A Fall River officer is accused of police brutality. A trial in federal court begins today
City police officer Nicholas Hoar is set to begin trial today in a Boston federal court for allegedly assaulting a man in custody then lying about it.
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City police officer Nicholas Hoar is set to begin trial today in a Boston federal court for allegedly assaulting a man in custody then lying about it.
Bristol district attorney’s effort to ‘outsource’ public disclosure to the POST Commission is seriously misguided.
Former Fall River cop Brian Custadio was facing three cases of domestic violence against two domestic partners pleaded guilty and sentence to 14 months.
Convicted last May for police brutality and civil rights violations, former city cop Michael Pessoa pleads guilty in two pending criminal cases.
Michael Pessoa remained a police officer for nearly two decades despite receiving frequent complaints of physical and verbal abuse, exposing the limits of the Fall River Police Department’s attempts to police itself.