Bristol County News

Three persons were killed and a fourth seriously injured in an accident on Route 95 early Saturday, the state police said.

The 2009 Freedom Festival will be held Thursday and begin at 6 p.m. on the UMass Dartmouth campus, where it will feature a New Bedford Symphony Orchestra pops concert followed by fireworks.

An 18-year-old New Bedford woman was shot and killed Wednesday night and her boyfriend was wounded, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said.

A 28-year-old Acushnet man was held Tuesday night at the Bristol County House of Correction after he failed to post bail for charges stemming from a motor vehicle fatality in February.

The town showed its considerable respect for retiring Police Chief Gary F. Souza and welcomed the new leader of its Police Department, Michael J. Myers, at a change-of-command ceremony Sunday on the steps of Town Hall.

A New Bedford man has been convicted of second-degree murder for causing the severe head injuries that resulted in the death of a 10-month-old boy.

A reputed United Front gang member has been charged with murder in the July 4, 2005, slaying of Dana Haywood in the city's South Central neighborhood.

The proprietor of a Fall River concrete company and a Massachusetts amusement corporation were both indicted by a Bristol County Grand Jury Thursday on separate manslaughter charges, District Attorney Sam Sutter announced today.

A fight over a chair during a memorial party Tuesday night at the Andrews-Dahill VFW Post led to the fatal shooting and stabbing of a city man, the victim's relatives said.

Lawyers Weekly has learned that infamous Attleboro cult leader Jacques Robidoux has been granted a rare federal post-conviction hearing in his highly publicized 2002 murder case.

Police arrested a 27-year-old New Bedford man today and charged him in the fatal shooting of another man Tuesday night at the VFW Hall in New Bedford, the Bristol County district attorney's office and New Bedford police said Adam Pina was charged with murder in the death of 41-year-old Wayne Rice of New Bedford, according to a joint statement from ...

A 41-year-old city man was killed Tuesday night in a shooting at the VFW Hall at 477 Park Street, the district attorney's office has confirmed.

By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent A regular customer of a New Bedford convenience store died Sunday night, a day after being shot in the head as he tried to thwart an armed holdup at the shop.

General Assignment Reporter Jessica Van Sack is the Herald's Boston police bureau chief covering crime and justice.

An innocent bystander is in critical condition after being shot during a robbery attempt at a gas station, police said.

Prosecutors dismissed shooting charges against a city man after a witness invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. That decision led to the dismissal of firearm charges against Vernon T. Carter, 19, of New Bedford, who had been held without bail since a dangerousness hearing in March.

A jury has found a mentally disturbed woman whom police charged last January with stabbing her stepsister not guilty by reason of insanity.

A grand jury has indicted a New Bedford man in the 2003 killing of an antiques dealer in Dartmouth, the Bristol County district attorney said.

Herea TMs a shout out to Carl Koechlin. Carl is one of the unsung heroes whose determination helped save Fenway Park a ' and much of the colorful neighborhood around it a ' from the wrecking ball.

With the state poised to take over the county sheriffs, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson says he has concerns that the arrangement will not bring genuine reform.