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The steps of Berkshire County Superior Court in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

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Charges dropped against Berkshire educator involved in child’s 2024 drowning death

Josh Landes

A Berkshire County educator involved in the drowning death of a 12-year-old girl in July 2024 has had all charges against her dropped.

Former Miss Hall’s School teacher Matthew Rutledge is surrounded by a courtroom filled with people wearing orange hearts and orange clothing in solidarity with his accusers as he is arraigned on three felony counts of rape in Berkshire Superior Court in Pittsfield on Wednesday. (Stephanie Zollshan/The Berkshire Eagle)

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Former teacher at Pittsfield’s Miss Hall’s School pleads not guilty to raping students

Josh Landes

A former Pittsfield, Massachusetts, boarding school teacher pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three charges of raping his students

Ex-Olympian Conrad Mainwaring pleads guilty in Berkshire Superior Court on Thursday to sexually molesting nine boys between the ages of 13 and 17 during his time as a camp counselor in Becket in the mid-to-late 1970s. Thursday, February 8, 2024.

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“Monsters should not be forgiven, only caged:” Mainwaring pleads guilty to 1970’s sexual abuse charges at Camp Greylock

Josh Landes

Former Olympian Conrad Mainwaring has been sentenced to a decade in prison for sexually abusing campers at a Becket, Massachusetts summer camp in the 1970s. A warning that this story is disturbing and contains repeated references to sexual assault.

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Former Great Barrington Official Arrainged On Embezzlement, Larceny Charges

Josh Landes

A longtime Great Barrington, Massachusetts public servant was arrainged in Berkshire Superior Court today. Prosecutors allege she stole over $100,000 from…