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ELDER SAFETY: Identity theft

Elders today are at risk for many forms of financial abuse. One in particular is identity theft. When criminals gain access to your personal information they can cause both immediate and long-term harm. For example, they may run up bills in your name. They may unlawfully use your social security or Medicare number, your credit…

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DA’s Office Conducts First Annual Teen Safety Summit on October 2

UPDATE — View event photos HERE! Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and his office’s Underage Drinking Task Force will be conducting its first annual Teen Safety Summit. The event will take place on Friday October 2nd, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Taunton, 700 Myles Standish Blvd.,…

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New Bedford Repeat Offender to Serve Seven Years in Prison

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a 30-year-old New Bedford man was sentenced to serve seven years in state prison after being convicted of a litany of crimes. Marcell DePina, formerly of 436 Mill Street, decided to plead guilty to the seven charges he was facing on Friday, one day…

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New Bedford Man Convicted of 2013 Murder of Retired Woman in Fairhaven

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that Joshua J. Silva, 38, of New Bedford, was convicted early this afternoon of First Degree murder and armed robbery, connected to the October 2013 homicide of 69-year-old Joyce Howland in Fairhaven. The jury rendered its verdict shortly after noon today in Fall River Superior Court…

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Taunton Man Charged With Previously Unsolved November 2013 Murder

District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III today announced that a 23-year-old Taunton man has been charged with the previously unsolved November, 2013 murder 24-year-old Edwin Rivera Jr. in Taunton. A formal complaint charging Flavio Daveiga, formerly of 15 Newcombe Place, with murder, was filed in Taunton District Court Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Daveiga will likely be…

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Taunton Industrial Accident Fatality

Taunton Police, Massachusetts State Police and investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are investigating an industrial accident that resulted in the death of a 24-year-old man today in Taunton. The incident occurred around 8:42 a.m. today in the Myles Standish Industrial Complex on Charles Colton Road. The victim, later identified as Nicholas…