Former Patriots player and current Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson is being held at the Bristol County House of Corrections in Dartmouth, a sheriff's office spokesman has confirmed.
A crash on Rt. 140 in Lakeville on Monday evening resulted in two Bristol County Sheriff's Office employees being taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the town's fire department.
The Bristol County Sheriff's Office already uses body-worn cameras at the House of Corrections in Dartmouth and will expand the program in the coming months.
A Truro man arrested Friday night on suspicion of killing his mother and burning her body on the lawn of a Cape Cod home has died at New Bedford's Ash Street Jail over the weekend.
More than a dozen former immigrations detainees held at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth have filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Thomas Hodgson along with his office and two federal agencies for allegedly violating their rights.
The Bristol County Sheriff's Office has responded to an allegation of rape at the Dartmouth jail included in a new report from a Boston-based non-profit organization, stating that no such claims were ever made to facility staff.
An ex-TA at GNB Voc-Tech is suing the school for wrongful termination and breach of contract after he was fired for bringing a gun to a campus event as a volunteer directly after a shift as a police officer.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Tuesday that Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is legally authorized to collect revenues for his office through phone service fees, finding in his favor in a 2018 lawsuit alleging the office was conducting an "illegal kickback scheme."
A negligence lawsuit against the city of New Bedford and the county sheriff's office stemming from the 2013 death of Egidio Batista in protective custody has been allowed to proceed.