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…
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release November 28, 2022 A 22-year-old Fall River man died as a result of a single-vehicle crash on Route 195 in Westport on Thanksgiving morning. At 2:07 am on November 24th, a motorist contacted emergency services to report a single motor vehicle crash on…
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release November 28, 2022 A 50-year-old New Bedford man was sentenced to life in prison with no parole last week after being convicted of the January 2018 First Degree Murder of Chantel Bruno in New Bedford, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III…
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release November 17, 2022 A 48-year-old fugitive charged with a decades-old violent rape in Attleboro has been located and apprehended, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Eduardo Mendez, 48, was apprehended Tuesday night in New York City on an arrest warrant issued…
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release November 16, 2022 A 34-year-old New Bedford woman, charged with murder in the March 2022 New Bedford homicide of 62-year-old Kevin Stoughton, has been deemed incompetent to stand trial at this time and has been civilly committed. Chelsea Pimentel was arrested in late March…
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release November 14, 2022 A 33-year-old former Taunton man who attempted to break into two homes before pulling a look alike pellet gun on police in an apparent attempt to commit ‘suicide by cop’ was convicted of a litany of crimes last week and…
