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Alleged Hate Crime Assault Suspect Arraigned; Held for Dangerousness Hearing

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 31, 2020​​​​​​​​ A 34-year-old Brockton man who allegedly entered onto a Taunton couple’s property and violently assaulted one of them in what is alleged to be a hate crime, was arraigned today and ordered held without bail pending the results of an…

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Fall River Man Who Left Scene of Fatal 2018 Crash Sentenced to Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 31, 2020​​​​​​​​   A 40-year-old Fall River man who left the scene of a fatal crash in June of 2018 was sentenced to serve three to four years in state prison earlier this week in Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County District…

202007.27
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Alleged Fall River B&E/ Illegal Firearm Suspect Held as a Danger

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 27, 2020​​​​​​​     A 33-year-old Fall River man with an extensive criminal history was found dangerous and ordered held without bail for at least 180 days in Fall River Superior Court after being indicted on charges connected to a November 2019 home…

202007.27
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Death at Pope Beach in Fairhaven

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 27, 2020​​​​​​ A 59-year-old Fairhaven man died Saturday afternoon, the victim of a possible drowning or medical incident while in the water at Pope Beach in Fairhaven. Fairhaven Police received a 911 call Saturday around 3 p.m. for a report of a man…

202007.24
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Attleboro Man Convicted of Cocaine Trafficking

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 24, 2020​​​​​​     A 23-year-old Attleboro convicted cocaine trafficker who was driving in excess of 80 miles per hour along a heavily travelled one lane road in Norton before crashing and fleeing from police last January, was sentenced to serve two years…

202007.23
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New Bedford Man Arrested on Manslaughter Charge Connected to Recent Fatal Shooting

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 23, 2020​​​​​       A 33-year-old New Bedford man has been charged with Manslaughter in connection to last Friday’s fatal shooting of Keven Rocha on Margin Street in New Bedford, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.   Ricardo Velez-Gonzalez was…

202007.21
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Fall River Man Who Abused His Girlfriend And Stole Her Child’s Money on His Birthday Sentenced to Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 21, 2020​​​​​​   A 34-year-old Fall River man with a lengthy history of serving jail sentences for domestic violence related crimes was sentenced to serve 30 to 42 months in state prison after pleading guilty in Fall River Superior Court to a litany…

202007.21
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Victim of Thursday Pedestrian vs. MV Incident in Dartmouth Dies

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 21, 2020​​​​​​ Ryan Silvia, 37, of Fall River died at Rhode Island Hospital Sunday evening as a result of injuries sustained when he was struck by a motor vehicle last Thursday night on State Road in Dartmouth.  Police continue to actively investigating a…

202007.18
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Dartmouth Homicide Suspect Arrested

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 18, 2020 After further investigation by Dartmouth Police, New Bedford Police, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office and Homicide Unit prosecutors, the suspect in the fatal shooting of Jose Cortez Cornejo was arrested on a murder warrant…

202007.14
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Missing Boater

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney​ Press Release July 14, 2020​​​​​ Dartmouth Police and Fire, the Dartmouth Harbor Master, Massachusetts Coast Guard, Massachusetts Environmental Police and the Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office began a search for missing fisherman Robert Griffith, 76 years of age…