BOSTON - A practice that has been dormant in the Bristol County House of Correction for over a decade could return under a bill under review by the legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill, an Act Authorizing Sheriffs to Impose Fees, would allow correctional facilities in the state to charge inmates a daily fee for as long as they're imprisoned to offset incarceration costs...
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NEW BEDFORD - Ten people, many of them repeat offenders, have been rounded up as the result of a raid conducted by New Bedford Police over the weekend.
Police say the late Saturday morning raid at 55 County Street, Apt. 3, stemmed from an investigation into a Fentanyl distribution service being run out of the home...
NEW BEDFORD - Three cars were apparently intentionally set on fire in New Bedford early Thursday morning, with another car fire reported earlier this week.
New Bedford Police say between 1:33 and 2:30 a.m. Thursday, police and fire personnel responded to three vehicle fires at Sawyer and Myrtle Streets, Cedar Grove and County Streets, and Adams and Myrtle Streets...
NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are investigating an armed robbery outside of a County Street bar early Tuesday morning.
The 31-year-old male victim from New Bedford told police he was standing outside of Fernando's Sports Bar at 116 County Street around 12:30 a...