Courtside with Curt

Curt Brown and Jennifer Driscoll discuss Alexis Silva, who has been charged in the Veterans Day killing of 23-year-old Reynaldo Pena in New Bedford and was on Bristol County's Most Wanted list before turning himself in.

Standard-Times Reporter Curt Brown talks with Newsroom Editor Jennifer Driscoll about New Bedford's new judge Douglas Darnbrough.

Police say 30-year-old Drew A. Beck smashed a display case at Jewelry Express in the Dartmouth Mall about 30 minutes before closing on Monday night and took off with $87,000 in jewelry. He was caught less than an hour later in Lakeville. Brendan Kurie and Curt Brown discuss the case and why this wasn't the most careful crime they've seen.

Curt Brown and Brendan Kurie try something new and take on the roles of prosecutor and defense as they try to illuminate the nuanced bail decisions judges must make. Today's case is Saranah Raposa, who has been charged with reckless endangerment after her 21-month old toddler allegedly ingested fentanyl-laced heroin under her watch.

When a judge released 25-year-old New Bedford resident Xavier Echevarria on $500 bail against prosecutor's witnesses, he fled to Puerto Rico, and District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn was vocally unpleased. During his return to the state, he allegedly threatened to escape again. Now a judge is deciding if he should be held without bail. 

Curt Brown joins Brendan Kurie in the studio to discuss a 23-year-old New Bedford man who has been arrested for allegedly raping a prostitute in the North End. After being found "dangerous" by a judge, he has been released on $1,000 bail. 

Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court hears case of a young woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for sending text messages to her boyfriend urging him to kill himself. Curt Brown and Brendan Kurie discuss the proceedings and when a decision is expected.

Two recent cases have highlighted the disconnect between prosecutors/law enforcement and local judges when it comes to bail. Curt Brown and Brendan Kurie discuss a recent shooting case and an arson case that put the bail debate on center stage.

Prosecuters called the GPS tracking data they allegedly got from Jeff Couture's phone "a trail map of all three forced sexual assaults on two women." Curt Brown sits down the Brendan Kurie to discuss the latest in the Fairhaven 47-year-old's case.

Known as "Miss South End," Loretta Bourque dedicated her life to serving as a champion of the city's South End. Curt Brown remembers his 18 years of working with Loretta and talks to members of the community about what she meant to the city of New Bedford.