Pittsfield Man Pleads Guilty to 2019 Kidnapping

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Monday, June 16, Glen A. Chadwell, 52 of Pittsfield, pleaded guilty to three charges related to a 2019 kidnapping in Berkshire Superior Court. 

The charges and sentences are as follows:

• Count 1 - Kidnapping, 2.5 years House of Corrections
• Count 2 - Indecent Assault and Battery over 14, 2.5 years House of Corrections: On and After Count 1
• Count 3 - Indecent Assault and Battery over 14, 2.5 years House of Corrections: Concurrent with Count 2

In late August 2019, the victim in the case left Berkshire Medical Center to walk home. The Defendant and a second individual, not yet identified, pulled the victim into their car and drove her to a second location where she was assaulted. The victim was able to escape Chadwell and the second perpetrator and seek help nearby.

Chief of the Special Victims Unit Rachael Eramo represented the Commonwealth. Director of Victim Witness Advocates Jane Kibby Peirce served as the advocate on behalf of the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office. Pittsfield Police served as the lead law enforcement agency.

Parks Commission Hears Complaints Over Pontoosuc Park Shore Access

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:46AM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The site visit preceded a meeting of the Parks Commission 

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— A site visit to the south side of Pontoosuc Lake Park on Tuesday turned combative at times as attendees passionately voiced their discontent on renovation work they say limits access to the water.

 

The city planted 1,088 shrubs along the shoreline — service berry, buttonbush, silky dogwood, and nine other species. Some of the two dozen people who attended the site visit complained that the plantings are obstacles to using the shore for swimming, boating and fishing. 

 

"We gotta remember this lake is used by everybody that belongs to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," said Daniel Miraglia. "The biggest area we've had for the public to use. We're taking that away. We're losing our land for open space at an incredible rate."

 

The plantings are part of the redesign and revitalization of the park, a project that was years in planning and is now about 90 percent complete. 

 

The site visit occurred before Tuesday's Parks Commission meeting, and although there were fewer attendees at the meeting, the same concerns were voiced. And the commissioners listened. 

 

They voted to recommend to the Conservation Commission that it consider modifying the current vegetation plan to create additional public access points to the water.

 

The project consisted of 2,268 pieces of vegetation, including river birch, ferns, herbaceous perennials, and the shrubs.