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A New Bedford couple is under arrest and charged with committing a house break on Durfee Street. A neighbor spotted the couple's van in the driveway on Thursday, and saw the house break go down. When police arrived, an alert officer spotted the van nearby, and made a vehicle stop on Mt Pleasant Street...

A South Dartmouth man is arraigned on multiple charges after being arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a minor.  Detective Kyle Costa says 40-year-old Sumkit Grace of Milton Street was arrested Thursday on charges of indecent assault and battery and delivering liquor to a person under 21...

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says he's seeking assault and battery charges against former Patriot Aaron Hernandez following a scuffle two weeks ago with another inmate at the House of Correction in Dartmouth.  The Sheriff says investigators conducted a thorough review, speaking with inmates, corrections officers and others...

A Dartmouth man accused of making threats against his former law school, and then staging an eight hour standoff with police was back in New Bedford District court on Thursday.  Thirty-six year old Kevin Pacheco is charged with one count of extortion by threat of personal injury, and one count of threat causing evacuation of a school...

Larceny charges against the former branch manager of the Casa Da Saudade Llibrary will be dropped once she makes a charitable donation, and returns books still missing from the library.  Judith Downey was charged last October with removing 290 books from the library system, and not returning them...

A second man has been charged in connection with the January 16th murder of Patrick Alves in New Bedford. Nineteen year old Gerron Harper of Brockton was charged with being an accessory after the fact.  He was arraigned in New Bedford District Court on Friday and ordered held on $25,000 cash bail...

A Boston-area man has been found to be a danger to the community and is being held without bail. Thomas Scott of Mattapan was found "dangerous" during a hearing Thursday in New Bedford District Court.  He'll return to court on February 26th...

Police have charged a Fairhaven man with robbing drug stories in Fairhaven, New Bedford and in Rhode Island.  Twenty-three  year old Sean Fynn of Laurel Street was arrested on Fiday.  Investigators say the robberies took place from September to November.  ...

A New Bedford man charged with murder is being held without bail for the November 23rd shooting of Sharone Stafford in the city's South End.    Twenty-five year old Hailton DaCosta appeared Wednesday in District Court on charges of murder, armed robbery and possession of an illegal firearm.  His ca...

District Attorney Sam Sutter and Police Cheif David Provencher say a New Bedford man has been arrested and charged with murder in the weekend shooting of 31 year old Sharone Stafford in the city's South End. Authorities arrested 25 year old Hailton DaCosta of New Bedford Tuesday without incident at a location on Water Street.  D...