On the night of the attack, the couple visited a New Bedford bar before arguing in the car about the victim allegedly looking at other men, prosecutors say.
A judge refused to revoke the bail of a defendant in an ongoing homicide case after he allegedly beat his girlfriend and punched a police officer in the face.
A 40-year-old New Bedford man has been sentenced to serve three-to-four years in state prison after pleading guilty to separate indictments charging him with an illegal gun crime in Fairhaven, and a violent domestic assault in Dartmouth.