Judge Robert Kane

Convicted Rapist Makes Bail
Convicted Rapist Makes Bail
Convicted Rapist Makes Bail
A man who spent three decades in prison based in part on a single strand of hair has won release as he awaits a new trial in Massachusetts. Judge Robert Kane ruled Wednesday that George Perrot can be freed while he awaits trial. ...
State Prison  Sentence
State Prison Sentence
State Prison Sentence
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...
Alternative To Incarceration
Alternative To Incarceration
Alternative To Incarceration
A ground-breaking program using literature to help find alternatives to incarceration was recognized Tuesday by the New England Council on Crime and Delinquency. UMass Dartmouth English Professor Robert Waxler, Judge Robert Kane and probation officer Wayne St...
City Man Gets Life For 2008 Murder
City Man Gets Life For 2008 Murder
City Man Gets Life For 2008 Murder
A New Bedford man has been sentenced to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of a man during a melee outside the Fairhaven V-F-W in April, 2008. A Superior Court Jury convicted 24 year old Brandon Callender of second degree murder earlier this month after 25 hours of deliberation...
Still No Date For New Fairhaven Board Of Health Election
Still No Date For New Fairhaven Board Of Health Election
Still No Date For New Fairhaven Board Of Health Election
The Fairhaven Board of Selectman was supposed to set the date for a new Board of Health election Monday night, but it didn't happen.  Board Chairman Charles Murphy said the Board had yet to receive the official paperwork from Superior Court Judge Robert Kane, throwing out the results of the April 1st election because of descrepancies in the handling of the ballots...
Fairhaven’s “Election That Won’t Go Away” Is Now Tied
Fairhaven’s “Election That Won’t Go Away” Is Now Tied
Fairhaven’s “Election That Won’t Go Away” Is Now Tied
Testimony is continuing in a civil lawsuit challenging the results of the April 1st Board of Health Election in Fairhaven.  Incumbant Peter De Terra was declared the winner by one vote, following a recount.  Challenger John Wethington then filed suit in Superior Court, claiming dIscrepancies in the handing of the election.  ...
Freetown Man Found Guilty Of First Degree Murder
Freetown Man Found Guilty Of First Degree Murder
Freetown Man Found Guilty Of First Degree Murder
A Freetown man is going to jail for the rest of his life for the 2009 beating and strangling of a 31 year old Florida man.  According to the District Attorney's Office, a Fall River Superior Court jury on Tuesday found 29 year old Aaron Morin guilty of first degree murder. Pol...