Crime

New Bedford and Fall River police will receive funding for body cameras as part of a $3.6 million grant being awarded by the Healey-Driscoll Administration.

An elderly Taunton man was convicted last week of sexually molesting his preteen step-grandson.

Lakeville Police have released the body camera footage from last week’s officer-involved shooting of 45-year-old Timothy Hladik.

A Rhode Island man has been charged after he allegedly shot at, injured and in some cases killed red-tailed and Cooper hawks while trying to protect squirrels.

Dartmouth Police report that a three-and-a-half-hour standoff at the Capri Motel Saturday night came to a peaceful end.

New Bedford Police detectives seized two firearms in separate incidents on Wednesday.

Thomas Halpen of Fall River was sentenced to serve up to 50 years in prison for robbing a bank and attempting to take the gun off a police officer while jailed.

The suspect who allegedly injured five members of the Taunton Police Department with a knife Tuesday has now been identified as Douglas Hagerty of Lakeville.

New Bedford Police arrested a city man in connection with a shooting that occurred in a South End housing development earlier this month.

New Bedford Police arrested the same man twice in one day recently for allegedly dealing crack cocaine.