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Police activity at a New Bedford apartment building caused a fire in the North End Tuesday night.

This is the eleventh fire in New Bedford since June that is considered to have started under suspicious circumstances.

NEW BEDFORD - Massachusetts State Police, in conjunction with several other agencies, have conducted raids on numerous businesses on the Southcoast. Law enforcement agents were seen at multiple locations in New Bedford, Fairhaven, and other communities, confiscating so-called vending machines owned by Nutel Communications of Fall River...

BOSTON (AP) _ The FBI has released newly acquired photos of a Massachusetts man wanted for killing a Pennsylvania police chief in 1980. The FBI says the photos of Donald Eugene Webb on a new wanted poster issued Thursday were apparently taken on a cruise with his wife in July 1979, about a year before the death of Saxonburg Police Chief Greg Adams in December 1980...

DARTMOUTH - Dartmouth's Police Chief is recovering after suffering a heart attack last week. A police spokesman confirms Chief Robert Szala checked himself into a local hospital Tuesday night after experiencing discomfort at the Russells Mills Road headquarters earlier that day...

NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford Police Department's Detectives Division has a new leader. Captain Adelino Sousa was promoted from his rank of Lieutenant, and now heads the division that was in the command of Captain Steven Vicente before his retirement last month...

NEW BEDFORD - Mayor Jon Mitchell is nominating the city's police chief to the position of harbormaster, after the former harbormaster was ejected from the role for not living in the city. However, Chief Joseph Cordeiro is not himself a New Bedford resident...

DIGHTON - Former Dighton Fire Chief Antone Roderick is facing 23 new charges Thursday. Roderick was accused in November of using town money for personal items including women’s capri pants and tank tops. Last month, the Board of Selectmen voted to fire him...

NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford Police Department is showcasing how they spot crime trends and other statistics. Since September, the department has been using CompStat, a computer statistics system that compiles data from police reports, and shows police an interactive map of crimes, accidents, overdoses, and other incidents...

ACUSHNET - The Acushnet Fire Department is taking action after a preventable tragedy in the town. Two weeks ago, a father and son were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in their home, which had no smoke or CO detectors. Beginning today, parents of Acushnet students will be asked via email to check if they have working CO detectors in their homes...