Bristol County DA

A 22-year-old New Bedford man will spend up to three and a half years in prison after he was arrested last spring for selling drugs while in possession of an illegal gun.

A Worcester man accused of raping a woman in New Bedford in 2010 has been found dangerous and ordered held without bail, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

Prosecutors say the defendant got into an argument with the victim at a Taunton gas station, then followed him home and stabbed him in the chest.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office has confirmed that the death of a New Bedford man was likely caused by a heroin overdose.

A New Bedford man who participated in an armed robbery at a Subway restaurant in Seekonk was convicted and sentenced to serve up to four years in state prison.

A New Bedford man who stabbed two separate victims last year was sentenced last week in Fall River Superior Court to serve five to seven years in state prison.

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn says his office continues to place a high priority on locking up people who carry illegal handguns. Quinn says like his predecessor, Sam Sutter, he wants to see those people taken off the streets...