Fall River District Court

The former owner of a Westport gun store has pleaded guilty to possession of illegal assault weapons and dozens of other charges. Police say 49 year old Wayne Cinquini of Main Road appeared in Fall River District Court this week, pleading guilty to more than 100 weapons charges...

Westport Police with the help of D-E-A agents in New Bedford carried out a search warrent last Wednesday in a home on North Breault Street, making two arrrests and recovering heroin and other drugs. Arrested on drug distribution and possession chanrges were 29 year old Ryan Bourdria and 25 year old Ashley Durette...

A Swansea man charged with fatally shooting a 23-year-old woman last weekend has been ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty. Timothy Levesque was arraigned Monday in Fall River District Court in connection with the death Sunday of Melissa White...

A former highway surveyor in the Town of Westport has been found guilty of larceny over $250 following a trial in Fall River District Court. The jury returned the guilty verdict late Thursday against Harold "Jack" Sisson. The District Attorney's Office says Sisson was convicted of conspiring with a Highway Dept...

A Fall River man has been declared "dangerous" and will be held for without bail for the next three months.   Roberto Rodriquez, 29, was arrested this month after police found a cache of weapons and ammunition in a Westport storage facility that had caught fire...

An assistant basketball and football coach at Durfee High School has been charged with raping a pre-teen girl over a two year period.  Thirty-four year old James Lee was arraigned Monday in Fall Rver District Court.  According to the Herald News, Lee is facing several charges including rape of a child with force and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.  ...

Criminal trespassing charges against 44 people who protested outside a Somerset power plant last month have been dismissed.       A spokesman for the Bristol County district attorney's office says the protesters had their cases dismissed in exchange for paying $100 in court costs...

There will be no complaint issued in an assault case involving State Rep. Chris Markey of Dartmouth and another man. Back in March, Markey claimed he was assaulted outside the Cushman School by David Oliveira of Dartmouth who was reportedly upset because he didn't get a state job.  M...