A 49-year-old New Bedford man described by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office as a career criminal will spend up to seven and a half years in state prison for two separate New Bedford house break-ins.
39-year-old Robert Jones of New Bedford was arrested after disturbing shoppers at the Dollar Tree on Mount Pleasant Street, making threats, resisting arrest and spitting on a police officer.
The Southeastern Regional Transit Authority has announced that Route 8, Mount Pleasant Street in New Bedford, will no longer have detours and will be resuming its normal route.