indecent assault and battery

The former Durfee High basketball star and longtime Fall River media personality has been charged with two counts of rape and one charge of indecent assault.

Aaron Costa was found guilty on three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person under 14.

A 42-year-old New Bedford man received the maximum allowable sentence for molesting a young relative after being convicted last week.

A 73-year-old Swansea man, who repeatedly raped two of his young female relatives in his home, was sentenced to serve 25 to 30 years in state prison.

A 42-year-old Westport man has been arrested for alleged sexual assault on a child.

A former Lakeville firefighter with a history of sexual assault charges has been arrested again on similar charges.

Retired New Bedford Police K-9 officer Jean Gomes was convicted Monday afternoon in Fall River Superior Court of indecently touching a child. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office tells WBSM News that Gomes, 60, was convicted on one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 by a mandated reporter...

A New Bedford man will spend the next 8-to-10 years in state prison after pleading guilty this week to rape of a child. Forty-eight years old Manny DaSilva also pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14...