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NEW BEDFORD - The State Medical Examiner's Office has officially ruled Aaron Hernandez's death as a suicide, and now his family is filing suit. Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez will file a civil suit on behalf of her and Aaron's daughter, Avielle, asking for an injunction to preserve all evidence in the investigation into the death of the former New England Patriots player...

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

The man accused of fatally shooting his daughter in the parking lot of her New Bedford apartment building has been indicted by a grand jury. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says the grand jury returned three indictments against 45-year-old Walter DaSilva Friday, charging him in Superior Court with murder, carrying an illegal firearm, and unlawful possession of a loaded firearm... Rea

A Westport man has been found guilty of rape of a child by force, and statuatory rape. The District Attorney's Office says a Fall River Superior Court jury returned the guilty verdict against 41 year old Edward Pacheco on Thursday. The jury began its deliberations Tuesday afternoon...