manslaughter

A 28-year-old New Bedford man is sentenced to 2-and-a-half years in jail, with 18 months to serve, after pleading guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from a 2013 incident.

BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for a Massachusetts teen charged with manslaughter for allegedly encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself has asked a judge to put the case on hold. Michelle Carter's lawyer argued Tuesday in Taunton Juvenile Court that the criminal case shouldn't move forward until the state's highest court decides on an appeal of a judge's refusal to dismiss the manslaughter charge... Rea

The state's highest court has overturned a first degree murder conviction against a New Bedford man. Jonathon Niemic was found guilty in 2012 in the fatal stabbing of Michael Correia of Fairhaven outside a soup kitchen on Purchase Street in October, 2010...

A high school honor roll student has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly encouraging a friend to commit suicide.

Taking another person's fingerprints may seek like a mundane task to some, but fingerprints and some new technology recently helped authorities unravel a nearly 30 year old murder case in Massachusetts.. Mass. State Trooper Christopher Dolan earned the "Latent Hit of the Year" Award for 2013, given by the FBI...

A 51-year old New Bedford man was sentenced Monday to 4 1/2 to six years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter, larceny and other charges in the death of his former girlfriend. Christopher Anderson admitted to providing crack cocaine and heroin to 46 year old Venus Chumack on the night of February 12, 2011...

A Westport woman who allegedly struck and killed a male friend walking in front of her vehicle has been indicted by a grand jury.