Third District Court

The courthouse will reopen on Monday. It was closed earlier this month after 11 employees tested positive for COVID-19.

NEW BEDFORD — Two city men are under arrest after they are found to be carrying unlicensed firearms outside of New Bedford Third District Court. The incident occurred at about 11:55 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, when a member of the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit observed a group of people acting suspiciously outside of the Third District Courthouse on North Sixth Street...

Police arrest three men and seize drugs and guns.

New Bedford Police are becoming increasingly frustrated with judges allowing repeat offenders back on the streets, despite having lengthy criminal records.

It can't get any worse than this. Two men, one from Texas and the other considered homeless. Two men on two separate days caught, red handed by police. The scoundrels bagged for the high crime of stealing. This is not any old theft. Both are charged with charging their cell phones by using an outdoor outlet outside the downtown New Bedford Post Office...

Fairhaven Police have arrested three people on drug charges after they allegedly engaged in a drug transaction. Sergeant Kevin Kobza says detectives observed two people completing a suspected drug transaction Thursday afternoon at the Huttleston Motel on Route 6...