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New Bedford Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release July 29, 2022 A 38-year-old New Bedford Fentanyl trafficker was sentenced to serve four years in state prison earlier this week, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced. Brian Weber pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court on Monday to indictments charging him with…

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Tiverton Woman Ordered to Pay $600,000 in Restitution to Employer She Bilked for Years

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release July 28, 2022 A 56-year-old Tiverton, RI woman who bilked her New Bedford employee out of several hundred thousands of dollars during a six-yar timespan was convicted recently and ordered to pay $600,000 in restitution, potentially the highest restitution amount ordered in Bristol County…

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New Bedford Man Sentenced to Prison For Child Sex Assault

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release July 26, 2022 A 33-year-old New Bedford man will serve up to seven years in state prison after recently being convicted of pedophilic acts and the sexual assault of a middle schooler, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Juan Riz was…

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New Bedford Man Convicted of Veterans Day 2018 New Bedford Slaying

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2022 A 39-year-old New Bedford man was convicted today in Fall River Superior Court of Second Degree Murder and illegal firearm charges in connection with the Veterans Day 2018 New Bedford shooting death of 23-year-old Reynaldo Pena, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M….

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Fall River Woman Who Assisted in Shootings and Homicide in New Bedford and Fall River Sentenced to Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press ReleaseJuly 19, 2022 A 24-year-old Fall River woman connected to multiple shootings in Fall River and New Bedford, including a 2019 New Bedford homicide, was sentenced to state prison last Friday, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn announced. Ashlee Cambra pleaded guilty in Fall…

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Fall River Police Lieutenant Found Dangerous During Arraignment

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press ReleaseJuly 14, 2022 A Fall River Police lieutenant arrested twice this week in Somerset was found dangerous in Fall River District Court today, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Assistant District Attorney Courtney Cahill, the Chief of DA Quinn’s Domestic Violence Unit,…

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Fall River Child Rapist Sentenced to up to Two Decades in Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press ReleaseJuly 14, 2022 A 37-year-old Fall River man was sentenced to serve 15 to 20 years in state prison yesterday after being convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl three times in one night, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Arnold Thompson pleaded…

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DA Quinn’s Untested Rape Kit Initiative Leads to Second Cold Case Rape Solved

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press ReleaseJuly 12, 2022 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn’s Untested Rape Kit Initiative has resulted in a second cold case rape arrest. Dylan Ponte, 28, of New Bedford, has been arrested in connection to the cold case rape of a 16-year-old girl in New…

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New Bedford Man Convicted of Murder

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press ReleaseJuly 12, 2022 A 29-year-old New Bedford man was convicted last Friday of Second Degree Murder in connection to the August 2, 2015 shooting death of Jeffrey Silvia, Jr., Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Michael Sousa was convicted by a jury…