She was the wife of the late Richard Ponte. Born in New Bedford, ... New Bedford, MA 02745. For online tribute: www.rock-funeralhome.com. Posted online on January 23, 2021.

A New Bedford man arrested in connection to the rape of a teenager in 2012 last month was indicted on charges, said the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. A DNA profile from rape kit ...

Kenneth Ponte was found dead in his New Bedford home Tuesday. The 61-year-old Ponte was the only person ever charged in any of the murders known as the highway killings.

NEW BEDFORD — Kenneth Ponte, the former New Bedford lawyer who was the only suspect ever charged in the still-unsolved highway killings case, was found dead yesterday in his Austin Street home ...

A 28-year-old New Bedford man was recently arrested on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl in that city in 2012, the second such arrest stemming from Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III ...