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New Bedford Child Rapist to Serve Up To Two Decades in Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release May 2, 2018​ A 48-year-old New Bedford man who raped his former girlfriend’s teenage relative was sentenced to serve 15 to 20 years in state prison yesterday, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Brian Hayde was convicted of rape…

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Former Correctional Officer Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release April 17, 2018​ A 43-year-old former Department of Corrections correctional officer who was caught dealing heroin in his hometown of Swansea was sentenced last week to serve three-and-a-half years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Stephen…

201804.11
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Taunton Domestic Abuser Sentenced to Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release April 11, 2018​ A 47-year-old Taunton man who repeatedly violently assaulted his girlfriend and violated a restraining order on multiple occasions was sentenced last week in Fall River Superior Court to serve three to five years in state prison, Bristol County District…

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One Dead In New Bedford House Fire

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release April 11, 2018​ A 21-year-old city man died in a single home fire at 176 Potter Street this morning. The New Bedford Fire Department received a 911 call this morning around 7:15 a.m. reporting the house fire. Although the fire was quickly…

201804.05
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Former Public Employees Union Treasurer Who Stole From Union Sentenced

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release April 5, 2018​ A 55-year-old Raynham woman who stole more than $60,000 from a local public employees union was sentenced this week in Fall River Superior Court to three years of probation and was ordered to pay full restitution, Bristol County District…

201804.03
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Habitual SouthCoast Drug Dealer Sentenced to State Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release April 3, 2018​ A 52-year-old New Bedford man with a lengthy history of drug dealing in the SouthCoast was sentenced to serve three to five years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Israel Gonzalez pleaded guilty…

201804.02
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Fall River Carjacker Sentenced to State Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release April 2, 2018​ A 53-year-old Fall River man who robbed a laundromat and then on the next day carjacked and assaulted a pair of elderly sisters was sentenced to serve seven to 12 years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas…

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Final Report Regarding November Police-Involved Fatal Shooting in Fall River

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 16, 2018​ Attached to this email, you will find the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office’s final report regarding the November 13, 2017 fatal police shooting of Larry Ruiz-Barreto.  The independent investigation was led by Deputy District Attorney William McCauley and was…

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Fall River Shooter Sentenced to More Than a Decade in Prison

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 14, 2018​ A 27-year-old Fall River man who shot another city man after a failed attempt to break into the victim’s vehicle, was convicted at trial last week and sentenced to serve 10 to 15 years in state prison, Bristol County District…