hit and run

A New Bedford man has been arrested and faces nine animal cruelty charges after police stumble upon multiple malnourished animals while investigating a hit and run.

The District Attorney's office has identified the man killed in a hit and run crash early Saturday on Route 18 in New Bedford. Spokesman Gregg Miliote says the man has been positively identified as 26 year old Cresencio Gonzales Mureno of New Bedford...

The man who died Saturday from injuries he suffered in a hit-and-run accident on Route 18 has been identified as a 28 year old Providence Man.  Police have not released his name. A spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney says the investigation into the accident remains extremely active...

An early Saturday morning hit and run on Route 18 has left one man dead, while State and New Bedford Police continue to search for the driver.

Former New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes has pleaded guilty and will serve a year of probation in a hit-and-run crash that injured three people. Spikes appeared Wednesday in Wrentham District Court, where he admitted to negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of personal injury, operating an uninsured vehicle, speeding and a marked lanes violation...

Convicted hit-and-run driver Arthur Larrivee of New Bedford has learned his fate, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office announced. Larrivee was charged in the 2012 hit-and-run death of 76-year-old Rafael Velasquez while he was crossing Rockdale Avenue...

A Fall River jury finds a Fairhaven woman guilty in connection with a fatal hit and run nearly three years ago.

The prosecution and the defense have rested on the third day of the Renee Andrews trial. Andrews is charged with motor vehicle homicide in the 2011 Fairhaven hit-and-run death of Katelyn Brienzo. According to the Standard Times, Andrews took the stand today, saying she went to her brother's house after driving away from the accident on Sconticut Neck Road because she "did not know exactly wha

Day two of the trial of 37-year-old Renee Andrews of Fairhaven is continuing today in Fall River Superior Court. The day began with the jury of seven men and seven women traveling to Sconticut Neck Road in Fairhaven to view the scene where Katelyn Brienzo was struck and killed by Ms...

A Fairhaven woman is scheduled to go on trial Tuesday in Fall River for the 2011 hit and run death of a 29 year old disabled woman. Thirty-seven year old Renee Andrews is charged with motor vehicle homocide, leaving the scene and negligent operation of a motor vehicle...