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The FBI says teen boys are being targeted by online scammers in 'sextortion' blackmail schemes. Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn offers advice.

Around $70,000 in high-end dirt bikes that were stolen in a series of thefts from a Seekonk store have been recovered by police after a crime spree authorities believe may be related to gang activity.

The former Chief of Staff to former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia won't be spending any time in prison for lying to federal authorities about her salary kickback arrangement.

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.