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Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS · 1/17/2026 05:24 PM
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Section 12[1], (number withheld) Cedar Street, apartment number two for (name withheld) (name withheld), (number withheld) and ninety-three.
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Male is paranoid, has rattled paper, possibly armed with a knife.
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Officers respond to possible armed person near Cedar St

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As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a Section 12 welfare check at an apartment near Cedar Street in New Bedford involving a reportedly paranoid man who may have been armed with a knife. Details remain unconfirmed as the situation was based on an emergency radio report.

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Cedar St, New Bedford, MA 02740
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