201912.30
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Rehoboth Fatal MV Crash

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release​ December 30, 2019 William G. Spreyer, A 74-year-old Rehoboth man, died Friday at Rhode Island Hospital hours after being involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle on Route 44 in Rehoboth. At around 7:45 a.m. Friday, Rehoboth Police received multiple 911…

201912.27
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Repeat New Bedford Opiate Trafficker Sentenced to A Decade in Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release​ December 27, 2019 A 35-year-old New Bedford heroin and fentanyl trafficker will serve up to 11 years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Ryan Cabral pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court last week to separate…

201912.25
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Fall River Homicide Investigation and Arrest

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release​ December 25, 2019 Fall River Police, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office and Homicide Unit prosecutors are actively investigating a homicide, which occurred in the City of Fall River Tuesday night. At around 5:30 pm Tuesday, Fall River…

201912.23
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Operation Mouse Trap Nets 850 Grams of Fentanyl and 16 Arrests

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release​ December 23, 2019 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III today announced the successful conclusion of a four-month long investigation into a large-scale Fentanyl trafficking organization, which was operating in the greater Fall River area.  The wiretap investigation—dubbed Operation Mouse Trap—…

201912.21
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Fatal Dog Mauling in Somerset

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release December 21, 2019 A 44-year-old Somerset woman died last night as a result of a dog mauling. At around 5:20 p.m. on Friday, Somerset Police received a 911 call from the victim’s daughter.  The 911 caller advised that her mother, Melissa Astacio, was…

201912.17
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Fall River Gang Member Sentenced to Prison For Shooting Case

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release December 17, 2019 An alleged Asian Boyz Crip gang member from Fall River who fired several shots into an unoccupied van last June was sentenced to serve two-and-a-half to three years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III…

201912.16
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Taunton Heroin Trafficker/Domestic Abuser Convicted At Trial

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release December 16, 2019 A 35-year-old Taunton man was convicted of trafficking heroin and assaulting his girlfriend after a three-day jury trial despite the assault victim’s lack of cooperation in the case, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Dustin Marques…

201912.16
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Dartmouth Domestic Assault Leads to Prison Sentence

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release December 16, 2019 A 34-year-old Greenwich, RI man was convicted of assaulting and pointing a gun at a woman in his car in Dartmouth was sentenced to serve two-and-a-half years in state prison last week in Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County…

201912.12
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Twice-Convicted Fall River Illegal Firearm User Sentence to Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​   Press Release December 12, 2019 A 33-year-old Fall River man who pointed an illegal firearm at another man who was attempting to stop a domestic assault this past April was sentenced to serve up to five years in state prison this week, Bristol…

201912.11
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Fall River Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to A Decade in Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​   Press Release December 11, 2019 A 29-year-old Fall River man arrested twice within a seven-month stretch for trafficking Fentanyl will spend the next eight to ten-and-a-half years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Stephen Arpa pleaded guilty…