New Bedford, Massachusetts – On April 14, Superior Court Judge Thomas F. McGuire, Jr. granted the City’s request to demolish a mill building located at 1 Rear Coffin Avenue after City inspector.
Fall River police officer Michael Pessoa is awaiting trial on 11 remaining charges of assault, civil rights violations and filing false police reports.
FALL RIVER An Easton woman charged with causing a high-speed collision that claimed the lives of an elderly East Bridgewater couple in 2019 is scheduled to stand trial next month.
At a trial assignment conference hearing last week, a jury-waived trial date was set for May 24. A final pretrial conference is scheduled first on May 7 to ensure the case is ready to proceed to trial.
Vazquez and her attorney, Jason Maloney, have requested a bench trial before a judge rather than a jury. Vazquez was set to go to trial on at least three other occasions since December, but was rescheduled each time due to COVID-19 safety concerns on one occasion and at the request of both the defense and prosecution on another.