New Bedford

A man was shot in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Sunday night, prompting a large police presence, according to WJAR-TV. The shooting happened just after 5 p.m. in the area of Bolton and Rivet streets — near Ashley Park. The man was taken to the hospital. His name and condition were not immediately released. Police were seen going in and out of…

Two people were hospitalized after a section of a dock collapsed Wednesday in New Bedford, Massachusetts. NBC affiliate WJAR reported that the collapse occurred on a dock off Hervey Tichon Avenue, located on the Acushnet River. New Bedford Fire Chief Scott Kruger said 911 calls began coming in shortly after 2 p.m. “We arrived, we found we still had one…

Two women have been charged with making high-quality fake coupons to steal more than $25,000 in products from Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts and Rhode Island this year, prosecutors said Tuesday. Taunton residents Jacqueline White, 41, and Crystal Travis, 40, are both facing grand jury charges of larceny for the alleged scheme between March and June, according to the…

A man died after being hit by a vehicle in a sports bar’s parking lot in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Monday night, authorities said. John Blomgren, a 36-year-old from Fairhaven, was rushed to a Saint Luke’s Hospital from the parking lot of Knuckleheads Sports Bar and Grill, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Blomgren was later pronounced...

The 20-year-old New Bedford, Massachusetts, man arrested on Sunday for last month’s fatal shooting in Myles Standish State Forest was ordered held without bail following his arraignment Monday. John Geovanni Pires Monteiro Macedo was arrested at a New Bedford apartment Sunday afternoon by the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said. He...

A New Bedford, Massachusetts, man was killed on Thursday night in a shooting that happened in the city, according to Bristol County prosecutors. The New Bedford Police Department got a Shot Spotter notification just after 11 p.m. on Thursday for multiple shots fired on County Street, near Winsor Street, a news release from the district attorney’s office said. Police...

The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office says 20-year-old Cheybane Vasconcelos-Furtado was taken into custody by New Bedford police, with support from state police, in connection to Monday night’s shooting.

An arrest has been made nearly a week after a police detective in New Bedford, Massachusetts, was shot in the city’s South End while working undercover there, authorities announced Sunday. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office says 20-year-old Cheybane Vasconcelos-Furtado was taken into custody Sunday afternoon at a home on Worcester Street in New Bedford by local police, state...

The detective was shot near the intersection of Rivet Street and Orchard Street Monday night at around 8:45 p.m., according to the New Bedford Police Department. Authorities did not identify the officer, and city leaders say he is expected to make a full recovery.

A police detective in New Bedford, Massachusetts, has been recovering in the hospital after being shot in the city’s South End while working undercover, according to authorities there. The detective was shot near the intersection of Rivet Street and Orchard Street Monday night at around 8:45 p.m. while in an unmarked vehicle, according to the New Bedford Police Department....

A police detective was injured in a shooting Monday night in New Bedford, Massachusetts, authorities said. The New Bedford Police Department said the shooting happened in the area of Rivet Street and Orchard Street. Police said the detective is receiving medical treatment, and his injuries are not considered to be life-threatening. Authorities did not say if a suspect was in…

The City of New Bedford, Massachusetts, is cracking down on rooming houses by ensuring they have adequate sprinkler systems, after a major fire in March left two people dead. Following the deadly fire at an Acushnet Avenue rooming house, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell had the city’s fire department begin an enforcement program, targeting the 19 remaining un-sprinklered rooming house…

A little piece of history is up for auction. The former Shawmut Diner sat at the corner of Hathaway Road and Shawmut Avenue in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for decades. In 2014 it closed, and its owners donated the diner to the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office. Longtime owners Phil and Celeste Paleologos had hoped it would be used to help inmates…

According to the stamps on the book’s card, it was last checked out in 1907.

There’s been a third arrest in the homicide of a 20-year-old earlier this week in New Bedford, Massachusetts, according to prosecutors in Bristol County, who now have issued a murder charge in the killing of Lorenzo Gomes. Xavier Luis Rodriguez, 20, of New Bedford, is being charged with murder and carrying an illegal firearm, according to District Attorney Tom Quinn….

Two people have now been arrested since the murder of a 20-year-old man in New Bedford, Massachusetts, early Monday morning. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that Wyllie Monteiro, 25, of New Bedford, was arrested in Dartmouth and is being charged with accessory to murder after the fact. He is expected in New Bedford District Court for…

A man has been indicted on a murder charge in the shooting of a person found fatally shot in a car’s driver seat in New Bedford, Massachusetts, this March, police said. Gianni Carter-Joyner, who was already in custody on gun and drugs charges in the investigation, was indicted by a grand jury in Bristol County on a murder charge,...

A 20-year-old man New Bedford resident has died after a shooting in the city just after midnight Monday. The Bristol County District Attorney’s office said New Bedford police received multiple 911 calls reporting the sound of gunshots in the area of Tallman and North Front streets. They found the victim, identified as Lorzeno Gomes, in a vehicle on Belleville Avenue….

A man has been convicted for a 2017 double murder in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. Carmelo Kercado Jr., of New Bedford, was convicted on two counts of first degree murder and illegal gun charges, according to DA Tom Quinn. He…

A man and a child were found dead Friday in an apparent murder-suicide at a home in New Bedford, Massachusetts, officials said. The bodies of George Scott III and 8-year-old Dante Hazard were found Friday morning at Scott’s home on Phillips Road, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn. Scott was a person of interest in the disappearance...