Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 29, 2022 A 28-year-old Easton man whose reckless operation of a motor vehicle resulted in the death of 37-year-old Scott Lewis during an April 2020 crash in Easton was sentenced to serve two to three in years in state prison, Bristol County District…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 19, 2022 A 48-year-old former fugitive arrested last month for the 1994 violent rape of a woman in Attleboro was ordered held without bail today in Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Eduardo Mendez was apprehended…

Press Release December 16, 2022 After a two-week trial in Fall River Superior Court, Robert Rose was convicted by a jury of his peers late Thursday afternoon of the First Degree Murder of Jospeh Tavares, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. The 52-year-old former New Bedford resident was also convicted of carrying an illegal firearm, unlawful…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 14, 2022 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn’s Untested Rape Kit Initiative has resulted in another indictment connected to a rape from more than two decades ago. Patrick Avila, 37, of Attleboro has been indicted by a Bristol County Grand Jury on…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 14, 2022 A 54-year-old Attleboro man died Tuesday afternoon in Rehoboth as a result of a single vehicle crash on Route 118. The deceased has been identified as Steven Lacombe. Rehoboth Police received a 911 call at around 3 pm from an employee…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 7, 2022 A 25-year-old Fall River man shot and killed himself early this morning after fatally shooting his fiancé’s father and wounding two other of her family members. At 3:05 am today, Fall River Police received a 911 call from the shooter’s…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 6, 2022 A 60-year-old Brockton man was convicted after a jury trial in Fall River Superior Court of raping his pre-teen relative and her best friend in Fall River, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Osvaldo Otero was convicted…

Press Release December 1, 2022 The murder trial of 52-year-old Robert Rose, a former New Bedford resident, began this morning in Fall River Superior Court. Mr. Rose is charged with shooting and killing 37-year-old Joseph Tavares on December 22, 2018 outside the Regency Hotel on Faunce Corner Road in Dartmouth. During opening statements this morning, Deputy…