Lt. John Chaves

South End Robbery
South End Robbery
South End Robbery
New Bedford Police are hunting for a man who robbed several cartons of cigarettes from the Cumberland Farms store in the South End, and attacked the clerk with a windshield scraper. Det. Lt. John Chaves tells WBSM News, a man walked into the Brock Ave...
Police Team Drills For School Bus Hostage Situation
Police Team Drills For School Bus Hostage Situation
Police Team Drills For School Bus Hostage Situation
A hostage situation on a school bus is something none of us can imagine.  But it does happen, and that's why the New Bedford Police Department's Special Reaction Team was practicing that scenario Wednesday in the South End. A grenade-like device was exploded outside the bus and police moved in quickly and subdued the suspects...