Charles Winokoor

New Bedford man convicted of second degree murder after second retrial

A former New Bedford and Fairhaven resident – who was 22 in 2010 when he stabbed to death a 34-year-old Fairhaven man outside an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at the Trinity Church soup kitchen on Purchase Street in New Bedford – was convicted by a jury in late October after the second of two retrials held […]

New Bedford man convicted of second degree murder after second retrial Read More »

Freetown man accused of murdering girlfriend with hammer

Two days after he was discharged from a local mental-health treatment center, a Freetown man with a history of violent felony charges and convictions was arraigned for the murder of his live-in girlfriend. Prosecutors in Bristol County Fall River District Court on Wednesday, Sept. 20, told Judge Thomas Barrett that 54-year-old Matthew Lucas likely used

Freetown man accused of murdering girlfriend with hammer Read More »