New Bedford Police

New Bedford Police arrested a Dartmouth couple Monday on fentanyl trafficking charges after a search of their East River Drive home.

New Bedford police are addressing the recent spate of violent crimes in the city as a "top priority" for the department, a spokesperson said Monday.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell's administration has lost all credibility on the issue of crime. It might help if he were to stop playing the people for fools.

A home on State Street in New Bedford was damaged by a gunshot early Saturday morning — just hours after a shooting in the same area that sent one person to hospital.

A person has been hospitalized after another shooting in New Bedford Friday evening — the second in just six days.

New Bedford Police Chief Paul Oliveira says the plan is to keep the downtown station open for limited service until further notice.

This is a small first step towards addressing a huge problem in New Bedford, and especially the downtown area. Let's hope there is more to the plan than this.

New Bedford's downtown is getting cleaned up this afternoon as police, fire crews, and street sweepers clear litter and debris from around the post office and bus station.

The lives of three youngsters have been changed forever in New Bedford because kids have learned to settle adult issues with weapons.

A second suspect, a 16-year-old boy, has been arrested in connection to a stabbing death in a New Bedford park on Tuesday morning.