Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a 44-year-old Fall River man was sentenced to serve two decades in state prison after being convicted late last week of a violent rape of a teenage girl in Fall River. Eduardo Rodriguez pleaded guilty last Thursday to several charges, including rape, rape-causing substantial…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a New Bedford heroin and cocaine trafficker was convicted and sentenced to serve seven to 11 years in state prison. Omar Colon, 46, pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon in Fall River Superior Court to two indictments charging with with trafficking in excess of 36 grams…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that his office will be recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a countywide initiative. For the first time, in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the District Attorney’s Office has sponsored an awareness campaign to run on buses in both Fall River…
UPDATE — View event photos HERE! Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and his office’s Underage Drinking Task Force will be conducting its first annual Teen Safety Summit. The event will take place on Friday October 2nd, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Taunton, 700 Myles Standish Blvd.,…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a 30-year-old New Bedford man was sentenced to serve seven years in state prison after being convicted of a litany of crimes. Marcell DePina, formerly of 436 Mill Street, decided to plead guilty to the seven charges he was facing on Friday, one day…
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that Joshua J. Silva, 38, of New Bedford, was convicted early this afternoon of First Degree murder and armed robbery, connected to the October 2013 homicide of 69-year-old Joyce Howland in Fairhaven. The jury rendered its verdict shortly after noon today in Fall River Superior Court…
District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III today announced that a 23-year-old Taunton man has been charged with the previously unsolved November, 2013 murder 24-year-old Edwin Rivera Jr. in Taunton. A formal complaint charging Flavio Daveiga, formerly of 15 Newcombe Place, with murder, was filed in Taunton District Court Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Daveiga will likely be…
District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III today announced that a Fall River man has been sentenced to serve 18 to 25 years in state prison after being convicted of raping, assaulting, intimidating and threatening a young family member on many occasions during a seven year time span. Diocelito Dimas, 45, formerly of 81 Almy Street,…
District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that a former New Bedford man convicted of multiple incidences of spitting, biting and assaulting correctional officers at the Dartmouth House of Corrections, was sentenced to serve six to 10 years in state prison. Frankie Chano, 44, formerly of 7 Shawnee Court, was convicted by a jury of…
Taunton Police, Massachusetts State Police and investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are investigating an industrial accident that resulted in the death of a 24-year-old man today in Taunton. The incident occurred around 8:42 a.m. today in the Myles Standish Industrial Complex on Charles Colton Road. The victim, later identified as Nicholas…
