acushnet avenue

NEW BEDFORD — Two New Bedford men are arrested after riding ATVs recklessly down Acushnet Avenue early Monday. At around 5:30 a.m. Monday, New Bedford Police arrested 18-year-old Rory Santos-Barros of Campbell Street and Teagan Dauphin-Potter of Tarkiln Hill road on charges of operating a recreational vehicle recklessly, after they were observed riding ATVs on Acushnet Avenue...

An elderly man was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle early Saturday morning in New Bedford.

New Bedford Police have released information on a single-vehicle accident that took place Saturday night.

A city man is arrested following the armed robbery of a pharmacy Monday night.

New information reveals the high rate of police response to the 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station at 1499 Acushnet Avenue.

Increased patrols in response to complaints from residents about incidents in the area of Blackmer Street and Acushnet Avenue led to the arrest of a city man observed in a drug transaction.

Members of the New Bedford Police Department gang unit arrested two people Wednesday as part of proactive patrols in the South End.

A shooting in the North End sends one man to the hospital. Police say the shooting was reported around 2:40 Saturday morning. Lt. Amos Melo says officers responded to St. Luke's Hospital on a report that a man had been shot. The 42 year old victim had been taken to the hospital in a private auto...

New Bedford Police continue to actively investigate the shooting of a 21-year-old New Bedford man at about 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at the 200 block of Acushnet Avenue. The victim was in stable condition Thursday at Rhode Island Hospital...

Two shooting incidents in New Bedford Wednesday afternoon. In one of them, a 23 year old city man was shot and hospitalized. Police say officers responded to the 200 block of Acushnet Avenue around 3pm on reports of a shooting. They found a 23 year old victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen...