Fall River

A man was arrested on drug charges after needing to be rescued from a chimney where he hid from officers, police said

Police in Fall River, Massachusetts, say a man was arrested Tuesday night after fleeing from officers and getting stuck in a chimney.

A man wanted in the killings of three people in two separate Fall River incidents was arrested Wednesday in New Bedford, Massachusetts, prosecutors said. Tajon Saxon, 26, had been sought for nearly a year, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday, in announcing his arrest. Saxon faces murder and gun charges in the killing of Diamonte Odom, 23, on…

After unveiling new signage making visible the shift to new owner Brown University Health on Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Maura Healey toured Saint Anne’s Hospital and celebrated that Massachusetts did “something that no other state was able to do” as Steward Health Care collapsed. Saint Anne’s was one of eight Steward hospitals in Massachusetts whose futures were thrown into doubt...

Two people were rushed to the hospital after a shooting and stabbing at a home in Fall River, Massachusetts, early Wednesday morning. Police said they were called to the home on Dickinson Street around 4:37 a.m. and found both victims with significant injuries. A 42-year-old woman had a gunshot wound to the head, according to police, while a 55-year-old man…

10/17/24 UPDATE: Officials said Thursday that the woman had died from her injuries. Two people were rushed to the hospital after a shooting and stabbing at a home in Fall River, Massachusetts, early Wednesday morning. Police said they were called to the home on Dickinson Street around 4:37 a.m. and found both victims with significant injuries. A 42-year-old woman had…

A Massachusetts man who’s previously said he regretted his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot after the 2020 presidential election has been convicted in federal court, prosecutors said.

Eleven people were taken to the hospital from a Fall River, Massachusetts, Amazon Fulfillment Center Friday, NBC affiliate WJAR reported. The facility on Innovation Way was evacuated amid a HazMat response, police told the news station. While the cause of the incident was under investigation, it was reported as an unknown chemical reaction that was possibly caused by a battery,…

A man faces drunken driving charges in connection with a fatal car crash last month in Taunton, Massachusetts, prosecutors said Friday.

A man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a man in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Christmas Eve five years ago, prosecutors said Thursday.

A man is accused of robbing three Fall River, Massachusetts, stores within a half hour on Thursday. The first robbery occurred at about 10:08 p.m. at the Maplewood Mini Mart on Stafford Road, Fall River police said, where a man with a green T-shirt and green hat demanded money from the cash register. The man, later identified as 45-year-old William…

A woman died and a man was critically hurt when a truck backed into them while they were picking up a donated dresser in Fall River, Massachusetts, Wednesday, authorities said. The two victims and the woman who was driving the box truck were all part of a nonprofit, called My Brother’s Keeper, which handles furniture donations, according to the...

A man accused in a fatal shooting in Fall River, Massachusetts, in February was arrested after being shot by law enforcement in the Atlanta area Tuesday, prosecutors said. Kevin Barton, 32, had been indicted on charges including murder and larceny last month in the Feb. 9 shooting of Joshua Medeiros, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Madeiros died…

The South Coast Rail — a highly-anticipated project that will bring direct commuter rail service to southeastern Massachusetts — isn’t expected to open to passengers until spring 2025, marking another delay for an initiative that has been decades in the making. The MBTA held two community meetings Thursday in New Bedford and Fall River to give the public an update,…

A man wanted for murder after a deadly shooting in Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested in Connecticut on Thursday, authorities said. Lee George-Maldonado, 28, of Puerto Rico, is accused in the death of 44-year-old Juan Castro, who was shot dead outside his home on Bank Street in Fall River on December 23, 2023, U.S. Marshals said Wednesday. George-Maldonado faces charges…

Footage from the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing helicopter shows authorities chasing a vehicle they say was stolen.

Aerial footage from the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing helicopter shows a chase that ended with two arrests in Berkley. State police say troopers tried to stop a stolen vehicle shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday. The driver fled and was followed onto Route 79 northbound, but troopers stopped chasing the vehicle when it exited onto local roads. The Air Wing…

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on murder charges in last week’s deadly shooting of a high school student in Fall River, Massachusetts. Police responded to Rock Street around 11:40 a.m. last Thursday, finding 18-year-old Colus Jamal Mills-Good of Fall River suffering from gunshot wounds. He was treated on scene and transported to a local trauma center, where he...

A third teenager is facing charges in the deadly shooting of a high school student last week in Fall River, Massachusetts. Police responded to Rock Street Thursday morning around 11:40 a.m., finding 18-year-old Colus Jamal Mills-Good of Fall River suffering from gunshot wounds. He was treated on scene and transported to a local trauma center, where he later died. The…

Two people are facing charges in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old man in Fall River, Massachusetts. Police have arrested Xzavien Figueroa-Valcarel, 19, of Fall River and Giovanni Nunes, 18, of Fall River arrested and have charged both with Accessory to Murder-After the Fact. Fall River police said they received multiple calls Thursday morning for shots fired in…