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A Providence man is sentenced to two and a half years in prison after picking up 100 pounds of pot in Wareham.

32-year-old Antwan Wells of New Bedford was sentenced to three years in state prison after he violently assaulted his girlfriend and attempted on numerous occasions to intimidate her out of pursuing the criminal case.

NEW BEDFORD (AP)—A Massachusetts judge says he's issuing an order preserving evidence in Aaron Hernandez's prison suicide. Bristol Superior Court Judge Thomas McGuire says it's only fair that the ex-NFL star's family, the government and the public know exactly how he died...

FALL RIVER - A Fall River man is sentenced after being convicted Monday of raping his girlfriend's teenage daughter. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 44-year-old Osvaldo Leite pleaded guilty Monday in Fall River Superior Court to an indictment charging him with two counts of rape of a child, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person under 14, and one count of assault

A decisive superior court ruling for the Town of Dartmouth this week. A judge has upheld the Conservation Commission's denial of a permit to Boston Environmental Commission to dump contaminants in the Cecil Smith Landfill, and then cap it...

A Fall River man who tried to rob a convenience store using a dirty syringe has been sentenced in Superior Court. Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn's office says 28-year-old Jeffrey Munroe pleaded guilty tuesday in Fall River Superior Court to one count of armed assault with intent to rob...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) _ A man who spent three decades in prison based in part on a single strand of hair will ask a judge to free him on bail while he awaits a new trial. A bail hearing is scheduled for George Perrot in New Bedford Superior Court Wednesday...

A Westport man has been indicted in a drunk driving accident that left one woman dead in October.

Jury selection is complete in the trial of two New Bedford men, both charged in the shooting death of a 31-year-old man in 2013. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says jury selection was completed Thursday afternoon as 27-year-old Hailton DaCosta and 30-year-old Antonio Rodrigues, Jr...

FALL RIVER (AP) - An anonymous tipster who raised questions about a juror in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez had a sexually explicit relationship with him, a prosecutor said in a filing released Monday.