Child Pornography Investigation Leads To Arrest in Great Barrington

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — On Friday, March 18, Officers from the Great Barrington Police Department, United States Secret Service and Massachusetts State Police executed a search warrant at on James J. Keough in Great Barrington. 
 
The warrant was obtained as a result of an investigation into the possession and distribution of child pornography from an apartment at that residence at 220 State Rd.
 
As a result of the investigation, Keough, 54, was arrested for the following charges:
 
1. Possession of Child Pornography
2. Distribution of material depicting a child in the nude
3. Distribution of material depicting a child in a sexual act
 
Further charges may be pending. 
 
Keough was held at the Great Barrington Police Department in lieu of $50,000 bail, and will be arraigned on Monday, March 21, 2022 in the Southern Berkshire District Court.

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Great Barrington Fire, Police Respond to Chimney Fire

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

Fire Chief Scott Turner called for mutual aid as soon as he saw flames. 
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Firefighters made quick work of a chimney fire on Tuesday afternoon and two police officers aided the occupant in escaping the building. 
 
Fire Chief Scott Turner said the blaze at 205 North St. was reported about 12:38 p.m.
 
"When I arrived on scene, we had a small amount of flames coming out of the eaves of the roof over by the chimney for the wood stove, and then we had light smoke conditions on the second floor," he said. 
 
Police Officers Andres Huertas and Elias Casey were first on the scene and immediately entered the single-family home to find the occupant was on the second floor. 
 
They helped her out of the building, Turner said, "they did a great job."
 
The chimney is a metal chimney and burn marks could been seen where it meets the eaves on the side of the building. 
 
North Street is a narrow residential way and firetrucks from Alford, Egremont, Monterey, Richmond, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge were parked along nearby streets. 
 
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