WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » robber http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Sat, 18 May 2013 13:45:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Judge Sentences New Bedford Robber http://wbsm.com/judge-sentences-new-bedford-robber/ http://wbsm.com/judge-sentences-new-bedford-robber/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:47:51 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=73311 A New Bedford man is sentenced to up to seven years in prison for a string of robberies last year. According to New Bedford Police, 28-year-old Johnny Ortiz of Belleville Rd. held up three convenience stores at knifepoint within a week-and-a-half of each other in February 2012

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]]> http://wbsm.com/judge-sentences-new-bedford-robber/feed/ 0 New Bedford Police Boston Criminal Has Odd Checklist of Crimes http://wbsm.com/criminal-has-checklist-of-crimes/ http://wbsm.com/criminal-has-checklist-of-crimes/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:01:40 +0000 Neal White http://wbsm.com/?p=65004 This is a odd story about a man from Weymouth Massachusetts who had a check list of crimes that he was going to do on him when he was busted. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/criminal-has-checklist-of-crimes/feed/ 0 iStockphoto Old Money Gives Away Massachusetts Robbery Suspect http://wbsm.com/old-money-gives-away-massachusetts-robbery-suspect/ http://wbsm.com/old-money-gives-away-massachusetts-robbery-suspect/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:35:01 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=37010 Police say a man who stole antique money during a home invasion in Hyannis made a critical mistake when he tried to spend the cash just hours later.

Barnstable police arrested Marcel Young at a Hyannis bar at about 1 a

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]]> http://wbsm.com/old-money-gives-away-massachusetts-robbery-suspect/feed/ 0 MaryMomentum/flickr New Bedford Bank Robbed http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-bank-robbed/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-bank-robbed/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:26:58 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=24419 A North End New Bedford Bank is robbed Wednesday night.

New Bedford Police say the Citizens Bank inside the Stop and Shop on Kings Highway was robbed just before 7pm when the suspect handed the teller a note demanding money

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-bank-robbed/feed/ 0 NBPD New Bedford Police Search for Robbery Suspect http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-search-for-robbery-suspect/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-search-for-robbery-suspect/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:36:15 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=17272 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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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-search-for-robbery-suspect/feed/ 0 ollybenson,flickr New Bedford Store Owner, Neighbors Chase Down Would-Be Robber http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-store-owner-neighbors-chase-down-would-be-robber/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-store-owner-neighbors-chase-down-would-be-robber/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:01:39 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=16388 Another store owner protects his livelihood against a would-be robber.

Police say a masked man entered the J&L Mini Mart on Maxfield Street last night, and grabbed the store owner, 55-year-old Juan "Nacho" Rodriguez, threatened him with a knife and demanded cash.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-store-owner-neighbors-chase-down-would-be-robber/feed/ 0 TSM FBI Still Searching for "Bearded Bandit" http://wbsm.com/fbi-still-searching-for-bearded-bandit/ http://wbsm.com/fbi-still-searching-for-bearded-bandit/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:46:49 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=14296  

"The Bearded Bandit" is back.
The FBI says the Southcoast bank robber dubbed "The Bearded Bandit" has robbed six banks this year, including five Rhode Island banks and one in Seekonk, Mass.

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