The New Bedford Police gang unit took a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun and a large capacity magazine loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition off the streets Monday, and made an arrest.
A 27-year-old New Bedford man with a lengthy criminal rap sheet, who was arrested last year with an illegal firearm and fentanyl, was sentenced to serve up to seven-and-a-half years in state prison.
NEW BEDFORD - A handgun has been recovered by New Bedford Police after they received a tip.
Police say they received information that a handgun could be found at the Gifford Street boat ramp near the city's South End.
At the ramp, police found a ...
On June 4th, 2017, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Trooper James DeAngelis of the State Police Barracks in South Boston, responded to a 911 call of a road rage incident on Route 93. A caller reported that a man in a Kia Forte, allegedly pulled a handgun from his vehicle and pointed it at the operator of another vehicle...
New Bedford Police took 21 grams of Fentanyl and a loaded .25 caliber firearm off the street Wednesday after a traffic stop in the area of 60 Nauset St. This is the fifth illegal handgun taken off the streets in the last two days.
Jonathan Hernandez, 22, of 77 Cedar St
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Police are investigating an armed robbery Friday in the South End of New Bedford.
According to Police reports, a man armed with a handgun entered Expo's Mini-Mart at 382 Brock Avenue and got away with an undetermined amount of cash.
The suspect was last seen heading north on Brock Ave...