Police, Fire & Courts

One suffers from a minor injury in a day of two fire emergencies

Fire District 1 responded to a house fire that sent one resident to the hospital with minor injuries and a smoke-filled apartment on Wednesday, March 5, said District 1 Fire Chief Peter Andrade. Around 3:30 p.m. firefighters from District 1 and...

One vehicle involved in car crash on Old Fall River Road

A 17-year-old driver sustained minor injuries in a motor vehicle accident that occurred near 913 Old Fall River Road on Saturday, Feb. 15, according to Dartmouth Police. Around 3:54 p.m., the Dartmouth Police and other emergency personnel responded...
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Former officer convicted of rape and molestation charges released from custody

The unanimous jury verdict that convicted former Dartmouth police officer Shawn Souza on charges of rape and molestation has been set aside by the court, releasing Souza from custody, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III. “...

Sheriff’s 2025 plans include bringing housing unit back online

Looking ahead toward his second year in office, Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux recently announced his “big ticket items” for 2025, which includes housing projects such as working to get GB back online following the April 2023 inmate uprising...

Police investigate assault at Dartmouth High School

A student at Dartmouth High School is facing a number of assault charges following an altercation with a fellow student on Wednesday, Jan. 15, Dartmouth Police announced. Around 10:30 a.m. police responded to the school where officers learned the...

Taunton woman pleads guilty to role in organized counterfeit coupon ring

BROCKTON — A Taunton woman pleaded guilty to her alleged role in an organized counterfeit coupon operation that stole nearly $27,000 in product discounts from Stop and Shops across the state, including in Dartmouth, according to Plymouth County...

Updated: Police, fire locate driver with drones after striking pole

Dartmouth Fire District 2 and the police department used drones to locate a driver who abandoned their vehicle after striking a tree on Sunday night, Jan. 5. Just after 9 p.m., Dartmouth Police responded to a report of a gray BMW that struck a...

Fire District 2, police use drones to locate driver from single-car crash

Dartmouth Fire District 2 launched its new drone team for the first time Sunday, Jan. 5 in cooperation with the Police Department’s team in an effort to locate a driver who abandoned their vehicle after getting into an accident. Fire Chief Erick...

Dartmouth Police encrypt radio communication to protect sensitive information

Since at least the 1990s, the Dartmouth Police Department has used “scramble,” a system that made radio communications audible but unintelligible, in order to protect sensitive information from real-time exposure or unauthorized online rebroadcasts...

Relocating of STAT ambulance nears end

After the $9.5 million renovations began at the Fire District 1 Station in late October, Rescue 2 needed to find a new home. In early December, STAT Ambulance Services, Inc., which has been the contracted company of choice for the town for more than...

Woman fatally struck by vehicle in Padanaram

A 73-year-old Dartmouth woman was fatally struck by a vehicle while in a crosswalk by the Padanaram bridge Tuesday, Dec. 17. According to Chief Brian Levesque, at approximately 3:45 p.m., officers and other emergency personnel responded to the scene...

Five District 1 firefighters recognized as Firefighters of the Year

In the afternoon hours of Oct. 8, 2023, reports were made of an overturned boat near East Beach in Westport. One sailor was seen clinging to the side of the boat’s hull, but the other appeared to be missing, according to District 1 Fire Chief Peter...

Former ICE facility now training academy and more

The rows and columns of “mothballed bunked beds” and random storage that once filled the former ICE detainment facility on Faunce Corner Road are no more. Now, the building has been retrofitted to house the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office’s training...

Two vehicles involved in car crash on Dartmouth Street

Fire District 1 responded to an apparent head-on collision that occurred near 612 Dartmouth Street at 6:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, with minimal to no injuries sustained by the two drivers, according to District 1 Fire Chief Peter Andrade. The...

Dartmouth battles six brush fires in one night

For the first time in a decade, a brush fire broke out on Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust property amid state warnings about drought conditions that are leaving dry leaves, dead vegetation and other fuels vulnerable to ignition. The fire at the...

Former Dartmouth medical doctor convicted of child rape

A former medical doctor at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford was convicted on Tuesday, Oct. 22 for rape of a child aggravated by age difference, electronic enticement of a child for commercial sex, possession of child pornography, posing a child in...

Police say stop ‘sign-snatching and squabbling’ – instead, head to the polls

With the Nov. 5 election quickly approaching, the Dartmouth Police Department is encouraging residents to “leave the sign-snatching and squabbling behind.” Over the past few weeks, the Department has noticed a rising trend in calls related to...

Former Dartmouth police officer sentenced to prison for child rape, molestation

Shawn Souza, a former Dartmouth Police officer, was sentenced to serve 10 to 15 years in prison on Thursday, Oct. 3 after being convicted for the raping of his young step-daughter and molestation of a teenaged family friend, according to Bristol...

Alleged La Mara Salvatrucha members charged for possible role in two state murders

Three alleged members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, have been charged for their possible roles in two separate murders in Massachusetts in December 2010 and July 2020, according to the Department of Justice. La Mara Salvatrucha is a violent,...

Former Deputy Sheriff pays $65,000 after violating conflict of interest law

Former Bristol County Deputy Sheriff Floyd Teague has paid a $40,000 civil penalty and $25,000 in economic advantage damages for violating the conflict of interest law by conducting a public auction in which he placed an absentee bid on behalf of...

Three arrested in undercover child exploitation sting

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, members of the Dartmouth Police Department Investigative Services Division and Community Impact Unit conducted an undercover sting operation to combat the growing threat of commercial sexual exploitation of minors, according...

Voters approve $2.5 million for District 1 fire station renovations

Padanaram will soon have a new and improved fire station after residents agreed to raise their fire tax 15 cents in order to accommodate the project’s construction costs. The station on Bridge Street, which has been awaiting its renovations since $7...

Fire District 1 extracts driver who collided with tree after medical emergency

Around 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, a vehicle collided with a tree on Elm Street by Howland Street after the driver suffered a medical emergency, according to Fire District 1 Chief Peter Andrade. Police were notified of the accident after an alert...

Dartmouth man facing murder charges held without bail

Dartmouth’s Tyler Dow Baglini, 31, is facing murder charges in connection to the Friday, Sept. 20 stabbing homicide on Atlantic Street in New Bedford, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced on Saturday, Sept. 21. The victim,...

Dartmouth man arrested on murder charges following New Bedford fatal stabbing

Dartmouth’s Tyler Dow Baglini, 31, will be charged with murder in connection to the Friday, Sept. 20 stabbing homicide on Atlantic Street in New Bedford, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced on Saturday, Sept. 21. The...

New Bedford man fatally struck by car near Moby Dick Motel

Clifford Kerns, 49, of New Bedford, was fatally struck by a vehicle on Sunday, Sept. 1 near the Moby Dick Motel, according to Dartmouth Police. Police respond to the incident around 4:30 a.m., transporting Kerns to a nearby hospital with life-...

Dartmouth Police arrest New York man on fraud charges

A New York man has been arrested on fraud charges after Dartmouth Police received a report of a resident in town who had possibly been scammed out of $30,000, according to Dartmouth Police. The Dartmouth man contacted police Thursday, Sept. 12 to...

Dartmouth woman pleads guilty to embezzling from multiple employers

BOSTON — A Dartmouth woman pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in federal court in Boston after she allegedly embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from two separate employers, announced Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and...