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Fall River could enact an ordinance this month to give police more tools to deal with illegal ATV and dirt bike riders. Should New Bedford do the same?

The 27-year-old man who driving a dirt bike that crashed head-on into a vehicle on Glen Charlie Road last week is now facing criminal charges.

One person has been arrested after a pedestrian was struck as a group of dirt bike riders unlawfully sped through the North End of New Bedford on Monday night.

Three New Bedford residents have been arrested in connection with the theft of several motorized dirt bikes in Dartmouth.

Police say a shooting in Fall River earlier this week was sparked by an argument over a stolen dirt bike.

NEW BEDFORD — Police are once again seeking charges of larceny of a motor vehicle against Mike Robles-Negron, 20, of 38 Malden Street, New Bedford, after he took a dirt bike being sold on Craigslist for a test drive Monday and never returned...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are warning area residents to be careful when posting items, especially motor vehicles, for sale online. Police say within the past month they have received five reports of motorized vehicles being stolen after suspects claim to be potential buyers, arrange for a meet-up, and then fail to return the vehicles after taking them for a test drive...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police recover a stolen dirt bike after a pair of men were seen driving it recklessly throughout the city. Police saw the blue Yamaha dirt bike travelling at a high rate of speed at Arnold and Chancery Streets early Monday afternoon and were able to catch up with the riders...

NEW BEDFORD - Two more individuals will face charges in connection to a gang of recreational vehicle riders that wreaked havoc on New Bedford streets on Halloween night. New Bedford Police say local investigators along with the Massachusetts Environmental Police are charging two 17-year-old male juveniles, one from Fairhaven and one from Acushnet, with operating a snow/recreational vehicle on a pu

New Bedford officials hope to crack down on the illegal use of recreational vehicles on city streets with a proposed ordinance announced Monday morning at City Hall.