Pittsfield Police Arrest Juveniles For Gun And Drug Possession

03:57PM / Thursday, May 27, 2021Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Police officers arrested and charged two juveniles for gun and drug possession.

Wednesday at approximately 1:30 p.m. it was reported to police that a man was in possession of a gun at a residence on Francis Avenue in Pittsfield.

Arriving Patrol Officers initiated an investigation and determined that three males had fled the residence and engaged in suspicious activity as they traveled through nearby properties on foot.

A short time later, two juvenile males that matched witness descriptions were detained by patrol officers.

The subsequent search of the area netted the discovery of two firearms and illegal narcotics which were tied to the fleeing youths.

Both suspects were arrested and charged with:

1. Possession to Distribute Class B Drug

2. Receiving Stolen Property

3. Possession of Ammunition without FID card

4. Possession of Large Capacity Feeding Device

5. Carrying Firearm without License

Members of the Pittsfield Police Detective Bureau, Crime Scene Unit, and K9 Unit assisted Patrol with the investigation.

The juveniles will be arraigned today, Thursday, through the Central Berkshire Juvenile Court.

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EPA, GE Conducting Vernal Pool Study on Housatonic River

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
11:44AM / Tuesday, August 11, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A pilot study will determine the best way to remediate PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, from vernal pools in the Housatonic River.

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric held an open house for the Vernal Pool Pilot Study on Reach 5A, a five-mile stretch between the river's confluence and Lenox border. Despite the rain, several people attended the event at the Berkshire Athenaeum.

EPA project manager Josh Fontaine explained that it is an evaluation of which remediation method to use for the remaining vernal pools in Reach 5A.

"We're going to be testing two different methods. One is an excavation method, which we already know has been very successful with another vernal pool cleaned up much earlier in the project," he said.

"And then the other is the application of two different carbon amendments. It would be the application of powdered activated carbon and the application of granulated activated carbon."

Ten vernal pools will be cleaned using these methods: five with excavation and five with active carbon; seven additional vernal pools will be monitored as controls. Construction will be complete around October, but the pools will be left to their natural processes and monitored with surveys and sampling for three years.

Fontaine said there is no frontrunner for methodology.

"We know the excavation method is effective, but we would like to see if the less invasive method of using the amendment will be as effective for potential use," he said.

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