Pittsfield Man Charged in Murder

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a Pittsfield man on Friday evening. 
 
Desmond Phillip, 42, is facing charges in the murder of 43-year-old Teddy Cepeda.
 
Police responded to a Goodrich Street address at approximately 6:30 p.m. Friday after receiving a 911 call and found Cepeda with a gunshot wound. Paramedics transported Cepeda to Berkshire Medical Center, where he died.
 
The Pittsfield Police and the Berkshire State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office established probable cause to arrest Phillip for the shooting. 
 
The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing. Anyone with information should contact Pittsfield Police Detective Ignacio  Matos at 413-448-9700, Ext. 576.
 
Phillip is expected to be arraigned on Monday.

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Berkshire Force 12U Team Splits in Albany Tournament

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ALBANY, N.Y. – The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team Saturday split a pair of games at the Outlaws July Round Robin.
 
In the Force’ opener, it beat the Lady Bulldogs Havoc, 5-4 when Mila Ostellino drove in Cali’Ray St. John with a ground ball with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
Lilly Tuohy homered, and Charlotte Kotski was 2-for-3 with a double in the walkoff win.
 
Peyton Demary went 2-for-3 in an eight-hit Force attack in the win over the Havoc.
 
Demary also went the distance in the circle in the win, striking out 10 and walking four in six innings of work.
 
Later Saturday, the host Albany Frozen Ropes Outlaws handed the Force a 7-3 setback.
 
Ostellino doubled, and Emma Wixsom and McKinley Bushika each had a hit for Berkshire.
 
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