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Sanctuary State
Sanctuary State
Sanctuary State
BOSTON (AP) - Immigrants and advocacy groups plan to press their case to make Massachusetts a so-called sanctuary state. The Legislature's Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security is scheduled to hear a bill on Friday that would place sharp limits on cooperation between federal immigration officials and state and local law enforcement agencies...
Increased Security
Increased Security
Increased Security
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) _ Officials say they are increasing security at a Massachusetts prisons detox facility after 12 patients escaped in less than a month. WFXT-TV reports that the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Plymouth houses a detox center previously housed at Bridgewater State Hospital...
Victim Identified
Victim Identified
Victim Identified
DARTMOUTH - Massachusetts State Police have identified the passenger killed in a crash on I-195 eastbound in Dartmouth Thursday. The woman has been identified as 21-year-old Stephanie Merejildo of New Bedford. Merejildo was the passenger in a 1998 Honda Civic when the car veered off the highway and struck a tree in the area of Reed Road Thursday afternoon...
Fatal Fall River Crash
Fatal Fall River Crash
Fatal Fall River Crash
FALL RIVER - A Seekonk man is dead after being thrown from his motorcycle in Fall River. Massachusetts State Police say the accident took place on Route 24 north in Fall River at 10:25 p.m. Thursday when a 2006 EX640 motorcycle operated by 22-year-old Joshua Silva veered into a guardrail, throwing Silva from the bike...
Cypher Sworn In as Newest Supreme Judicial Court Justice
Cypher Sworn In as Newest Supreme Judicial Court Justice
Cypher Sworn In as Newest Supreme Judicial Court Justice
DARTMOUTH — For the first time in over 100 years, a representative of Bristol County sits on Massachusetts' highest court. Elspeth "Ellie" Cypher was sworn in Thursday at a ceremony at UMass Dartmouth to the Supreme Judicial Court. The former Bristol County prosecutor, who spent over 16 years on the bench in the state appeals court, was unanimously confirmed to replace retiring Justice M
Robbery Sentence
Robbery Sentence
Robbery Sentence
FALL RIVER - A Fall River man pleads guilty to stealing a purse from an elderly woman. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 34-year-old Shane Cartin pleaded guilty last week in Fall River Superior Court to one count of unarmed robbery of a person over 60 years old...
Lakeville Fatal
Lakeville Fatal
Lakeville Fatal
LAKEVILLE - Massachusetts State Police are investigating a fatal accident in Lakeville Saturday. Around 6 p.m., police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 140 northbound in Lakeville. The investigation indicates a male driver was traveling on 140 north in a 2015 Ford Transit van when he lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll over and crash...
Profile Rock Vandalism
Profile Rock Vandalism
Profile Rock Vandalism
FREETOWN - Two Plymouth men are arrested after Freetown Police catch them spray-painting graffiti on Profile Rock. Police say a hiker in the Freetown State Forest saw the two men spray-painting markings on the natural rock formation and immediately called police...
1,500+ Drug Cases Dropped
1,500+ Drug Cases Dropped
1,500+ Drug Cases Dropped
NEW BEDFORD - Over 1,500 drug cases pending in district and superior courts are being dropped by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office as a direct result of a former state drug lab chemist's tampering with evidence. District attorneys across Massachusetts are submitting to the Supreme Judicial Court today the cases they would not or could not prosecute if new trials were ordered due to Ann

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