Berkshire District Attorney

Former students of an elite all-girls boarding school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, engulfed in a sexual abuse scandal testified in support of a bill aimed at bolstering age of consent laws at a State House hearing Tuesday. A warning to listeners, this story includes descriptions of sexual assault.

A Berkshire County lawmaker is leading efforts on legislation that would bolster Massachusetts state law around the clandestine recording practice known as “upskirting.”

Berkshire County elected officials are part of a legislative effort in Massachusetts to crack down on sexual exploitation and grooming of young people under the care of adults.

Berkshire County officials will promote new legislation aimed at protecting students from sexual predation in schools on a virtual press conference Monday. It comes after a number of troubling allegations emerged from local schools.

A suspect in a fatal Stockbridge, Massachusetts hit-and-run over the weekend has been arraigned.

A 72-year-old man killed in a hit-and-run in Stockbridge, Massachusetts this weekend has been identified.

A Pittsfield, Massachusetts man has been charged with murder in a shooting Tuesday.

The Berkshire District Attorney has appointed a special investigator to look into a sexual abuse scandal that erupted at a Pittsfield, Massachusetts boarding school this spring.

With multiple students at an all-girls private school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts alleging they were sexually abused by a teacher, the Berkshire District Attorney is opening an investigation into the claims.

The Berkshire District Attorney’s office says state and local police discovered human remains in a Great Barrington, Massachusetts cemetery in February.