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NEW BEDFORD - The two men charged in connection to the shooting death of 18-year-old Brad Lourenco in New Bedford last week have officially been charged with his murder. The updated charge was brought up against Ivan Fontanez, Jr., 20, and Keeland Rose, 23, both of New Bedford, at their Dangerousness Hearing Monday morning in New Bedford District Court, according to the Bristol County District Att

BOSTON - A New Bedford woman is sentenced for stashing drugs in her home for a drug trafficking ring in Bristol County and in Providence. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz's office says 45-year-old Shirley Vargas was sentenced to 18 months in prison and one year of supervised release...

NEW BEDFORD - Many of us barely know how to use the latest technology, but State Troopers assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office are now experts on dismantling and forensically analyzing such equipment after years of specialized training...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lawyers representing northeast fishermen are waiting to hear a U.S. District Court ruling that would temporarily halt the lease of 127 square miles of ocean off the coast of Long Island. In December, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management preliminarily awarded the $42...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man has been arrested in connection with a December murder. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 21-year-old Joshua Lobo was ordered held without bail after being charged with intimidation of a witness and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute...

A three-year-old girl is dead and a family left in mourning after a tragic accident in Acushnet Tuesday. Acushnet Police Chief Michael Alves said in a press release the accident occurred shortly before noon Tuesday on Jean Street as the girl's father was making repairs to a vehicle...

A Fall River man will serve up to 15 years in state prison for raping a 5-year-old boy. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 46-year-old Dennis Dilibero was convicted of aggravated statutory rape and sentenced Wednesday in Fall River Superior Court...

BOSTON (AP) — A landlord who owns and operates dozens of properties in New Bedford will pay $100,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations he allowed contractors to perform illegal asbestos work on four homes he was renovating. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says the consent judgment entered Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court settles a lawsuit filed by her office in October 2012 a

A Fairhaven man could face up to six years in prison for making fake distress calls to the Coast Guard. The U.S. Attorney's Office says on three occassions in the Spring of 2015, 47-year-old Roger Martin made distress calls to the U.S...

A Jamaican woman living in Fall River under a false identity has been arrested. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz's Office says 51-year-old Sandra McDonald has been charged with aggravated identity theft, theft of public money, passport fraud, and falsely representing a social security number...