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An apparent drug overdose claims the life of another New Bedford resident. Police tell WBSM News a 26-year-old New Bedford man was found dead in his apartment in the 1700 block of Acushnet Avenue. His body was discovered by his father early Wednesday afternoon...

Another suspected heroin overdose claims the life of a New Bedford man. New Bedford Detective Captain Steven Vicente says the 52-year-old man was found unresponsive in his Beetle Street apartment around 8:30pm Wednesday night. The unidentified man's roommate found him lying on the floor next to his bed...

A New Bedford woman is dead of a suspected drug overdose. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says the woman's mother found the victim in her bed in a Reynolds Street apartment before 1am Friday. When police arrived, they found a spoon, a hypodermic needle, and a substance believed to be heroin in the apartment...

A Fairhaven man is dead and five other people are treated for suspected heroin overdoses in New Bedford. Detective captain Steven Vicente says the unidentified 48-year-old fairhaven man was visiting friends in a North Street apartment early Thursday afternoon when he went to use the bathroom...

At least three men in New Bedford overdosed on heroin over the weekend. New Bedford Detective Captain Steven Vicente tells WBSM News the overdoses were reported to police on Saturday. Vicente says the overdoses took place in private residences on Phillips Road, Maryland Street, and Pleasant Street...

A New Bedford man is arrested after being revived from an overdose. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says Thursday morning around 1am, police and medics responded to 40 Thompson Street in the South End, finding a shoeless and shirtless man on the ground, suffering from an overdose...

New Bedford Police say there were two overdoses in the downtown area Tuesday, one of them fatal. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says a pedestrian walking into the city on Route 6 found the body of a 26-year-old Fairhaven man in the bushes on the north side of the Elm Street Garage...

Another suspected heroin overdose behind the wheel of a vehicle in New Bedford. New Bedford Police say around 4:30pm Monday, a passerby noticed a man slumped over the wheel of his truck at the intersection of Ashley Boulevard and Sawyer Street, just outside of the CVS Pharmacy...

Two men have been transported to St. Luke's Hospital after they were found nodding off in the booth of a local Taco Bell. Dartmouth Police Spokesman Detective Kyle Costa tells WBSM News an employee observed the two men starting to doze off while sitting in a booth of the Taco Bell near the North Dartmouth Mall Wednesday afternoon...

A City man faces an OUI charge after police say he overdosed in his car and crashed into another vehicle.