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A 20-year-old Taunton drug dealer, who was also possessing illegal firearms, was sentenced to serve up to four years in state prison.

A 22-year-old New Bedford man who perjured himself on two separate occasion during the prosecution of a New Bedford murder cases has been sentenced to serve three to five years in state prison.

48-year-old Benoit Leclerc of Fairhaven was sentenced to up to 13½ years in state prison after being convicted of raping a foster juvenile living in his home.

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn, III announced today that a 32-year-old Fall River man has been sentenced to serve five to seven years in state prison, along with two years of probation after his release, for his role in a shooting incident and domestic assault...

A New Bedford man will serve up to five years in jail after pleading guilty to drug and gun charges. Thirty-one year old Carl Pina of Linden Street pleaded guilty Tuesday in Fall River Superior Court to charges of possessing an illegal firearm and trafficking in cocaine...

A New Bedford man will spend the next 41/2-to-6 years in state prison. Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced that 40 year old Manuel Vasquez, formerly of Coggeshall Street, pleaded guilty on Monday to possession of an illegal firearm, a repeat offense, plus unlawful possession of ammunition, also a repeat offense, and possession of heroin with intent to distribute...

A former New Bedford man has been found guilty on five counts of assaulting corrections officers while serving a 2 1/2 year sentence at the House of Correction in Dartmouth. Prosecutors say 44 year old Frankie Chano either spit, bit, or punched corrections officers on five occasions in 2013 and 2014...

A New Bedford man is going to prison for brutally beating his girlfriend between August of 2013 and February of 2014. The District Attorney's office says 30 year old Terry Ward pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a host of domestic violence related charges...