Fairhaven

A man was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on Monday, police said. Officers received a report around 4:30 p.m. about a disturbance on Ebony Street, according to Fairhaven police, who said they found a man barricaded inside a camper on the property. Officers determined the 56-year-old man was armed with a knife, police said. His…

Prosecutors say a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a moped in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, over the weekend was the result of a “road rage episode.” Ryan Almeida, 35, of Fairhaven, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of leaving the scene, death resulting, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with substantial injury. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. Fairhaven…

One person is dead a pickup truck driver fatally struck a moped in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and then fled the scene Saturday night. Fairhaven police say they responded around 7:11 p.m. to Main Street in the area of Riverside Cemetery near the Route 195 overpass for reports of a crash involving a moped and a Chevy Silverado that were both traveling…

A search for a missing student athlete from UMass Dartmouth ended tragically Tuesday. The student had last been seen in an on-campus dormitory around 2 a.m. Monday, university police said. Authorities were conducting a water search Tuesday in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Prosecutors with the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that 21-year-old Flordan “Flo” Bazile had been found dead, apparently...

Police say they tried to talk Paul Coderre down and used a Taser, but ultimately he fired his gun and shot an Acushnet officer in the leg, leading to his death when officers returned fire.

It started out as a night of drinking with friends but it ended with a shootout with police that ultimately led to a former Massachusetts city fire official’s death. Former acting New Bedford Fire Chief Paul Coderre, 55, was drinking with friends at the Bayside Lounge in Fairhaven when he got into an altercation Friday. He tried to drive home,…

Authorities say 55-year-old Paul Coderre was drinking with friends at the Bayside Lounge in Fairhaven when he got into an altercation inside.

An Acushnet police officer was treated and released from the hospital after being shot in the leg by Paul Coderre, who previously headed the New Bedford Fire Department; officers returned fire, killing Coderre.

Authorities say the former acting fire chief of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was killed after opening fire on police in Fairhaven Friday, injuring one officer from Acushnet. The shooting happened at Bayside Lounge on Sconticut Neck Road. Police responded around 5 p.m. to a report of an intoxicated man, later identified as 55-year-old Paul Coderre of Dartmouth, who was fired as…

When a driver discovered a human skeleton along the side of on Interstate 195 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, in 1985, investigators got straight to work, trying to piece together clues in an effort to learn who the remains belonged to. The process was thorough and painstaking, with law enforcement even creating a facial reconstruction out of the skull. But they couldn’t…

A search is ongoing for a man who allegedly tried to get into a home in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, before fleeing from police on Saturday night. Fairhaven police say they were called to a James Street residence around 6 p.m. by the homeowner who reported an unknown person was approaching their house. The homeowner quickly notified police because surveillance video had…

New technology is helping to bring answers to old questions, as in the case of of Keith Olson, found along Interstate 195 in Fairhaven in 1985.

A body found in a southern Massachusetts town nearly four decades ago was recently identified, but authorities are continuing to look for information about how the man died and who might have killed him. The body was found off the shoulder of Interstate 195 in Fairhaven on April 8, 1985 by a passing motorist who spotted a human skeleton and…