Fall River man held in wake of Westport house break

Posted 7/4/19

On June 22, at approximately 8:36 p.m., the Westport Police Department received a phone call from a resident at 222 Blossom Road stating that her house had recently been broken into. Preliminary …

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Fall River man held in wake of Westport house break

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On June 22, at approximately 8:36 p.m., the Westport Police Department received a phone call from a resident at 222 Blossom Road stating that her house had recently been broken into. Preliminary investigation by Officer David Arruda determined that several rooms had been rummaged through and that approximately $4,000 worth of assorted jewelry was stolen.

On that same date, Fall River Police Officer Tyler Andrade contacted Westport Police regarding a stolen moped from Fall River which may have been used in this breaking and entering.

The owner of the moped said that he allowed Raymond Bertrand, 58, of Fall River, to borrow his moped. When Mr. Bertrand later returned to Fall River without the moped the owner asked him what had happened to it.

Mr. Bertrand said he had to stow the moped behind White’s of Westport because he had broken into some homes in Westport and needed to get rid of it. The owner also reported seeing Mr. Bertrand carrying bags with unknown contents.

Officers Fernando Goncalves and Turner Ryan canvassed the wooded area and located the moped, helmet, some of the suspected stolen property, and prescription bottles with the victim’s name on Blossom Road not far from the scene of the breaking and entering.

Detective Robert Rebello was contacted by the Massachusetts State Parole Officer Shawna Hawksley to inform him that on June 23, Mr. Bertrand had been placed into custody after he violated the curfew established for his release. While being placed into custody Mr. Bertrand was found to be in possession of a bag of jewelry matching the description of the stolen jewelry.

At other past GPS locations of Mr. Bertrand more stolen jewelry was located by Detective Robert Rebello, Parole Officers Shawna Hawksley and Dylan Shirley.

Mr. Bertrand has a lengthy criminal past with three previous convictions for breaking and entering. He is currently being held at the Bristol County House of Correction on a parole violation.

Westport Police are seeking information about Mr. Bertrand regarding any other possible criminal activity.

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