Tom Hodgson

Mayor Jon Mitchell, Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson, and City Council President Brian Gomes all spoke with WBSM's Phil Paleologos to express their thoughts on the passing of New Bedford Police Chief David Provencher.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson is down south this weekend discussing immigration reform and getting a firsthand look at U.S. Border Patrol activities.

Sheriffs across the country are being recruited to make a statement about border security and immigration reform. Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson says both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have failed to act on immigration reform, and in the meantime, immigrants are entering this country almost unchecked...

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson expects some of the thousands of migrant children who crossed the southwest border into the U-S will find their way to Massachusetts, and New Bedford. Hodgson is visiting processing and detention centers along the border with a delegation of Sheriffs to get a first hand look at the immigration crisis...

A Massachusetts sheriff says former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was brought from a jail to a hospital this weekend for an undisclosed problem. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson said Sunday that Hernandez was brought to St...

The former Shawmut Diner is headed west...to the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth. Owners Phil and Celeste Paleologos operated the eatery for more than 30 years at Shawmut Avenue and Hathaway Road, before selling that site to Cumberland Farms...

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson is not a big fan of the latest Immigration Reform bill making its way through Congress, even after attending a White House briefing Tuesday for law enforcement personnel.  Hodgson tells WBSM News, there's too much emphasis on creating new citizens, and not enough on security issues...

Bristol County Sheriff  Thomas Hodgson says inmates at the House of Correction in Dartmouth continue to cause disruptions brought about by changes in their schedule because of budget constraints.

Mitt Romney has the Republican Party's nomination for the Presidency. Romney collected the 1,144 delegates necessary to nail down the nomination at the Tampa, Florida, convention late Tuesday afternoon.