Taunton Repeat Illegal Firearm Offender Sentenced to Prison
FALL RIVER A 42-year-old Taunton man who unlawfully possessed a host of illegal firearms, including a machine gun, was sentenced last week to serve five to seven years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
John Bettencourt pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging him with possession of a machine gun, possession of a large capacity feeding device, possession of a shotgun, possession of ammunition without an FID Card, possession of a class B drug, and possession of a large-capacity firearm.
On October 19, 2019, at around 9:30 am, Taunton Police responded to a Glebe Court home for a report of shots fired. Upon arrival at the home, police found Bettencourt s sister and her husband hiding in their basement. They informed police that Bettencourt had come down from his apartment with a firearm and that he accidentally discharged the weapon.
TAUNTON A 34-year-old Brockton man who allegedly entered onto a Taunton couple s property and violently assaulted one of them in what is alleged to be a hate crime, was deemed dangerous and ordered held without bail at a Fall River Superior Court dangerousness hearing.
Michael Cates Jr. was indicted in November 2020 by a grand jury on charges of a civil rights violation, assault and battery to intimidate with injury and aggravated assault and battery.
Cates was also indicted on a charge of assault and battery on a fellow inmate at the Bristol County House of Corrections that allegedly occurred in August 2020 while he was being held in relation to the hate crime charge.
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A 38-year-old Fall River man who violently assaulted his girlfriend on a public street last April was sentenced recenty to serve four-and-a-half to six years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Kevin Gray Jr. pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging him with Assault and Battery on a Family or Household Member-Subsequent Offense, and Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.
According to a press release from the district attorney s office, on April 29, 2020 at around 1:30 pm, the defendant was walking with his girlfriend when the defendant and the victim got into a verbal argument outside of Jay s Liquor Store. Within moments, the defendant grabbed the victim and slammed her head into a brick wall. The victim lost consciousness and was found by first responders to be bleeding profusely from her head. She required 10 sutures to close the wound.
Fall River man sentenced in connection to multiple car thefts
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A 26-year-old Fall River man who was involved in the theft of eight motor vehicles and the attempted theft of three others last August, was convicted of a litany of crimes recently and sentenced to serve five years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Alexander Amaral pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court earlier this month to indictments charging him with eight counts of larceny of a motor vehicle, four counts of breaking and entering into a vehicle during the nighttime with the intent to commit a felony, two counts of larceny over $1,200 and one count each of breaking and entering into a building with intentions to commit a felony and larceny from a building.
Fall River Repeat Domestic Abuser Sentenced to Prison
FALL RIVER A 38-year-old Fall River man who violently assaulted his girlfriend on a public street last April was sentenced last week to serve four-and-a-half to six years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Kevin Gray, Jr. pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging him with assault and battery on a family or household member - subsequent offense, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
On April 29, 2020 at around 1:30 p.m., Gray was walking with his girlfriend. Gray and his girlfriend then got into a verbal argument outside of Jay’s Liquor Store; within moments, Gray grabbed her head and slammed it into a brick wall. The victim lost consciousness and was found by first responders to be bleeding profusely from her head. She required 10 sutures to close the wound.