NEW BEDFORD (WBSM) — Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III is once again criticizing a local judge for releasing a repeat offender when the Commonwealth had requested he be held and his bail revoked.
DA Quinn Criticizes Bail Decision
Quinn said there was “no rational basis” for Judge Joseph P. Harrington, Jr. to release Jose Mendonca on $2,500 bail following a dangerousness hearing on March 16 in New Bedford District Court.
It comes just a few days after Quinn issued a similar statement when a man charged with assaulting the mother of his child was also released on $2,500 bail by Judge Sarah Jubinville.
Mendonca was arraigned on charges of carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm, and possession of ammunition without an FID card stemming from a March 15 incident in New Bedford. He was allegedly caught by New Bedford Police with a loaded firearm, while he had a pending drug case and was on probation for a previous drug case…