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When police first observed the victim at Morton Hospital, shehad a swollen face, a black and blue eye which was swollen shut, and dried blood around her mouth and on her teeth.

Calixto Smith brandished a knife but was chased off by a man with a baseball bat, the DA's office said.

A New Bedford man with a long history of conviction was sentenced to state prison for trafficking large quantities of cocaine and possessing an illegal firearm.

The defendant pled guilty last week in Fall River Superior Court.

A New Bedford heroin trafficker, who is also awaiting trial on a pending non-fatal shooting case was sentenced to serve up to four-and-a-half years in state prison last week.

A Fall River man, who failed to appear in court earlier this year, has been sentenced to serve two to four years in state prison.

A New Bedford man was convicted at trial last week of illegal firearm offenses and was sentenced to serve up to three and a half years in state prison.

An East Bridgewater man who shot an Easton man on Christmas morning in 2017 has been convicted and sentenced to serve a state prison term.

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III has announced that 30-year-old Justin Denny was sentenced to serve five to eight years in state prison.

A Fall River man who violently assaulted his live-in girlfriend and bit a police officer was sentenced last week to serve up to five years in state prison.