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FALL RIVER - Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson formally offered to send local inmates to assist in the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border proposed by President-Elect Donald Trump.

NEW BEDFORD - Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson says it's "upsetting" that one of his deputies is facing federal charges in connection to the Carlos Rafael case. Deputy Sheriff Antonio Freitas is accused of helping the New Bedford fishing mogul smuggle large sums of cash through Logan International Airport so Rafael could deposit the money in an account in Portugal...

One of the most outspoken locally elected Trump supporters is looking forward to his candidate's presidency. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says he hopes President-Elect Trump's first order of business is tackling one of his biggest campaign promises...

A Bristol County corrections officer is being credited with saving the life of an inmate. According to the Bristol County Sheriff's Department, Corrections Officer Cynthia Santos sprung into action after she saw a female inmate exhibiting signs of choking in the dining area of the Women's Center at the House of Corrections in Dartmouth last week...

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson says the Orlando shooting wasn't an attack on just one group, but on all Americans. Hodgson says people need to understand that radical Islamic extremists are hateful toward modern western civilization regardless of sexual orientation...

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson is enthusiastically supporting Governor Charlie Baker's decision to revise an immigration policy in Massachusetts. The move reverses a policy that prevented State Police from detaining illegal immigrants...

Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph McDonald has released a statement concerning the actions of Deputy Sheriff James Creed. Creed, off-duty Tuesday night, was having dinner with his wife at Bertucci's Italian Restaurant in the Silver City Galleria Mall when 28-year-old Arthur DaRosa entered the restaurant and began stabbing a waitress and several customers...

Federal prosecutors have indicted New Bedford fishing magnate Carlos Rafael and a Bristol County Sheriff's Office Deputy. Rafael was indicted on 27 counts, for charges including conspiracy, false entries, and bulk cash smuggling. Rafael, owner of Carlos Seafood in New Bedford, is accused of submitting falsified reports of fish species his boats had caught, and selling excess fish to out of state b

The New Bedford City Council has been brainstorming on methods to decrease panhandling in the city. Thursday night, Council President Linda Morad presented the possibility of having deputies from the Bristol County Sheriff's Office stand beside people begging for money...

Should illegal immigrants be able to obtain a Massachusetts driver's license? The State Legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation is considering just that, and Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson says "no." Hodgson says the proposal bends the rules for those that already broke them, and disrespects those who are waiting to come into the United States legally...