New Bedford man previously sentenced in shooting pleads guilty to trafficking meth in Fall River Superior Court

A local man who was accused of trafficking over 100 grams of methamphetamine has pled guilty in Fall River Superior Court.

According to police, on Thursday, June 16, 2022, detectives executed a search warrant on Court Street in New Bedford with the target being Jared Debarros. While searching the apartment, detectives seized three plastic bags of methamphetamine tablets weighing 114.3 grams, eight additional tablets of methamphetamine, 10 suboxone strips, packaging materials, digital scales, and $12,826.

While searching Debarros’s vehicle, $11,900 was found in the middle console, and an Adderall pill was found on him which he did not have a prescription for.

Jared was arrested and charged with possession to distribute a class B drug and trafficking 100 grams or more of methamphetamine.

He was previously convicted of an assault with intent to murder for a shooting incident in 2010 and was sentenced to eight to 10 years, and was released in 2018.

According to court records, Debarros pled guilty Monday to a lesser charge of trafficking 18 grams or more but less than 36 grams of methamphetamine and will be sentenced on March 25th.