NEW BEDFORD The Bristol County District Attorney s Office announced Friday it is assigning a state trooper to investigate the incident last week in which City Councilor Hugh Dunn hit two parked vehicles with his car at nearly 1:30 a.m. He received no charges or citations. After speaking with the New Bedford Police and being provided with investigative materials, we have decided to assign a Massachusetts State Trooper to work with New Bedford Police to further investigate this case, said Gregg Miliote, a spokesperson for the DA s office, in an email.
Asked if the trooper would request any blood samples possibly taken from Dunn after he was transported to the hospital, or if the trooper would review any surveillance footage from the area, Miliote said the office does not comment on investigative techniques.
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BOSTON A member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) was sentenced Wednesday for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition following an investigation into an armed robbery in New Bedford and a shooting in Boston in April 2020.
Ramon Martinez, also known as “King Razor,” 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release, according to a news release from the state’s U.S. Attorney’s Office. In November 2020, Martinez pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
NEW BEDFORD Jean Gomes, a former New Bedford police officer convicted in 2017 of abusing a child, is out of prison and living in Florida, according to state agencies.
Gomes, now 64, was released from a Massachusetts prison in September without parole, said Kate Silvia, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department of Correction, in an email.
Gomes was initially sentenced in Superior Court in June 2017 to a mandatory minimum of 10 years in state prison after a jury convicted him of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 by a mandated reporter.
Mandated reporters are required by law to report suspected child abuse or neglect to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. Mandated reporters include teachers, social workers, doctors and police officers.
NEW BEDFORD While the pandemic may not have increased domestic violence and teen dating violence, it has made it more visible, Angela Marandola said.
Marandola is the programs manager for the Katie Brown Education Program, a non-profit organization that promotes respectful relationships by teaching relationship violence prevention.
The pandemic has kept teenagers at home, with the exception of hybrid learning, away from friends, but more importantly, significant others. When COVID first hit, my thoughts instantly went to the issue of domestic violence, said Ashley Bendiksen, survivor and abuse prevention national speaker.
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There isn t much concrete information about teen dating violence, as many cases go unreported, said Marandola.
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