Orlando Robles, 51, a former Dartmouth resident, was ordered held without bail following his arraignment this week in Fall River Superior Court, prosecutors said.

A Texas man was held without bail without prejudice after his arraignment on charges that he violently attacked and sexually assaulted four women in New Bedford in 2013, the district attorney said Friday.

A Texas man believed to be responsible for a string of violent sexual assaults in New Bedford more than a decade ago faced a judge Wednesday, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III.

A man accused of raping women in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 2013 faced a judge earlier this week after being convicted of similar violence in his home state of Texas. Orlando Robles, 51, is suspected of attacking four women between June and July of 2013,

A Texas man already convicted of four violent sexual assaults in his state was charged in connection with four similar sexual assaults in Massachusetts years ago.