Police, Fire & Courts

Fire District 1 awarded grant for fire safety programs

Dartmouth Fire District 1 has been awarded a $2,500 grant for this year’s Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) Program, according to State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey and District 1 Fire Chief Peter Andrade. The SAFE Program provides $1.2...

Town employee charged with rape, released on bail

A Dartmouth town employee arrested on January 23 for rape was released on bail Monday, according to Westport police. Westport Police Detective Sergeant Chris Dunn confirmed that Kevin Nunes, 48, who works for the Department of Public Works Water...

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Two arrested for Dartmouth vehicle theft

Dartmouth police officers arrested two people near TJ Maxx in North Dartmouth on Sunday, January 26 on suspicion of stealing a vehicle. Jacqueline Morris, 36, of New Bedford, and Steven Vieira, 42, of Charlestown were arrested after a vehicle was...

No injuries in Rogers Street fire

Bliss Corner residents may have been alarmed, but no one was injured in a fire that occurred in the afternoon on January 24 which briefly closed off a portion of Rogers Street to traffic. Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 rushed to the scene at 109...

Two men arrested for South Dartmouth break-in

Two New Bedford men were arrested on Monday, December 16 after they allegedly broke into a house in Padanaram earlier that day, according to a statement released by the Dartmouth Police Department. Dartmouth Police Detective Jose Catana stopped two...

Man gets two years for Dartmouth assault

A Rhode Island man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at Fall River Superior Court last week after being convicted of assaulting and pointing a gun at a woman in his car in Dartmouth, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s...

Police fill bus with toys for families in need

Those heading to Target for their Christmas shopping this weekend may have been greeted by the flashing lights of police cruisers at the entrance — but it wasn’t an emergency. The Dartmouth Police Department were holding their annual Safe Zones “...

Police fundraiser going strong into December

Last month, Detective Kyle Costa grew out his beard for charity with several of his fellow Dartmouth Police Department colleagues for No-Shave November — and this month the department is keeping up the momentum with Double Down December. The police...