Berkshire District Attorney

New Social and Emotional Learning Program at Pittsfield Schools
New Social and Emotional Learning Program at Pittsfield Schools
The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, the Department of Probation, and Pittsfield Public Schools are piloting a new program providing additional social-emotional learning to families in the city’s two community schools. The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office won a $25,000 grant from Mass Probation to implement an early intervention program at the two schools...
Zoom Event Will Focus On The Opioid Epidemic
Zoom Event Will Focus On The Opioid Epidemic
As we try to endure the coronavirus pandemic it is difficult to think that there are other problems that we continue to work against, but… there indeed are. One of these issues is opioid addiction, and what is being referred to as the “Fourth Wave of the Opioid Epidemic...
Berkshire DA’s Office Adopts Brady Policy
Berkshire DA’s Office Adopts Brady Policy
The Office of Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington has implemented another justice reform initiative this week as part of the office’s ongoing commitment to promoting public trust in law enforcement. The Office has adopted a formal Brady Policy detailing requirement for prosecutors in disclosing potentially exculpatory evidence to defense counsel...
Investigators Arrest Two In Nationwide Fraud Scheme
Investigators Arrest Two In Nationwide Fraud Scheme
Law enforcement executed search warrants at three locations in the Northern Berkshires on Monday and arrested two individuals as part of a three-month investigation into a nationwide organized fraud scheme. Members of the State Police Detective Unit, Berkshire Law Enforcement Task Force assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office, and partner police
Berkshire DA’s Office Secures Two Grants to Help Victims
Berkshire DA’s Office Secures Two Grants to Help Victims
The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office is enhancing services to victims of crime with the help of two state grants. The Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance awarded the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office Victim of Crimes Act funding totaling $166,254 and Human Trafficking Trust Fund grant funding totaling $15,000 to further support and protect the rights afforded to victims of crime and t
Berkshire DA’s Office Creates Resource Guide
Berkshire DA’s Office Creates Resource Guide
The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office has created a resource guide to educate community members about the availability of health and safety resources during social distancing. The comprehensive guide is 31 pages long and provides tons of important information including how to contact all the local courts and police Departments in Berkshire County, a complete listing of town/city contacts, munic
Domestic Violence Sentences Secured
Domestic Violence Sentences Secured
The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office secured maximum jail sentences for two men in domestic violence cases last week. Both men were ordered to serve two and a half years at the Berkshire County House of Correction following guilty pleas.