Dartmouth Man Dies of Suspected OD at Veterans House

NEW BEDFORD - A Dartmouth man is dead of an apparent drug overdose.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says the 61-year-old Dartmouth man had been staying with his brother at the Sean Brooke House at 116 Lindsey Street in New Bedford. The house is a veterans-only living complex.

D.A. spokesman Gregg Miliote tells WBSM News the man was found dead Sunday afternoon in the living room with a needle and two bags of suspected heroin on the coffee table in front of him.

The man was transported to St. Luke's Hospital and pronounced dead at 3:50 p.m. Sunday.

A toxicology report on the body is pending.