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The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office secured on Monday the conviction of a Pittsfield man who assaulted multiple people when he escaped Sheriff’s custody and evaded law enforcement for three days.

Last year more than 900 Berkshire County residents of all ages and backgrounds took to the street and walked a mile united against rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Over $90,000 was raised to support Elizabeth Freeman Center’s life-saving services.

This has not been a great summer for the Williamstown Police Department or the town of Williamstown. Back on June 30th we posted a story that some residents of Williamstown wanted to defund the Police Department.

On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, North Adams Police Detectives secured an arrest warrant for a fifteen (15) year old juvenile in the connection with the Tuesday, July 14, shooting on River Street. The warrant was successfully executed in North Adams in the late afternoon without incident.

A 21-year-old Pittsfield woman pleaded not guilty to an assault and battery charge with a dangerous weapon on Tuesday according to an article in the Berkshire Eagle.  Anna Marino allegedly tried to stab her girlfriend in the chest and head in an altercation last weekend at their Dover Square apartment on Wahconah Street...

Berkshire District Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea from one of three men involved in the killing of 34-year-old William Catalano.

The trial of two North Adams men accused of taking part in a 2017 assault and stabbing ended in a mistrial on Wednesday even before any witness testimony was heard in court.

The student alleging the assault recently informed detectives that the student would no longer cooperate with the investigation.

Police in North Adams are investigating a break-in and sexual assault that was reported at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts over the weekend.

A North Adams man is being held without bail