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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Fall River police officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the death of a man who died after police subdued him with a stun gun. The Bristol District Attorney's concluded that officers did not use excessive force against Scott Macomber after the 48-year-old Brockton man allegedly interfered with the arrest of a woman last May...

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says Fall River Police were arresting a Dartmouth woman on outstanding warrants when Scott Macomber interfered. DA Spokesman Gregg Miliote says on Monday afternoon, police had followed 37-year-old Lisa McNally into a home on Mount Hope Avenue to arrest her on outstanding warrants out of New Bedford and Fall River District Courts...

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office is investigating after a man died after Fall River Police used a TASER on him.

Fall River Police say a man has died following his arrest Monday afternoon.

A report by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security places New Bedford at the top of the list of Massachusetts communities when it comes to the number of times officers used tasers or stun guns in 2014. According to the report, New Bedford officers used electronic control weapons, or ECWs, a total of 105 times last year, down from 125 in 2013, and 145 in 2012...

"Video appears to show North Charleston Officer Michael Slager shooting at 50-year-old Walter Scott as he was running away." A white South Carolina police officer, Michael Slager, is charged with murder after law enforcement officials viewed a video that shows the police officer repeatedly shooting a black victim, Walter Scott, in the back 8 times...

Fairhaven and Dartmouth Police arrest two for the price of one. Detectives from both towns were about to execute a search warrant at a Spring Street apartment in Fairhaven early Monday morning for a suspect wanted on assorted narcotics offenses...

A Fall River man is under arrest after going hand-to-hand with Westport Police.

A Dartmouth Middle School student was arrested on school grounds today. Police Chief Tim Lee tells WBSM News the student became unruly in the cafeteria and refused the direction of the staff. When the school's resource officer intervened, the out-of-control student struck the officer...

New Bedford Police responded to an activiation of the Shot Spotter system on Saturday night in the vicinity of 102 Acushnet Ave.  Police located 10 spent  casings from a 9mm firearm. The investigation determined that a neighborhood male was the intended target but was not struck...