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Violent crime rates in New Bedford have hit a record low, with property crime falling 21% last year and overall crime down by 39% since 2016.

SouthCoast residents from Taunton, Fall River, and New Bedford — including one man out on bail — were among 17 people arrested in a large-scale drugs bust Thursday.

Jon Mitchell and Joe Cordeiro are intentionally misrepresenting crime stats for political purposes. They owe the people of New Bedford an explanation for this.

Ivan Keith raped women in the 1990s, skipped a court date, fled to Maine, and was found in 2019 living under an assumed name.

Leslie Caraceni, M.D., worked with two other women to write prescriptions at around $200 a pop, said the Office of U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling.

Barboza was the driver in a 2019 New Bedford robbery and shooting.

Fifteen people - including four from Fall River and two from New Bedford - were swept up in the three-and-a-half year investigation.

The DEA , FBI, and Massachusetts State Police assisted Fall River Police in executing a search warrant.

Disgraced former New England Mafia capo Robert 'Bobby the Cigar' Deluca has been sentenced for his admitted role in the assassination of a feared mobster.

A man and woman could see up to life in prison if convicted.