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30-year-old Virgilio Adorno, AKA “Trigga," AKA “Goyo,” of New Bedford, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine base.

A 35-year-old Fall River man with an extensive criminal record was sentenced to serve four to six years in state prison after pleading guilty last week to a litany of charges related to the theft of a motor vehicle in Fall River last May, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M...

BOSTON — A member of the Latin Kings street gang pleaded guilty today to distributing drugs in the City of New Bedford. Jonathan Garcia, aka “Philly,” 28, of New Bedford, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine...

BOSTON (AP) _ A member of a Cape Cod-based gang has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a drug dealing operation. The Cape Cod Times reports that 31-year-old Tyrone Gomes, of Hyannis, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston...

BOSTON – A Bristol County Sheriff’s Deputy was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of smuggling the profits of an over-fishing scheme to Portugal. Antonio Freitas, 47, of Taunton, a Sheriff’s Deputy with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office and a long-time Task Force Officer with U...

BOSTON — Two New Bedford residents were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for their roles in a wide-ranging conspiracy that distributed heroin throughout Bristol County and Providence, RI. Eric DeSousa, 26, and Tyson DePina, 40, were sentenced by U...

BOSTON – A Fairhaven man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to distributing methamphetamine. Peter Lobo, 54, pleaded guilty today to one count of distributing methamphetamine before U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper, who scheduled sentencing for Oct...

"The Codfather" has a little longer now before he is sentenced. Carlos Rafael, the fishing magnate who pleaded guilty to a scheme in which he intentionally mislabeled fish in order to avoid federal fishing regulations, was scheduled to be sentenced today in U...

The owner of a Westport trash company pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees. Stephen P. Aguiar, 47, of Westport, pleaded guilty to three counts of mail fraud...

BOSTON – The owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the United States pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to operating a long-running scheme through which he submitted falsified records to the federal government to evade federal fishing quotas...