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A New Bedford man arrested over the weekend is being held without bail overnight. 24-year-old Travis Mello was scheduled to be arraigned Monday afternoon in New Bedford District Court, on charges stemming from a drug bust at his home Saturday, where police seized 345 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine, and nearly $3,000 in cash...

Dartmouth Police have made an arrest in a sexual assault case involving a child. Dartmouth Detectives on Wednesday arrested a former Dartmouth resident, 59 year old Clyde Souza at his Church Street Apartment in New Bedford. Det. Kyle Costa says Souza was charged with two counts of rape of a child and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14...

A judge rules an 18-year-old man must undergo a mental health evaluation after he boarded a Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech bus. The Bristol County District Attorney's office says Luis Ortiz, who was not a student, boarded the bus unnoticed Wednesday morning, and was arrested when the bus arrived at the school...

A New Bedford youth charged with murder is being held without bail and will return to court next month. Seventeen year old Darian Cardoza was supposed to be arraigned on Friday, but Judge Jack Stapleton decided to delay the arraignment till Monday because of his relationships with the attorney's involved...

State Police nabbed a five-time OUI offender in Wareham Friday night.

The Darwin Awards are a tongue-in-cheek honor recognizing the stupidity in some individuals. Enter 19 year old Dominick Alves of County St., New Bedford, who was arrested when he brought $1,000 worth of heroin to New Bedford District Court this week...

A 19-year-old New Bedford man was placed under arrest after allegedly bringing ten grams of heroin into New Bedford District Court. According to the Standard Times, Dominick Alves was in court Monday trying to clear up a default warrant on a drug charge...

Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn announced this morning that an arrest has been made in connection to the Thursday afternoon homicide of 36-year-old Javon Brown in the City of New Bedford.

Four men were arrested following a reverse prostitution sting by New Bedford Police. Det. Capt. Steve Vicente says a female officer posed as a prostitute Thursday night on both Ashley Boulevard and Acushnet Avenue, between Tallman and Bullard Streets...

The discipline continues at New Bedford High School, following an incident last month where a student threw a chair at a teachers desk. The student who threw the chair has been expelled from New Bedford High and faces criminal charges in District Court...