Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 27, 2017 A 20-year-old Taunton woman was sentenced to serve up to four years in state prison, after pleading guilty last week to a fatal hit and run incident which occurred in the City of Taunton last year, District Attorney Thomas…

 Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 22, 2017​​​​​​​ Carmelo Kercado Jr. was transported back to Massachusetts this evening and will be arraigned Tuesday morning in New Bedford District Court for the October 10th slaying of Stephen Bodden and Fabio Tavares in New Bedford. Kercado, 35, of New Bedford was…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 21, 2017 A 19-year-old Fall River man who stabbed a man during a fight outside of Talbot Middle School last March was convicted at trial this week and sentenced to serve up to five years in state prison, District Attorney Thomas…

FUGITIVE IN NEW BEDFORD DOUBLE HOMICIDE CAPTURED IN NORTH CAROLINA The New Bedford Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, United States Marshals Service, and Bristol District Attorney’s Office announce that the fugitive wanted for fatally shooting two men in October was captured yesterday in North Carolina. CARMELO KERCADO JR., 35, was arrested in Concord, N.C., early…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 18, 2017 A 36-year-old former New Bedford man was convicted Friday afternoon during a re-trial of a 2001 homicide case. Robert Tirado was convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter, and sentenced to serve 20 years in state prison for the killing of George…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 15, 2017 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn and Attleboro Police Chief Kyle Heagney announced that today,  Attleboro and Massachusetts State Police Detectives with the assistance of New York City Police have arrested one suspect, and another suspect is actively…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 14, 2017 A 36-year-old Attleboro man who was convicted of a litany charges related to the rape of a young family member after a three week trial in Fall River Superior Court earlier this Autumn, was sentenced to serve 18 to…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney   Press Release December 11, 2017     A 27-year-old Fall River man who allegedly threw a punch during a bar fight in Fall River last Friday that led to the death of a 37-year-old Assonet man, has turned himself in to authorities and…