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DARTMOUTH - Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is defending his staff after a recent report showed that suicides among inmates in his department were more than double that of houses of correction in other Massachusetts counties. The report from WGBH says that since 2006, Bristol County has had 50% more suicides in their jails than Suffolk County, and more than twice as many as Essex and Worcest

NEW BEDFORD - A 22-year-old Dartmouth man was found dead in the Ash Street Jail on Sunday. Jonathan Darling, spokesman for the Bristol County Sheriff's Office, has confirmed to WBSM News that Tyler Holdsworth was found in his cell around 5:30 P...

A Fall River woman is going to jail after pleading guilty to charges of armed robbery, larceny, deriving support by prostitution and and trafficking persons for sexual servitude. Dartmouth Public Information Officer Det. Kyle Costa says 23 year old Esmeralda Lima was running a prostitution ring out of a Dartmouth Motel...

Dartmouth Police have arrested a Fall River man for assaulting a four year old child he was babysitting. According to Public Information Officer Det. Kyle Costa, officers were called to an apartment Wednesday on Ledgewood Boulevard  on a report of a disturbance...

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson is thanking donors to the Sheriff Department's canine program. During a news conference on Friday at the House of Correction in Dartmouth, the Sheriff recognized Kathleen and Norman Mcleod, along with the owners of Dartmouth Dental and Panagakos Development for their donations...

A former New Bedford man has been found guilty on five counts of assaulting corrections officers while serving a 2 1/2 year sentence at the House of Correction in Dartmouth. Prosecutors say 44 year old Frankie Chano either spit, bit, or punched corrections officers on five occasions in 2013 and 2014...

A Taunton woman has pleaded guilty to charges of larceny and forgery, while admitting she stole $75,000 from her elderly neighbor. The District Attorney's office says 41-year old Julie Krajewski secretly wrote checks to herself while assisting her 90 year old neighbor...

A Fairhaven woman has been sentenced to two-and a half years in the House of Correction, one year to serve, after she was found guilty last month of motor vehicle homocide and other charges. Renee Andrews was found guilty in the hit-and-run death of Katelyn Brienzo on Sconticut Neck Rd...

More legal woes for former Patriot star Aaron Hernandez. A spokesman for the District Attorney's office says a Bristol County grand jury has returned indictments against Hernandez charging him with assault and battery and making threats...

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says one of the most important things the Sheriff's office can do is to keep warning young people about the dangers of drugs.  That's why he's continued "Operation Slam" at the House of Correction, where busloads of students visit the Dartmouth jail every week...