Police, Fire & Courts

Police warn residents to stay vigilant after spate of car break-ins

Dartmouth police are warning residents following an uptick in car break-ins around the Dartmouth Street area in the past...

Budgets approved in Fire Districts 2 and 3

Voters in Dartmouth’s Fire Districts 2 and 3 unanimously approved both budgets for next year at their annual meetings...

Three arrested after Dartmouth mugging

Dartmouth police arrested three people on Saturday afternoon in connection to an armed robbery at the Capri Motel early that...

Dartmouth police arrest man for fentanyl trafficking

Dartmouth Police Department detectives arrested a Fall River man on Route 6 in Dartmouth on Saturday on charges related to a...

Hit and run victim dies, suspect last seen in Dartmouth

Police are urgently seeking information from Dartmouth residents after the victim of last week’s hit and run passed away at...

Hit and run driver fled to Faunce Corner Road

This article has been updated to include the make and model of the suspect’s vehicle. Police are seeking public assistance...

Fire District 1 approves $1.2 million budget

Fire District 1 voted in their annual meeting on Wednesday to approve nearly $1.3 million in spending for next year,...

No surprises in Prudential Committee elections

Results are in for all three Prudential Committee candidates in uncontested elections that took place on April 29...

Fire District 1 ‘struggled’ to keep up with record-breaking 2018

According to an annual report released last week by Dartmouth Fire District No. 1, the department “struggled to keep up”...

Detective rescues man from burning house

Dartmouth Police detective Scott Brooks rescued an elderly man from a house fire in North Dartmouth on Saturday evening...

Police identify suspect in high school bomb threat

Dartmouth Police have identified a suspect believed to have written the bomb threat in a bathroom at Dartmouth High School...

District No. 1 Fire Chief to be let go in June

Chief of Fire District No. 1 Brad Ellis looks set to lose his job in June this year after the committee in charge of the...

Police: Purse snatcher caught in the act of committing a second robbery

A man wanted for allegedly knocking an elderly woman to the ground in a purse snatching was taken into custody after an off-...

Police searching for suspect in robbery outside Citizen’s Bank

Dartmouth police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a robbery suspect accused of pushing an elderly woman to the...

Dartmouth officers exposed to fentanyl during traffic stop

Two Dartmouth police officers were sent to the hospital due to fentanyl exposure during a traffic stop. According to...

Canton man sentenced to prison for robbery of elderly man

A Canton man who attacked an elderly man during a 2016 robbery will serve 10 to 12 years in state prison. Robert Perard, 39...

New Bedford man with warrant arrested at Apponagansett Beach

A New Bedford man wanted on charges in New York was arrested on March 28 at Apponagansett Beach. According to Dartmouth...

Police searching for suspected Best Buy shoplifters

Dartmouth police are seeking the public's help in identifying a trio of suspected multistate shoplifters. According to...

Four arrested for alleged hotel armed robbery

Four people are facing charges for an alleged armed robbery at the Dartmouth Residence Inn on March 20. According to...

District No. 1 Prudential Committee declines to weigh in on chief's contract

As the Fire District No. 1 Prudential Committee works its way through next year’s budget proposal, one item the committee...

Fall River Fire official gets probation for OUI

Ambrose Smith, the Fall River District Fire Chief and South Dartmouth Resident, who was arrested on Jan. 11 for drunk...

Man accidentally shoots self in stomach

A man cleaning his gun accidentally shot himself in the abdomen on Sunday, according to the Dartmouth Police Department...