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YARMOUTH - Yarmouth Police have tracked down and arrested a New Bedford man they say illegally recorded video of under women's skirts. The incidents took place on Sunday, July 15th, at a women's clothing store in Yarmouth. The store's owner reported the incidents to police after seeing the man take 'upskirt' videos of several females, one of them a nine-year-old girl...

BOSTON (AP) _ Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has proposed legislation that would allow state and local police officers to cooperate with federal immigration officials by holding people who have committed violent crimes. The bill was filed Tuesday in response to a recent decision by the state's highest court...

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — A press conference called by Republican lawmakers to outline new immigration enforcement legislation devolved into shouting Wednesday as activists opposed to the measure interrupted the event, drawing the attention of a county sheriff who supports the bill...

Wednesday morning, State Representative James Lyons (R-Andover) will be leading a press conference on the steps of the State House to formally introduce legislation being filed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives that would allow local and state law enforcement to work with federal immigration authorities to detain suspected illegal immigrants wanted by Immigration and Customs Enforcemen

FALL RIVER - A 24-year-old New Bedford man was sentenced to state prison last week after pleading guilty to illegal firearm and intimidation charges stemming from an August, 2015 incident in the City of New Bedford, District Attorney Thomas M...

REHOBOTH - Rehoboth Police are asking for the public's help after hazardous debris was dumped off of a bridge and into a stream in the town. Police say a resident reported the debris at 1:18 p.m. Saturday off of a small bridge near 190 Perryville Road...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - One of law enforcement's loudest voices on the issue of illegal immigration sat in with President Donald Trump to meet with families that have been affected by criminal illegal immigrants. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson described Wednesday's meeting at the White House as "emotional" and "powerful" as families of murder victims at the hands of illegal a

BOSTON (AP) - Immigrants and advocacy groups plan to press their case to make Massachusetts a so-called sanctuary state. The Legislature's Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security is scheduled to hear a bill on Friday that would place sharp limits on cooperation between federal immigration officials and state and local law enforcement agencies...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to three years of probation for his role in trafficking nearly $2 million worth of baby eels. Michael Bryant was among a group of people who pleaded guilty to selling or transporting the eels, called elvers, last year...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police arrest a man who was looking to cash in on the 4/20 hype. New Bedford Police Detectives approached a vehicle near Holly and Brook Streets Thursday night after witnessing suspicious behavior. After a brief foot chase, police apprehended the driver of the car...