state prison

A repeat illegal firearm user who was carrying an illegal gun during a fight outside a bar in New Bedford will serve five to seven years in state prison.

A New Bedford man who shot a New Bedford Police officer in 2014 was convicted in Superior Court and sentenced to serve up to nine years in state prison.

A Fall River man who violently assaulted his girlfriend was convicted this week in Superior Court and sentenced to state prison for four-and-a-half years.

Earlier this week, a fight broke out in a maximum security state prison. Six correctional officers were injured. One inmate charged is from New Bedford.

A New Bedford man with a long criminal rap sheet was convicted of slashing a man across the face in front of his young child was sentenced to state prison.

A Fall River career criminal arrested in possession of a loaded illegal firearm and crack cocaine was sentenced to serve five years in state prison.

A 40-year-old Fall River man twice arrested last year for dealing heroin and fentanyl has been sentenced to serve three years in state prison.

A gang member from Fall River with a lengthy criminal record has been sentenced to serve up to five years in state prison on illegal firearm charges.

A New Bedford man who stabbed two separate victims last year was sentenced last week in Fall River Superior Court to serve five to seven years in state prison.

A 23-year-old Rehoboth man who had been molesting and raping his younger relatives for the past decade was sentenced to serve eight to 10 years in state prison.