jury. A New Bedford Superior Court judge on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Sayyid Coggins after several failed attempts to break a deadlocked jury...

The Third District Courthouse in New Bedford may look more like a crime scene Saturday morning, but police say it's nothing to worry about. New Bedford Police will be conducting active shooter training with courthouse staff at the downtown courthouse from 8am to noon Saturday...

Crimes are prosecuted in court everyday, but it's not often the crimes are actually committed in the court. That's what happened Tuesday at the New Bedford District Court, when 23-year-old Clifton Jefferson allegedly stole a remote car key from a bin near the X-ray machine at the courthouse entrance and found the car nearby...