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WJAR says Anthony Jalo was sentenced to life without parole on the murder charge in Aaron Britto's killing.

Amanda Bang, NBC 10 News, on WJAR, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at 12:37 p.m., with no zone printed, reported that Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced a life sentence in the Aug. 4, 2024 shooting of 44-year-old Aaron Britto at 234 Earle St. in New Bedford. The page says Anthony Jalo, 23, of New Bedford, was convicted Thursday afternoon of first-degree murder, armed robbery, and carrying a firearm. The life-without-parole term is the murder count. The accomplice is not named.

By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·

Life in prison, and life in prison without the possibility of parole on the murder charge, are not the same sentence line. WJAR prints both. It does not print a term for armed robbery or for carrying a firearm. Thursday afternoon, on a story dated Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, is the day the page gives. It does not print Nov. 5. The murder judgment is a conviction and a sentence. The accomplice is not named.

WJAR, by Amanda Bang of NBC 10 News, is stamped Friday, November 6, 2026, at 12:37 p.m. The stamp does not print a zone. The dateline is NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR). The headline says a New Bedford man was sentenced to life in prison for murder. The opening says Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced that a man was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 44-year-old man in 2024. Life in prison, in the headline and in that announcement, does not print without the possibility of parole. WJAR says that, according to officials, 23-year-old Anthony Jalo of New Bedford was convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery, and carrying a firearm on Thursday afternoon. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on the murder charge, the district attorney's office said. On the murder charge is the limit WJAR prints on that term. The page does not print a term for the armed robbery count or for carrying a firearm. The photo caption says the district attorney's office said 23-year-old Anthony Jalo of New Bedford was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 44-year-old man, and it credits WJAR. That caption says life in prison. It does not print without parole, and it does not print Aaron Britto's name. Thursday afternoon, on a page dated Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, is the day WJAR gives for the conviction and the sentence. The page does not print Nov. 5.

Authorities said New Bedford police responded to 234 Earle St. on Aug. 4, 2024, for a report of a shooting. Officers found 44-year-old Aaron Britto lying on the grass with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The page does not print the hospital's name. The district attorney's office said surveillance video captured Jalo shooting at the victim, leaning toward the victim and taking an item from him. An item, in that sentence, is not the word property. WJAR says that, according to officials, Britto was at the Morna Lounge when Jalo and his accomplice lured him "down and ally," shot him, and robbed him. "Down and ally" is the spelling on the page. The accomplice is not named. The page does not print a second defendant's name, age, or case.

Quinn said, "This case is a tragic loss of life simply because the defendant wanted to rob the victim of his property." Property, in that sentence, and an item, in the video sentence, are not the same word. He also said the conviction hinged primarily on the effective use of video surveillance and phone location data. Primarily, and the effective use, are the words WJAR prints. The page does not print a judge's name, a trial length, or a term of years on the robbery or firearm counts. The life-without-parole term is the sentence the district attorney's office reported on the murder charge. The accomplice is not named, and WJAR does not report a conviction or a sentence for that person. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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