bristol county district attorney

A Fall River man who assaulted the mother of his children despite a restraining order against him will serve jail time for the offense, after he was convicted on Tuesday.

A Rhode Island woman has been sentenced to serve prison time after pleading guilty to assaulting and seriously injuring her one-year-old toddler while staying at a Seekonk motel in 2018.

A New Bedford man will spend up to eight years in state prison after stabbing a romantic rival in the neck at the city's bus depot — and then assaulting another man hours later, with the first victim's dried blood still on his face and hands.

A New Bedford man has been sentenced to serve two years in state prison after violently assaulting his girlfriend while picking up a child outside DeValles School in 2021.

A 39-year-old fentanyl and cocaine dealer who crashed into a state police cruiser while trying to flee from a drug bust while out on bail last year has admitted to multiple drug and gun crimes.

A drug dealer who admitted to trafficking cocaine, MDMA, Oxycodone and Suboxone will spend two to three years in state prison.

A Fall River man who threatened his wife with a knife before assaulting her, then injured a police officer and struck a vehicle while trying to flee has been sentenced to jail time.

A Fall River man who assaulted three senior citizens demonstrating in support of police has been sentenced to serve 120 days — or around four months — in jail.

John Almond was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 20 years, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn.

A New Bedford man will spend three and a half years in jail after he was convicted of molesting his pre-teen stepdaughter multiple times — despite the girl's mother and grandparents testifying on his behalf.