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"The Codfather" has a little longer now before he is sentenced. Carlos Rafael, the fishing magnate who pleaded guilty to a scheme in which he intentionally mislabeled fish in order to avoid federal fishing regulations, was scheduled to be sentenced today in U...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell has penned a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to argue that the fishing permits of convicted fishing magnate Carlos Rafael should remain in New Bedford when the so-called "Codfather" is sentenced in federal court June 27...

A Fall River man will serve up to 10 years in state prison following his conviction on child rape charges.

A four to six year prison sentence was handed down for a Taunton man who brutally assaulted his wife in the presence of their two year-old child.

A Jamaican citizen living in Fall River will be sentenced December 20th after pleading guilty in Federal Court to passport fraud, two counts of theft of public money and misrepresenting a Social Security number. The U-S Attorney's office says 51 year old Sandra McDonald entered the country in 1990, obtaining an alien card and Social Security number, using her sister's name...

A Fall River man was sentenced to two to four years in state prison after being convicted of attacking his girlfriend with a guitar.

A Rhode Island man with a history of breaking and entering has been sentenced for his most recent house break in Seekonk.

A Fairhaven man will spend at least seven years in prison after pleading guilty to two bank robberies.

A New Bedford man will serve six to seven-and-a-half years in state prison in connection with a home invasion and burglary in May.

The Governor's Council has commuted the sentence of a former Brockton woman and granted pardons to two other people, marking the first clemency votes in Massachusetts in more than a decade. The eight-member council voted 6-2 on Wednesday to approve Gov...