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Man faces charges associated with construction site theft
Chad Rainville, 18, of Cross Road, is facing charges of receiving stolen property and conspiracy after a collection of stolen tools and other items were located and seized from his residence and U-Haul van, according to Dartmouth Police. Rainville...
Man who allegedly fired gun in Dartmouth neighborhood arrested
New Bedford resident Jermaine Tirado, 38, was arrested Thursday morning on Feb. 29 following an investigation into an incident in which Tirado allegedly fired a gun in a South Dartmouth neighborhood. Tirado is being held without bail for 120 days...
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Police arrest wanted parole violator
Dartmouth Police arrested Joshua Bishop, of New Bedford, in the Stop and Shop parking lot on Faunce Corner Road on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at about 4:25 p.m., according to a police press release. Bishop was wanted by the Massachusetts Parole Board and...
Sheriff’s Office takes action to try to prevent inmate suicides
Ten inmates died by suicide in the Birstol County Jail system between 2017 and 2023, which amounts to a suicide rate that’s three times the national average, according to a recent report on the jail’s suicide prevention practices. To curtail this...
District 2 firefighter creates new training program for the younger generation
For aspiring firefighters, entering the Fire Academy can be an “overwhelming” experience, said District 2 firefighter Carolyn Abrantes. The equipment is complicated, the program is rigorous and the situations are brand new. In an effort to alleviate...
Dartmouth Police arrest Fall River woman driving stolen car
Dartmouth Police arrested Fall River resident Janessa Quino, 21, according to a police press release. Quino allegedly refused to stop for police after she was identified driving a stolen 2007 Toyota Corolla on Friday, Feb. 9. After Quino refused to...
Dartmouth Police arrest Plymouth man at Best Western Motel
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 7, at the Best Western Motel, Dartmouth Police observed a vehicle belonging to fugitive and 22-year-old Plymouth resident Royleton Haston, Jr. who was wanted on seven warrants for incidents including assault and...
Seven arrested in undercover operation to combat prostitution
The Dartmouth Police Department, in cooperation with the Massachusetts State Police, conducted an undercover sting operation on Thursday, Feb. 1 “to combat the growing threat of prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation,” read a Dartmouth...
Missing Dartmouth woman now ‘safely located’
Dartmouth Police reported Diane Vieira, 60, as missing on the evening of Jan. 29. Vieira had last been seen at 6 a.m. at her home in Dartmouth. About two hours after the initial notice, Vieira was “safely located,” police said. No further details...
Dartmouth Police arrest New Bedford Man in connection with 2022 stabbing
Dartmouth Police arrested Ryan Veenstra, 41, of New Bedford on Jan. 24 on a warrant in connection with a stabbing that occurred in Dartmouth in October 2022. The police reopened the investigation into the stabbing after receiving new information...
Missing UMass Dartmouth student athlete found dead
Missing UMass Dartmouth student Flordan Bazile died by an “apparent suicide,” according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. Police found Bazile on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 16. UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Mark Fuller sent a letter...
New Bedford 18-year-old dead, Dartmouth woman seriously injured in crash
A single-vehicle crash near Gulf Road and Smith Neck Road killed an 18-year-old man from New Bedford and seriously injured a Dartmouth woman on Jan. 5, at approximately 10:35 p.m., according to Dartmouth Police. Upon arriving at the scene, officers...
Drunk driver sentenced for fatal 2021 crash in Dartmouth
The drunk driver of the vehicle that collided with a utility pole on Route 6 in Dartmouth was sentenced to prison on Jan. 3, nearly 3 years after the fatal crash occurred. Fall River resident Jason Lindsay, 23, was sentenced to 5 to 7 years in state...
Former New Bedford Fire Chief from Dartmouth shot and killed by police in Fairhaven
Former New Bedford interim Fire Chief Paul Coderre, from Dartmouth, was shot and killed in a shooting in Fairhaven on Friday, Dec. 29. An Acushnet officer was shot and injured during the incident. In a press conference after the shooting, Bristol...
Renovations for Fire District 1 station expected in mid-2024
It’s been 46 years since there were any major renovations to Dartmouth Fire District 1’s station on 10 Bridge St. — but the Fire District is inching closer to breaking ground on the station’s $7 million reconstruction project that it says will...
Dartmouth Police arrest Nevada man with stolen vehicle
Dartmouth Police apprehended a man from Nevada on stolen vehicle charges on Dec. 23 in the parking lot of the Best Western on State Road, according to Dartmouth Police. Blake Dickens, 39, was arrested by detectives on the Community Impact Unit. The...
Crowds turn out for annual Fill-A-Bus toy drive
The Grinch abandoned his usual gift-stealing schemes to assist the Dartmouth Police Department in hosting its annual Fill-A-Bus toy drive Saturday morning outside the Dartmouth Target. “I love to give,” the new and improved Grinch said. “I have a...
Dartmouth toy drive will return to spread more Christmas cheer
Whether they’re on the nice list or not, not every kid has a present waiting for them on Santa’s sleigh. To fill in the gaps, the Dartmouth Police Department will hold its annual toy drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 16 at the Dartmouth Target to...
Softball team donates toys for Christmas
The Dartmouth Girls Athletic League’s travel team donated more than 80 toys to the UMass Dartmouth Police Department’s toy drive. The idea came from Lt. Michael Reynolds of the UMASS Dartmouth Police Department, who is also the head coach of the...
State troopers deliver Thanksgiving meals with Dartmouth church
Hope Evangelical Church, on Hathaway Road in Dartmouth, partnered with state troopers and New Bedford Police to prepare 30 Thanksgiving boxes and items for a post-Thanksgiving breakfast. The next day, troopers and officers delivered the meals to...
Dartmouth man named as victim in fatal New Bedford crash
Dartmouth man Joshua Ferreira has been identified as the victim in the fatal Nov. 2 crash on Route 140, Massachusetts State Police reported. Only Ferreira’s vehicle, a 2006 Ford F150, was involved in the crash, which occurred just before Exit 7 on...
New Bedford man sentenced for Dartmouth bank robbery
A New Bedford man was sentenced Nov. 1 in federal court in Boston for the July 2021 robbery of a Bristol County Savings Bank branch in Dartmouth. At the time of the robbery, the defendant was on supervised release for a 2015 federal bank robbery...
Dartmouth police arrest Fall River juvenile for hit and run with stolen vehicle
Police arrested a Fall River juvenile involved in a hit and run with a stolen vehicle on Matty Lane on Friday, Oct. 21, announced the Dartmouth Police Department. The female minor was driving a Hyundai Elantra and crashed into another vehicle on...
Updated: UMass Dartmouth student officially charged after April death of fellow student
The 22-year-old driver of the vehicle that struck and killed Frank Petillo, Jr. on the UMass Dartmouth campus in April has officially been charged with motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, after the Bristol County District Attorney’s...
Dartmouth Police Department to receive traffic safety and outreach state grant
The governor’s office announced that 186 Massachusetts towns and cities will receive grant funds to support traffic safety enforcement and outreach programming. Dartmouth Police Department is one, and will receive $39,974.88 to be used toward those...
Dartmouth police arrest Fall River man on firearms charges
A motor vehicle stop on Tuesday, Oct. 17 led to a firearms and driving under the influence arrest, according to a release from the Dartmouth Police Department. Dartmouth Police Officer Matthew Desrosiers arrested Frederick James Smith, Jr. from Fall...
Dartmouth Fire District 1 rescues two overboard sailors
Dartmouth Fire District 1’s marine unit responded to a capsized sailboat with two people in the water off the coast of Gooseberry Island, according to a Facebook report from the district. While the unit was en route, Fire District 2 provided shore...
Drug trafficker sentenced in connection with assault of state troopers in Dartmouth
A cocaine trafficker who assaulted, injured and attempted to disarm Massachusetts State Police troopers during an incident in Dartmouth about two years ago was sentenced to serve eight to 10 years in state prison on Oct. 5, Bristol County District...
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