Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 28, 2022 A 44-year-old Pawtucket, RI man was sentenced to life in prison this morning after being convicted last week of the brutal April 2014 murder of 29-year-old Justin Downey in New Bedford, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Sayyid…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 22, 2022 New Bedford Police, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office and Homicide Unit prosecutors are investigating a homicide, which occurred Monday night in the City of New Bedford. New Bedford Police received a 911 call at 6:06 pm…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 15, 2022 A 24-year-old Fall River man who allegedly attempted to stab a Fall River Police officer less than an hour after allegedly robbing another man in January has been found dangerous by a superior court judge and will be held without…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 10, 2022 A 40-year-old New Bedford narcotics trafficker was sentenced to serve up to five-and-a-half years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Kenneth Cosgrave pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging him with…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 9, 2022 A 37-year-old New Bedford man who violently attacked his live-in girlfriend with a knife, causing near-fatal injuries, was sentence to serve nine to 12 years in prison last week in Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M….

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 2, 2022 A 31-year-old Fall River who violently robbed an elderly woman of her purse outside of a local supermarket last March man was recently sentenced to serve three to four year in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release February 8, 2022 A 19-year-old Fall River man who stabbed his cousin to death three years ago pleaded guilty to Manslaughter and other criminal offenses last week in Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.  The defendant,…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release February 1, 2022​ Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III testified before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary last week in support of Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposed amendments to the state’s Dangerousness Statute. The proposed changes would add specific crimes such as aggravated…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 31, 2022 A 28-year-old New Bedford man who followed an elderly woman home from the bank to violently assault and rob her was sentenced to serve four to seven years in state prison last Friday, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release January 26, 2022 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III today testified before the Governor’s Council  in support of Gov. Baker’s decision to commute the sentence of Thomas Koonce, who was convicted in 1992 of the first degree murder of 24-year-old Mark…