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Walter DaSilva has been ordered held without bail in the murder trial of his daughter in New Bedford. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office alleges that DaSilva shot 19-year-old Sabrina DaSilva multiple times in the parking lot of Verdean Gardens on Bedford Street on July 3...

Fairhaven Police are strongly enforcing fireworks laws in the town. Sale, possession, and use of fireworks is illegal in Massachusetts, unless conducted by licensed professionals. Sgt. Kevin Kobza tells WBSM News in the wrong hands, fireworks can be extremely dangerous...

The mystery of New Bedford's loud booms heard Monday night has apparently been solved. New Bedford Police say after several Facebook posts, an investigation into a New Bedford resident was launched. Police say the individual, whose name is not being released, publicly claimed responsibility for Monday night's explosion...

Less than a month after a New Bedford man was crushed to death by his own car, the City Council is looking to increase enforcement of laws against repairing cars on city streets.

New Bedford Police are looking to crack down on the operators of all terrain vehicles, or quads that ride up and down city streets. Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News the quads are often driven in a reckless manner, and have become a menace in city neighborhoods...

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson is enthusiastically supporting Governor Charlie Baker's decision to revise an immigration policy in Massachusetts. The move reverses a policy that prevented State Police from detaining illegal immigrants...

New Bedford Gang Unit Detectives have made an arrest after recognizing a man who had outstanding warrants. The detectives were on routine patrol Friday evening in the area of Bedford Street and Acushnet Avenue in the South End when they spotted 18-year-old Nelson Faber of Ashley Street...

A new initiative to stem gun violence throughout New England was announced in Providence Wednesday. Mayors and law enforcement officials of the New England Regional Gun Violence Summit, headed by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, touted a new partnership between New England communities that seeks to reduce trafficking of illegal guns and gun violence...

Should illegal immigrants be able to obtain a Massachusetts driver's license? The State Legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation is considering just that, and Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson says "no." Hodgson says the proposal bends the rules for those that already broke them, and disrespects those who are waiting to come into the United States legally...

An illegally discarded boat that caused havoc for local authorities last month has once again appeared in a Facebook post by the Wareham Harbormaster Department.