A Fall River man arrested twice within a seven-month stretch for trafficking fentanyl will spend the next eight to 10-and-a-half years in state prison.
A New Bedford woman became the first defendant to be convicted of drug crimes related to the year-long wiretap investigation dubbed Operation High Stakes.
A man who admitted to setting fire to a New Bedford apartment building and later had to be returned from Puerto Rico has now been sentenced to state prison.
A Fall River man who after being caught shoplifting at a Walmart recklessly backed up his vehicle and struck an elderly woman was sentenced to state prison.
Michelle Carter's lawyers have filed an emergency motion, asking the state Supreme Judicial Court to continue to delay the beginning of her prison sentence.