Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 13, 2023 A 42-year-old New Bedford man previously employed at the New Bedford Whaling Museum is facing charges for allegedly stealing dozens of artifacts from the museum. On January 5, 2023, New Bedford Police arrested Robert M. Burchell, 42, of New Bedford, and…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 11, 2023 A 26-year-old New Bedford man who fatally stabbed Jorge Vieira during a fight at the Bay Village Apartments in Fall River three years ago was sentenced to serve 13 to 16 years in state prison on Monday after pleading guilty…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 10, 2023 The 42-year-old Attleboro man charged last week with robbing and assaulting an elderly Attleboro woman, who later died in a house fire on November 18, 2022, will also be charged this morning with her murder and the arson of her home, Bristol County District…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 10, 2023 A 34-year-old Norton and Medford man was arraigned in Fall River Superior Court today on new indictments charging him with Second Degree Murder and Reckless Motor Vehicle Homicide connected to the November 7, 2022 fatal crash on Kingman Road in…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 6, 2023 A 41-year-old New Bedford man died at the Bristol County House of Corrections in Dartmouth last night.  The death is being investigated as an apparent suicide by hanging Staff at the jail discovered the inmate while making rounds to distribute medication…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 5, 2023 A 27-year-old Dartmouth man was sentenced to serve three to five years in state prison this week after being convicted of raping an acquaintance after a New Year’s Eve party two years ago, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 3, 2023 A months long investigation led Sunday afternoon to the arrest of a 42-year-old Attleboro man for robbing and assaulting an elderly Attleboro woman who later died in a house fire on November 18, 2022, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced….

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…