Bristol County News

A Freetown man has been charged with killing a Florida man who was brought dead to Morton Hospital.

Thomas Garnett might not have known it was the police kicking in his door Thursday morning at 21 Shawmut Ave., family members said.

A New Bedford man was shot and killed by Massachusetts State Police after he allegedly shot a state trooper who was executing a search warrant, according to police.

A State Police special operations trooper was shot, and the alleged gunman was killed, during a heavy exchange of gunfire in a drug raid at the break of dawn yesterday.

A suspect in a drug investigation was killed Thursday in a gunfight with a state police tactical unit, authorities said.

The Gloucester skipper of the power boat involved in a fatal 2008 collision in Buzzards Bay pleaded guilty yesterday to negligent operation of a vessel, death involved, and was given a one-year suspended sentence and 10 years probation.

Bristol County District Attorney Samuel Sutter's office is investigating a homicide that happened last night in Taunton.

Alan D. Garcia, who recently retired after 27 years as a Massachusetts State Police trooper, is running for Bristol County sheriff.

A black man who killed a New Bedford art student in a high-speed car crash on Thanksgiving in 2003 saw his convictions for motor-vehicle homicide and drunken driving thrown out yesterday because the lone black person on his jury was dismissed by the trial judge.

The highest court in Massachusetts will hear arguments this week in a sheriff's bid to charge inmates fees for rent, haircuts and medical visits.

Level 3 sex offender accused of trying to rape a woman at a Hub hospital last week will undergo further psychiatric evaluation after a psychologist and defense attorney revealed he fears being locked in a closet and believes he's not on Earth.

The Bristol County Visitor Centers on Interstate 195 in Swansea and I-95 in Mansfield will close Sunday, the victim of Gov.

Seven New Bedford police officers, six state troopers assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office and a Lord Phillips Apartments security guard will be honored today in Boston for their actions in apprehending double-murder suspect Gary A. Gomes in January.

Saying it is "common sense" that carrying an illegal firearm is dangerous, Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter and local officials lobbied state lawmakers Tuesday to pass legislation so prosecutors can request dangerousness hearings for people charged with felony gun crimes, reports the Standard-Times . Sutter was joined by the mayors ...

A Taunton man has pleaded not guilty to charges that that he shot dead a gas station clerk last weekend.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office, Taunton Police and the Massachusetts State Police Unit assigned to the district attorney are all jointly investigating the shooting death of a 45-year-old man.

MA: Two suicides by women at Dartmouth House of Correction. One clings to life and the other dies.

One of two female inmates who hanged themselves in their cells at the Dartmouth House of Corrections this week has died.

Two female inmates were listed in critical condition Wednesday after they tried to kill themselves in their cells at the Dartmouth House of Corrections, officials said.

Women from all walks of life gathered at Morton Hospital and Medical Center on Thursday for the first public meeting of the Bristol County Commission on the Status of Women, a hearing at which women told commissioners about their most pressing needs.