DA’s Final Report on December 2023 Police-Involved Shooting in Fairhaven
Death of Paul Coderre, Jr. Findings and Conclusions
Top Bristol County Prosecutor Set to Retire
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 28, 2023 After serving for 17 years as the First Assistant and Deputy District Attorney in Bristol County, William McCauley will be retiring from state service at the end of the calendar year. McCauley, who also worked as a prosecutor in Plymouth…
NY Man Arraigned in Connection to Christmas Night Double Motor Vehicle Fatality in Somerset
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 26, 2023 Adam Gauthier, the 41-year-old New York City resident arrested on charges related to a late Christmas night motor vehicle double-fatality on the Somerset side of the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge, was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail during his arraignment at…
Homicide Investigation in Fall River
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 24, 2023 The deceased victim in last night’s homicide in Fall River can now be publicly identified as Juan Manuel Batista Castro, 44, of Fall River Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office, Fall River Police and Homicide Unit…
New Bedford Man Caught Cooking Crack-Cocaine Sentenced to State Prison
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 21, 2023 A 42-year-old New Bedford man was convicted of cocaine trafficking recently after a four-day jury trial in Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Wilson Andino was subsequently sentenced last week by Judge Daniel…
New Bedford Child Rapist Convicted at Trial; Sentenced to More Than a Decade in Prison
PRESS RELEASE December 20, 2023 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III A 29-year-old New Bedford man was convicted by a jury of his peers recently of repeatedly raping and molesting a 12-year-old girl, who viewed him as a father, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Christopher Baez-Rivera was convicted after…
Drugged Driver Convicted of Fall River Motor Vehicle Fatality
PRESS RELEASE December 20, 2023 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III A 30-year-old Tiverton, RI man who killed a 35-year-old Lakeville man while driving high on fentanyl and cocaine in Fall River two-and-a-half years ago was sentenced last week to serve no less than five years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney…
Update on New Bedford “Baby Doe” Investigation
PRESS RELEASE December 19, 2023 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III On Saturday, December 9, 2023, New Bedford Police responded to Fort Taber at approximately 12:40 pm after receiving a 911 call regarding the discovery of a deceased infant. When police arrived on scene, they learned that an adult female was walking along a path…
Taunton Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to Prison
PRESS RELEASE December 19, 2023 Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III A 38-year-old Taunton fentanyl and cocaine trafficker was sentenced yesterday in Fall River Superior Court to serve three-and-a-half to five years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Gleden Rodriguez pleaded guilty to indictments charging him with…
Fall River Bank Robber Sentenced to Prison
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release December 15, 2023 A 38-year-old Fall River man who brazenly robbed a city bank teller at knifepoint was convicted of Armed Robbery last Friday in fall River Superior Court and sentenced to serve three to five years in state prison, Bristol County District…