Fall River Superior Court

A 30-year-old New Bedford man who strangled and assaulted his girlfriend this past January was sentenced to serve four to five years in state prison this week in Fall River Superior Court, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced...

A Fall River woman will be sentenced next month after being found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Thirty-nine year old Adrienne Brown was convicted Friday in Fall River Superior Court in the stabbing death of Brian Jones in May of 2015, following an argument outside her Third Street residence...

A Taunton man was sentenced to four to six years in prison on gun and drug charges.

A Providence man is going to prison after being found guilty of trafficking heroin in New Bedford. District Attorney Thomas Quinn says 41 year old Edison Perez-Lara was arrested in July of 2014. Police said Perez-Lara had 60 grams of heroin in his possession, plus another 60 grams in his van parked on Stowell Street...

A New Bedford woman faces charges after being indicted for crimes in Fall River. The Herald News reports 22 year old Karina Carrion was indicted Thursday on charges connected with an armed robbery and carjacking last month. Fall River Police arrested Carrion on May 19th after she allegedly pointed a 22 caliber handgun at a man in a Fall River Tedeschi's Market, and stole his wallet, phone, and car

A Wareham man has been convicted of first degree murder in Bristol County, and has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. The District Attorney's office says a Fall River jury returned the guilty verdict on Friday against 23 year old Darius Gamboa...

A New Bedford man is headed to state prison for the next 3 1/2 to six years after admitting he ran a heroin delivery service out of his Roosevelt Street apartment. Thirty one year old Patrick Parent appeared Wednesday in Fall River Superior Court and was sentenced by Judge Gregg Pasquale...

Jury selection in the murder trial of a friend of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is getting started.

Two cousins from New Bedford are facing prison terms after being found guilty of selling heroin. Paul and Travis Mendes were arrested in July, 2015, following an undercover police operation. The pair were convicted Thursday in Fall River Superior Court...

A Dartmouth man is being held on $10,000 bail after his arraignment in Fall River Superior Court Friday in connection with a 2015 fatal crash. The Herald News reports 20 year old Cameron Silva is facing charges of motor vehicle homicide, manslaughter by operating under the influence, and being a minor in possession of alcohol in connection with a fatal car crash in November, 2015...