FALL RIVER — City police are pinning a series of overnight business break-ins in the Flint area this week on a pair of 19-year-olds, Lt. Andrew Crook said.Arrested Thursday afternoon in the 100-block area of California Street were Evan Blagman, of 80 Elizabeth Ave., and Richard Smith, who is listed as homeless, Crook said.He said there also was a residential break-in on that street, and Blagman and Smith were arrested as suspects about 1 p.m. Thursday. [...]
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Fall River police arrest two 19-year-old men in string of break-ins
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Freetown police officer's gift has the chance to save a life
FREETOWN — In this season of giving, Freetown Police officer Patrick Lee gave a gift that could save a man’s life.Inspired by his late father’s courageous battle with cancer, Lee recently donated stem cells to a cancer patient in Belgium through the Be The Match Program, a global network for bone marrow transplants.In accordance with Belgian laws, Lee doesn’t know the man who received his stem cells, but he will likely find out in a few months if [...]
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Fall River woman sentenced in identity theft case
BOSTON — A Fall River woman convicted of identity theft was sentenced to 27 months in prison and will have to pay back nearly $300,000 to state and federal agencies.Sandra McDonald, 51, pleaded guilty in September to passport fraud, theft of public money and misrepresenting a Social Security number. McDonald has been held in custody since her arrest in May 2016.In addition to her prison sentence, McDonald was ordered to three years of supervised released and [...]
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Fall River police investigate armed robbery at Rite Aid
FALL RIVER — Police are investigating an armed robbery this week at Rite Aid Pharmacy, located at 233 S. Main St.Witnesses said a man entered the store just before 9 p.m. Tuesday and began acting suspiciously. The man grabbed an item, then wrapped a scarf around his face, approached the counter, brandished a kitchen knife, and demanded the clerks to hand him money from the register, Fall River police Lt. Ronald Furtado said.After taking an undisclosed amount of [...]
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Christmas Eve fire in Fall River displaces 6
Though no injuries are reported, home is a total loss; crews still putting out hot spots on Christmas day
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State provides almost $1 million for Fall River public safety
FALL RIVER — The city’s public safety departments are getting a nearly $1 million fiscal shot in the arm thanks to state funded grants announced by Governor Charlie Baker on Friday.It’s the sixth year in a row that Fall River fire and police departments have been awarded the funding. The public safety funding totals $964,990 with $480,984 going to police and $484,006 to the fire department.This year’s award of the Public Safety Staffing Grants [...]
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Crime Watch blog: Casefile - Donna Silvia
A pre-sentencing memorandum provides more details on the Fall River woman sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for a mayhem case where a man had his finger cut off over a financial dispute.
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Fall River couple alleges they were kidnapped, threatened with death, as group smoked marijuana in their apartment
FALL RIVER — A Fall River couple say they were forced into their bedroom and not allowed to leave for three days when an acquaintance came over their apartment and invited his friends over to smoke marijuana.From Saturday morning through Tuesday evening, more than a dozen people allegedly came and went from the couple’s apartment at 264 Union St., to buy drugs and smoke pot. Whenever the couple tried to leave, though, they alleged that the men who had taken over their [...]
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Pizza delivery man fights off assailant at Fall River apartment complex
FALL RIVER — A pizza delivery driver fought off a man who tried robbing him Wednesday night on North Main Street, police said.The victim said he went to the Four Winds apartment building, located at 5500 North Main St., around 7:45 p.m. to deliver pizza and soda. The woman who answered the knock at the apartment door said she had not ordered food, at which point the driver heard a man come up behind him and demand his money, Fall River police Lt. Paul Santos said. [...]
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Police blame Middleboro crash that killed 5 on drunk driving
The Stoughton native who died along with four others in an October crash on Route 495 was coming home from a party with a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit, a police investigation determined.
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Woman dead, man charged after one-car crash in Freetown
A woman is dead and a man is in custody after a one-car crash in Freetown on Friday evening.
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Tractor-trailer fire extinguished at Freetown Stop & Shop warehouse
Trouble was delivered in a tractor trailer to the Stop and Shop warehouse.
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Looking back at the year in crime in Fall River
FALL RIVER — Gang violence, drug raids, homicide investigations, murder trials, a major change in the Fall River Police Department, and people dressed as circus clowns were among the city’s major crime stories in 2016.If The Herald News’ Fall River Crime Map is any indication, the city experienced similar levels of violent crime over the past year as it did in 2014 and 2015. [...]
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Fall River man arrested after alleged attempted robbery
FALL RIVER — Police have arrested a suspect in connection to an attempted armed robbery at a Tedeschi’s convenience store in Fall River.Authorities allege that Christopher Hebert, 24, of 211 Osborn St., entered the store at 28 East Main St., just before 2 a.m. Saturday, and ordered the clerk to hand over all the money in the cash register, Fall River police Lt. Ronald Furtado said.Police said the suspect had his hand inside his sweatshirt to indicate that he [...]
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Fall River man arrested after two alleged robberies in two nights
FALL RIVER — A Fall River man is in custody after being charged with two recent business robberies.Authorities allege that Jason P. Amaral, 39, of 95 High St., robbed Subway, 290 South Main St., just before 9 p.m. last Thursday. The night before, it is alleged that Amaral also robbed Walsh Pharmacy, 203 Rock St., according to court documents.Police arrested Amaral after spotting him walking on Fourth Street within minutes after the Subway robbery. The witnesses in [...]
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Suspect sought in heist at Fall River bank
FALL RIVER — Police are investigating a Tuesday morning robbery at the Mechanics Cooperative Bank branch located at 60 Bedford St.Just before 11:30 a.m., a man entered the bank, approached the teller and handed a note demanding money. The teller complied, giving an undisclosed amount of cash to the suspect, who fled the bank on foot, Fall River police Lt. Ronald Furtado said.The suspect is described as a thin white man, 30 to 35 year old, Furtado said. [...]
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Crime Watch blog: 2016 Fall River Crime Map, finalized
The Herald News' 2016 Crime Map is finalized, with more than 249 points on the map showing different violent crimes throughout the year in Fall River.
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Somerset police contracts settled, except for one
SOMERSET – While selectmen Wednesday night were ready to sign previously funded contracts with dispatchers and police patrolmen, mediation talks were scheduled Thursday with the supervisory officers’ union, officials said.Local 75 of the New England Police Benevolent Association consists of seven sergeants and lieutenants. "We’re getting closer," Town Administrator Richard Brown said of the months negotiating with the supervisory officers.The mediation [...]
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Sheriff Hodgson offers Bristol County inmates to build wall along U.S.-Mexico border
Should Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson would like inmates from Bristol County to do some of the work.
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Critics: Hodgson's plan to send inmates to build Trump's wall 'absurd'
Sheriff Thomas Hodgson's offer to have inmates build Trump's proposed border wall generated national headlines and plenty of reaction in the press.
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