Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn is announcing that his office will participate in National Drug Facts Week by hosting a LIVE online web forum to educate the community on “Teen Drugged Driving.” The forum is a partnership between the District Attorney’s Office and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and will be broadcast on Monday,…

Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn today announced that 40-year-old Shawn Hunt was convicted today of 2nd Degree Murder, connected to the 2003 slaying of 20-year-old Alberto “Tito” Gonzalez in New Bedford. Mr. Hunt, of New Bedford, was convicted by a jury of his peers this afternoon in Fall River Superior Court. The jury deliberated…

Thomas M. Quinn III began serving as First Assistant District Attorney in 2007. He previously served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office from 1988 to 1997 and thereafter maintained a private law practice in Fall River for ten years focusing on criminal defense. Born in New Bedford, he grew…

Tom Quinn was sworn as Acting Bristol County District Attorney late this afternoon at the Fall River Justice Center during a private ceremony attended by staff members, a large contingent of Bristol County Police Chiefs and members of District Attorney Quinn’s family. District Attorney Quinn was sworn in by Fall River District Court Judge Gilbert…

District Attorney Tom Quinn and Fall River Police Chief Daniel Racine today announced Jeffrey Souza has been charged with murder in connection to the January 1st killing of 28-year-old Kyle Brady in Fall River. Mr. Souza, 24, of 135 Mott Street, who is already being held in custody on illegal firearms charges connected to the…

An individual has been arrested in connection to the ongoing homicide investigation taking place in the City of Fall River. Jeffrey Souza, 24, of 135 Mott Street, Fall River, is charged in Massachusetts with carrying an illegal firearm and carrying a loaded illegal firearm. He was arrested without incident by Newport, RI Police shortly before…

Fall River Police (both the Major Crimes Division and Uniform Division), Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to this office and Homicide Unit prosecutors are actively investigating a homicide, which occurred in the City of Fall River during the overnight hours this morning. Uniform Division officers from the Fall River Police Department responded to the intersection…

On Saturday November 8th, Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter’s office will conduct a free basketball clinic for Fall River youth. The clinic marks the 70th free youth sports clinic offered by District Attorney Sutter since the program’s launch in 2007. To date, more than 4,600 total youth have been served. Saturday’s free basketball clinic…

Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter announced today that Matthew Gumkowski, 33, has been convicted of first degree murder and will serve a sentence of life without parole. Gumkowski was convicted by a jury of his peers for the killing of 50-year-old Joseph Kilrow of Attleboro. The jury deliberated for a day and a half,…

The United States Attorney’s Office, in partnership with Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter’s Office and the Fall River Public Schools, is conducting a crime prevention event for approximately 250 eighth grade students at Talbot Middle School, 124 Melrose Street, Fall River. The event will take place on Tuesday October 28, 2014 from 8:00 a.m.-10:30…