New Bedford Police narcotics detectives took an illegal handgun off the street and arrested a suspect with a lengthy criminal history on Wednesday night.
A New Bedford man with a long criminal rap sheet was convicted of slashing a man across the face in front of his young child was sentenced to state prison.
Judge Thomas McGuire lowered bail for career criminal Mickey Rivera, charged with armed robbery resulting in a fatal shooting, prior to Saturday's fatal crash.
A man with a lengthy criminal record who served 15-20 years in state prison for murder was arrested Sunday for armed robbery, after being released on bail last month on robbery and drug charges.