Fall River Police Make New Bedford Gun and Drug Bust
A New Bedford man was arrested Monday following an investigation by the Fall River Vice and Gang Unit.
On Feb. 1, the vice and gang unit joined the Fall River Major Crimes Division, the Metro Boston Gang Task Force, Massachusetts State Police and the New Bedford Police Department to execute search warrants at 2120 Phillips Road, Apartments 2 and 18 in New Bedford.
Police seized seven pounds of marijuana, $280 in cash, a Springfield Armory XDS-9 9mm firearm, seventeen rounds of 9mm Luger FMG ammunition, and two 9mm magazines, Fall River Police Capt. Jay Huard said in a media release.
Westport Police Nab Fall River Hit-and-Run Suspect
A man who allegedly bothered employees of a Fall River business while drunk and then backed his truck into a parked taxi before driving away was arrested Thursday afternoon by Westport police.
Joseph DaCosta, 41, is charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, third offense; failure to stop for police; negligent operation of a motor vehicle; assault; leaving the scene of property damage; and possessions of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, Westport police said in a media release.
On Thursday, Jan. 29, Westport police were contacted by Fall River police about a black Toyota Tacoma involved in a hit-and-run in their city. The vehicle was last seen heading east on State Road.
FALL RIVER It was a jab well done.
Fall River first responders who got the first of two Moderna coronavirus vaccines on Monday said they don’t regret rolling up their sleeves.
“It’s just like a normal needle from any health care professional,” said police media spokesman Lt. Jay Huard, moments after he had taken a shot to his left arm.
Huard was one of 40 city police officers scheduled Monday to receive the vaccine shot in a rear section of the HealthFirst Family Care Center building on Quarry Street.
The nonprofit had offered to inoculate the officers at the request of the city’s health department and its director Tess Curran, according to HealthFirst LPN Supervisor Michelle Peixoto.