attempted Robbery

New Bedford Police are investigating two incidents with strong similarities. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says the first incident took place around 9:00 p.m. Sunday when a man entered the Luk Oil at 1800 Purchase Street with an object wrapped inside a plastic bag...

Fairhaven Police are looking for a robbery suspect who wrestled a purse from a woman, and then ran off. Sgt. Kevin Kobza says the robbery happened on Wilding Street around 2:30pm. Police say the victim then gave chase into Livesey Park, and jumped on the back of the robber...

A 25-year-old New Bedford man received a cut on his bicep during a robbery attempt Wednesday night. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says the man was walking near County Street and Penniman Street around 11 p.m. when he was confronted by another man with a knife...

Two men attempted to rob a Cumberland Farms store in the South End Friday night.ran off after the clerk refused to hand over any cash. Police say the attempted robbery happened around 10:30pm Friday at the Cumberland Farms Store on Brock Avenue...