Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a 26-year-old Fall River man was sentenced to serve 30 to 45 years in state prison after being convicted of a litany of crimes connected to a brutal April 2013 assault and rape of a 65-year-old woman. Christopher Stiles pleaded guilty today in Fall…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that Donnelle Bates, charged with the 2010 murder of Joseph Dugan, was ordered held without bail during his arraignment in Taunton District Court today. The arraignment was handled by District Attorney Quinn and the ruling to hold Mr. Bates without bail was made by Judge Gregory…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and Taunton Police Chief Edward Walsh announced that two men were arrested early this morning in connection to the 2010 cold case murder of 33-year-old Joseph Dugan. State Police detectives assigned to District Attorney Quinn’s office and Taunton Police detectives arrested Jeremy Rhoden, 25, and Donnelle Bates,…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that a 55-year-old New Bedford man was sentenced to eight to ten years in state prison today in Taunton Superior Court for sending hundreds of sexually graphic Facebook messages to a 12-year-old Dartmouth boy in 2012. David Gould, of 157 Grinnell Street, was convicted of enticing…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that Kimberly Peno has been convicted of first degree murder for the March 2010 death of her two-year-old son, Timothy. The defendant was convicted by a jury of her peers around 3:15 p.m. today in Fall River Superior Court after a six day jury trial….
District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that an arrest warrant has been issued for a 27-year-old New Bedford woman who did not show up in court for the fifth day of her New Bedford District Court trial last Friday. Caroline Peraza Rivera, formerly of 80 Earle Street, was on trial for charges of…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a Fall River murder suspect was sentenced to eight to ten years in state prison after a probation violation hearing concluded in Fall River Juvenile Court late last week. Kevin Lara, 19, formerly of 119 Tremont Street, was found to be in violation of…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that the leader of a large-scale heroin distribution ring in the greater Taunton area was sentenced to serve four to five years in state prison. Alexander Torres Sr., 42, of Central Falls, RI, pleaded guilty yesterday in Fall River Superior Court to a single charge of…
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Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a Fall River man was sentenced to serve five to seven years in state prison for a March 2015 non-fatal shooting in the city. Christopher Swindell, 22, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Fall River Superior Court to charges of assault and battery with a firearm,…
