Bristol County Grand Jury

A Bristol County initiative to test previously untested rape kits has resulted in the first indictment for a cold case rape, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office announced today.

A Tiverton woman has been indicted on charges of stealing nearly $1 million from her longtime employers, a New Bedford law firm.

Werra's body was found wrapped in plastic in the woods behind the Gold Medal Bakery in Fall River.

A Fall River man faces manslaughter charges after a 2017 bar fight where he allegedly punched a man in the head. Twenty-seven year old Pholla Mao was indicted last week by a Bristol County Grand Jury. He'll be arraigned in Fall River Superior Court at a later date...

A New Bedford woman faces charges after being indicted for crimes in Fall River. The Herald News reports 22 year old Karina Carrion was indicted Thursday on charges connected with an armed robbery and carjacking last month. Fall River Police arrested Carrion on May 19th after she allegedly pointed a 22 caliber handgun at a man in a Fall River Tedeschi's Market, and stole his wallet, phone, and car

Two people arrested in connection with the June 10th discovery of dozens of dead or mistreated animals in an apartment on South Second Street in New Bedford, have now been indicted by a Bristol County Grand Jury. Sabrina Harding and Jake Brousseau are facing six counts each of animal cruelty...

Hailton DaCosta - New Bedford Police Photo A city man has been indicted for murder in the shooting of another man last November.  Police responded to Winsor and Crapo Streets on November 23rd on a report of gunshots and found 31 year old Sharone Stafford lying in the road...

A Rhode Island man is awaiting extradition to Massachusetts for the murder of a Swansea woman last year.  The Providence Journal reports that 54 year old David Sousa of Warren was charged by Rhode Island State Police with being a fugitive from justice...

A Fall River man has been indicted for fraudulently obtaining computer parts, and then reselling them and keeping the money.  The Attorney General's office says 39 year old Frank Stanley was indicted Friday by a Bristol County Grand Jury on charges of larceny over $250...