Man Facing Charges in Williams College Restroom Surveillance

01:44PM / Friday, April 25, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A Weston man is facing charges related to a camera found with pictures and video in a restroom on the Williams College campus.

Maxwell Hall, 21, was charged on March 20 with 18 counts of photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling a partially nude or nude person.

The charges stem from an investigation prompted by a student's complaint on Jan. 16, 2025, of a camera in the second-floor public restroom at Lasell Gymnasium.

According to the District Attorney's office, the Williamstown Police Department received the report from the college's Campus Safety Service regarding suspicious activity in the gym. A student brought the camera to the attention of the campus safety after observing a surveillance device disguised as a phone charger.

The report from DA's Office did not state the status of the defendant in regards to Williams College. A Max Hall of Weston was listed as a junior member of the college's wrestling team.

Williamstown Police Department, Berkshire Law Enforcement Task Force, and the DA's Special Victims Unit are overseeing the case.

The defendant is schedule to next appear in Northern Berkshire District Court on June 2 for arraignment.

Anyone who believes they were present in the second-floor bathroom of the Lasell Gymnasium on Jan. 16, 2025 between the hours of noon and 5 are encouraged to contact Sgt. Shuan William at swilliam@williamstownma.gov.

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Williamstown Housing Trust Gets Update on Summer Street Project

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:38PM / Thursday, August 27, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity continues to make progress on a planned four-home subdivision off Summer Street despite rising costs.

NBHFH project manager Keith Davis was back before the board of the town's Affordable Housing Trust in August to give an update on the project being developed on a parcel granted to the non-profit by the trustees.

"The majority of the site work is now done," Davis said. "The road base is completely in. We won't blacktop the road until the first foundation is done. It doesn't make any sense to drive a loaded cement truck over fresh blacktop.

"The detention basin is in. All the [stormwater] structures are in. I talked to [DPW Director] Craig Clough about coming in and looking at it, so he can verify all the structures are in. Because a lot of them get buried. That's the next step, to do that and sod it."

The construction package to build the road and stormwater infrastructure cost NBHFH $330,000. The Affordable Housing Trust kicked in $120,000 toward that, and the trustees have committed another $100,000 toward the construction cost of the first home to be built in what the non-profit has named the Meadowlands Subdivision.

Davis told the board at its Aug. 19 meeting that a couple of issues have popped up that have slowed the project and added cost.

One was the removal of an additional five trees on the 1.75-acre parcel.

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