Police log: 22 New Bedford arrests Nov. 8 to 11
The log gives no name or charges for one entry and five other entries are left out under our reporting standards, so 16 arrests are described here.
NEW BEDFORD New Bedford police made 22 arrests from Sunday, Nov. 8, through Wednesday, Nov. 11, according to the department's daily arrest logs.
The log gives no name or charges for one entry and five other entries are left out under our reporting standards, so 16 arrests are described here. Of those 16, six were on warrants alone, one included a charge of operating under the influence and five included a drug charge.
The first arrest of Sunday, Nov. 8, came at 3:48 a.m., when officers arrested Nathan Baptista of New Bedford on Maxfield Street on a warrant. At 11:54 a.m., officers arrested Colby Blixt of New Bedford on Kempton Street on a warrant. Mark Moschella of New Bedford was arrested on Purchase Street at 1:08 p.m. on three warrants. Shane Viera of New Bedford was charged with possession of a Class B drug after a 2:54 p.m. arrest on Coffin Avenue. At 2:55 p.m., officers arrested Cheryl Butler of New Bedford on Coffin Avenue on a charge of possession of a Class B drug. Alexander Melendez of New Bedford was arrested on Coffin Avenue at 4:14 p.m. on charges of possession of a Class B drug and possession of a Class A drug, and on a warrant. Michael Perry of New Bedford was charged with disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace after a 8:30 p.m. arrest on Walnut Street.
Monday, Nov. 9, began with an arrest at 5:29 a.m., when officers arrested Tory Carter of New Bedford on Purchase Street on charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. Arthur Pina of Plymouth was arrested on Acushnet Avenue at 9:29 a.m. on a charge of a city ordinance violation.
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, officers arrested Lawrence Moore of New Bedford on Bullard Street at 9:10 a.m. on charges of disturbing the peace and a city ordinance violation. Rolando Ibarra of New Bedford was arrested on a warrant at 3:36 p.m. on Bedford Street.
On Wednesday, Nov. 11, officers arrested Miguel Nieves Soto of New Bedford on Purchase Street at 10:15 a.m. on two warrants. At 11:06 a.m., officers arrested Ruben Warenycia of New Bedford on Division Street on a warrant. Jody Bibik of Boston was arrested on South Second Street at 1:24 p.m. on a charge of possession of a Class A drug. Benvindo Pereira of New Bedford was charged with possession of a Class B drug after a 2:31 p.m. arrest on County Street. At 5:51 p.m., officers arrested Manuel Mota of New Bedford on Route 140 on charges of operating under the influence of liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
An arrest is not a conviction, and everyone charged is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. We will update this roundup if a case listed here ends in a dismissal or an acquittal. The department posts each new day's arrest log on its Police Logs page.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every fact comes from the town's own posted records, listed below, read Nov. 12. Every name, number, date and quote was checked against that record by script, and a second reading against the record removed anything it did not support. Not heard: no one was contacted.
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Sources (4)
- New Bedford Police arrest log, Nov. 8New Bedford Police daily arrest logs. Read Nov. 12, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
- New Bedford Police arrest log, Nov. 9New Bedford Police daily arrest logs. Read Nov. 12, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
- New Bedford Police arrest log, Nov. 10New Bedford Police daily arrest logs. Read Nov. 12, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
- New Bedford Police arrest log, Nov. 11New Bedford Police daily arrest logs. Read Nov. 12, 2026, 12:48 p.m.