Bristol County District Attorney’s Office  Thomas M. Quinn III  District Attorney Press Release  March 17, 2017 David Lima was ordered held without bail during his arraignment this morning in New Bedford District Court for the March 15th homicide of Jonas Trinidad Jr. in New Bedford. Lima, 16, of New Bedford, is charged with murder, carrying…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office  Thomas M. Quinn III  District Attorney   Press Release  March 16, 2017   Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn announced that 16-year-old David Lima was arrested earlier this afternoon in Fall River and charged with the Wednesday morning New Bedford homicide of Jonas Trinidad Jr.    The defendant, who…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III District Attorney Press Release March 16, 2017 Attached [pdf-embedder url=”http://bristolda.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SKMBT_55217031612470.pdf”] is the final report on the May 16, 2016 death of Scott Macomber, who died while in the custody of the Fall River Police Department. Contact: Gregg Miliote Director of Communications 508-997-0711 774-292-9576–cell

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office  Thomas M. Quinn III  District Attorney Press Release  March 13, 2017 A 32-year-old Massachusetts man who assaulted and intimidated his ex-girlfriend in Taunton, while on probation out of Plymouth County for failing to register as a sex offender, was sentenced to serve three years in state prison last week in…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office  Thomas M. Quinn III  District Attorney Press Release  March 7, 2017 A 26-year-old Bellingham man who assaulted and threatened to kill a Bristol County House of Corrections correctional officer last September will serve the next two-and-a-half to four years in state prison, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Jared…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Thomas M. Quinn III  District Attorney Press Release  March 2, 2017 A 44-year-old Roxbury man was sentenced to serve two to four years in state prison after being convicted of stalking his former Fall River girlfriend last week.  It was the second time the defendant had been convicted of stalking…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office  Thomas M. Quinn III  District Attorney Press Release  March 1, 2017 A 28-year-old New Bedford woman who two years ago struck and killed a 77-year-old Dartmouth woman with her car while under the influence of drugs was sentenced Monday in Fall River Superior Court to serve five to six years…

On Saturday March 4th, Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn’s office will conduct a free youth baseball clinic for New Bedford youth. The clinics will run from 10 a.m. to noon inside the gymnasium at the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, 1121 Ashley Boulevard.  The clinic is open to both boys and…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office  Thomas M. Quinn III  District Attorney Press Release  February 28, 2017 A 44-year-old Fall River man will spend the next seven to nine years in state prison after being convicted yesterday of raping his girlfriend’s teenage daughter. Osvaldo Leite pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court Monday to an indictment…

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office  Thomas M. Quinn III  District Attorney Press Release  February 27, 2017 A 39-year-old New Bedford man was convicted last week in Fall River Superior Court of breaking into the same Westport gas station on three separate occasions and was sentenced to serve three years in state prison, District Attorney Thomas…