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DaSilva Indicted
The man accused of fatally shooting his daughter in the parking lot of her New Bedford apartment building has been indicted by a grand jury. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says the grand jury returned three indictments against 45-year-old Walter DaSilva Friday, charging him in Superior Court with murder, carrying an illegal firearm, and unlawful possession of a loaded firearm... Rea
Mendes Enters Plea Deal
Mendes Enters Plea Deal
Mendes Enters Plea Deal
The owner of a New Bedford gym and former Pop Warner Football coach pleading guilty to supplying heroin to area drug dealers has formally entered a plea agreement. According to The Standard Times, Sharik Mendes entered the agreement in U...
Plea Postponed
Plea Postponed
Plea Postponed
A New Bedford gym owner accused of supplying mass quantities of heroin to a drug dealer has had his plea hearing postponed. 39-year-old Sharik Mendes appeared in federal court in Boston Tuesday, ready to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy and heroin distribution...
Alves on Taunton Casino
Alves on Taunton Casino
Alves on Taunton Casino
Following a U.S. District judge's ruling against the Department of the Interior regarding land in trust, a New Bedford casino advocate is still holding out hope for something big in the Whaling City. Former New Bedford City Councillor David Alves says he sees this case being taken to the Supreme Court...
Michele Carter
Michele Carter
Michele Carter
Time could be running out for Massachusetts prosecutors seeking to put a teenager on trial for sending her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to take his own life.
Illegal Gun Arrest
Illegal Gun Arrest
Illegal Gun Arrest
New Bedford Gang Unit Detectives have made an arrest after recognizing a man who had outstanding warrants. The detectives were on routine patrol Friday evening in the area of Bedford Street and Acushnet Avenue in the South End when they spotted 18-year-old Nelson Faber of Ashley Street...

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