Connecticut Man Held on Lanesborough Stabbing

11:27AM / Tuesday, July 22, 2025Print Story | Email Story

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — A Connecticut man is accused of stabbing two men at the Mount Greylock Campground on Friday.

Jeffrey Deluca, 47, of Wilton, Conn., was arraigned Monday in Central Berkshire District Court on eight charges: two counts each of assault and battery by dangerous weapon and armed assault with intent to murder; three counts of reckless endangerment of a child; and assault & battery causing a serious bodily injury.

He was ordered to be held on dangerousness.

According to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office, Lanesborough Police responed at approximately 8:13 p.m. to reports of a stabbing at the campground at 15 Scott Road. The found one victim was stabbed in the chest and the other in the upper torso.

Preliminary investigation indicated that the stabbing was unprovoked. Young children were present at the time of the stabbing.

The two victims were transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and are expected to survive their injuries. Lanesborough Ambulance assisted at the scene. Deluca was taken into custody without incident.

The investigation remains ongoing. Lanesborough Police is the lead agency and encourages anyone with additional information to contact Investigator Nick Penna at 413-443-4107.

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Pittsfield Considers Repairing East Part Cemetery

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
06:57AM / Friday, October 02, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Historical Commission will consider grant opportunities for repairs to East Part Cemetery.

A resident reached out to the city with concerns about degradation in the half-acre burial ground at the top of Williams Street. East Part Cemetery was established in the early 1800s and has about 300 interments.

“It's a nice old cemetery, and basically, (the resident) had had concerns that the stone wall had taken some damage, the gravestones have taken some damage, and was wondering if there's anything that could be done to repair the gravestones and the wall," City Planner Kevin Rayner told the commission on Monday.

In cooperation with cemetery leadership and residents, the Historical Commission will consider applying for Community Preservation Act funds to support repairs. West Part Cemetery, on the other side of Pittsfield, has previously used CPA funds for revitalization work.

The 1080 Williams St. property is owned by the city and managed by the Pittsfield Cemetery Commission. Rayner presented photos of broken and overgrown gravestones, parts of the stone wall collapsing, and knocked-over obelisks.

Some aspects could use general maintenance and restoration, he observed.

According to the Pittsfield Cemetery and Crematory's website, East Part Cemetery was established around 1808 on land owned by Nathan Webb, who permitted and authorized its use as a public burying ground.

In 1842, Nathan Webb's son, also named Nathan Webb, deeded the property to the Methodist Episcopal Society of Pittsfield as a public burying ground, and in 1893 the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Society transferred their control of the cemetery to the Proprietors of the Pittsfield Cemetery. Their action was confirmed by the Berkshire Probate Court.