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New Bedford Police are investigating a North End stabbing.  The incident occured at Tallman St and Ashley Blvd at around 11 pm Thursday. 

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A Taunton police officer shoots and kills a man wanted on outstanding warrants on Thursday afternoon. 

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A man wanted in connection with a triple-homicide committed in Bangor last August is under arrest after being caught by police in Massachusetts. 

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The family of a New Bedford man who died in police custody two years ago,  has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Federal Court against five city police officers. 

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A pair of Wareham men are facing drug charges, after police search a home in the Indian Mound Beach section of town.

Lt. Kevin Walsh says police carried out a search warrant at 37 Cleveland Way Thursday afternoon, finding 15 grams of suspected cocaine, a digital scale and plastic baggies.

During the search, two men drove up to the scene and were a

New Bedford Police continue to investigation the actions of a group of people last week, who allegedly chased down a robbery suspect, then stripped him of his clothing as punishment. 

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A Dartmouth Middle School student was arrested on school grounds today.

Police Chief Tim Lee tells WBSM News the student became unruly in the cafeteria and refused the direction of the staff. When the school's resource officer intervened, the out-of-control student struck the officer

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New Bedford Police are looking for a robbery suspect.

According to police, the suspect robbed the Mt. Pleasant Street Getty Mart at knifepoint around 8am Saturday. The 38-year-old female clerk was not injured, and the suspect fled in a stolen 1996 red Buick Century with an undisclosed amount of cash

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New Bedford Police responded to an activiation of the Shot Spotter system on Saturday night in the vicinity of 102 Acushnet Ave. 

Police located 10 spent  casings from a 9mm firearm. The investigation determined that a neighborhood male was the intended target but was not struck

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Three men and a woman have been charged with taking part in an armed robbery in Wareham this week that resulted in the victim being stabbed in the leg.

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