Crime
New Fall River Police Department Gun Violence Task Force nets 5 arrests, gun seizures
In response to recent incidents involving gun violence in the city, the Fall River Police Department has activated the Gun Violence Task Force which works in collaboration with the Vice Intelligence and Gang Unit to provide an increased presence of officers in concentrated areas within the community, based on actionable intelligence and recent events.
As a result, the following arrests and firearms seizures have occurred this week.
June 11, 2024
16-year-old Juvenile
Carry firearm without license to carry
Possession of a large capacity firearm
Carrying a loaded firearm in public without a license to carry
Brett Swiader, 20
Carry firearm without license to carry
Possession of a large capacity firearm
Carrying a loaded firearm in public without a license to carry
June 13, 2024
16-year-old Juvenile
Trespass
Department of Youth Services Warrant
Carry firearm without license to carry
Possession of a large capacity firearm
Carrying a loaded firearm in public without a license to carry
17-year-old Juvenile
Trespass
Carry firearm without license to carry
Possession of a large capacity firearm
Carrying a loaded firearm in public without a license to carry
Jayden Rios-Dejesus, 23
Trespass
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Fed Up
June 14, 2024 at 3:09 pm
Credit where credit is due. This is a start. Now what will the judges D/As and legal system do? It’s a cycle and it’s not turning out well.
Barrack Warren
June 14, 2024 at 4:49 pm
Most of these children have been failed by the system. Please don’t put a bad mark on their record. Instead, let’s work to get these children the resources they need to succeed.
Kay
June 14, 2024 at 9:26 pm
I completely agree with you.
Rc
June 14, 2024 at 9:33 pm
How about you volunteer and show them how to be productive citizens, since your always full of ideas.
Mike capaldi
June 16, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Take it from me. A 39 yr old convicted felon that has served 11yrs 5momths in federal prison. These kids lives are OVER. Believe it or not there is NO rehabilitation whatsoever in prison. Matter of fact the only thing I received in prison was a habbit using opiates. Yes you heard correctly I have never used an illicit substance until I was shipped to USP Lewisburg at the age of 20 1/2yrs old.. I learned how to do crime better.. I learned how to stick a needle in my arm, I learned how to push a knife into a man and how to make a deadly knife in one of the highest security prisons the United States has to offer… pray for these kids.. there just children.. teach them don’t take there lives away
buttercupsrfree
June 14, 2024 at 9:14 pm
Barrack there are resources available , these kids were failed by their parental units first and next the system , they are the next gen gangbangers because they are going to take the fall for the older more experienced losers right now , they will become jaded from prison life, reenter society angrier and more violent …if we can put an animal down we need to go back to putting the criminals down .period , show our hand and get the message across .
Mike capaldi
June 16, 2024 at 1:32 pm
Resources.. is that what people are told? And you fall for it… it’s a fact you come out much worse then you go in.. why else would the recitivism rate be so high?
Johnson’s Johnson
June 14, 2024 at 9:42 pm
Lock them up. These people don’t want jobs, they don’t want to be members of a civil society. They refuse assimilate. 10 years each. Let them earn GED’s/ degrees in prison. And hopefully they come out a tad more mature.
K.B
June 15, 2024 at 1:06 am
Buttercups is right. I was one of those kids in the late 80s in Boston. I ended up in the military, returned home and ended up in my old ways. Did 5, 4, 3 and then 18 months on trial facing 3 life sentences. I prayed and hard. Then God took control. 17 years later, I’m a new home owner, married for 6 wonderful years and custody of my daughter from a previous relationship, now an honor student.
Until they realize that their on the wrong path and want to change, they will be forever lost. Like Rc said…. someone who cares needs to step up and step in.
Barrack Warren
June 15, 2024 at 3:51 am
These children are victims of systemic racism. Fall River has a long history of being a racist city. If you look at the demographics, our municipal offices, police, fire, and school departments are not inclusive or diverse.
When children don’t have role models that look like they do, it can be very damaging, and these things happen. Plus, when cis-gendered whites commit crimes, it’s usually underreported.
It is time for us to start distributing resources to help our marginalized populations (POC, LGBTQ+) and especially newly arrived Americans.
Hi
June 15, 2024 at 6:51 am
Another one that doesn’t know what they are talking about. Get your head out your ass and take a deep breath of reality. Stop believing everything you hear or see on TV.
dr david
June 16, 2024 at 10:03 am
the Barrack Warren thing is just a troll …. it is likely written by some jerk-off college student not even in the region … doesn’t really matter ….
whatever it spews is the equivalent to what your dog does on the lawn every morning
Gary Dunn
June 15, 2024 at 10:39 am
Here we go again with this race card I am so sick of it who cares about it just go out and do the right thing I’m to busy to even notice if there is or isn’t that’s what people do instead of feeling sorry for yourself no matter what color you are I’m tired and I’m sure other people love too about this crap
Gary Dunn
June 15, 2024 at 10:43 am
I meant to say people are too are tired of this crap
dr david
June 15, 2024 at 6:56 pm
Nasty, inbred, low IQ Hoodrats unless they get locked up for 30 years (and they will not) they will just keep assaulting society in ever increasing dangerous ways
Put ’em down now !