GREAT BARRINGTON — At approximately 8:53 a.m. this morning, Great Barrington police officers responded to a fight in progress at the Cumberland Farms on Main Street. While investigating the fight, a party identified as a potential witness was determined to have an active warrant out of the State of Connecticut for a probation violation. While being placed into custody, Mitchell Tyler, 35, of Sheffield, fled from police into the woods behind Cumberland Farms.
GBPD was assisted by officers from Sheffield, Egremont, New Marlborough, Stockbridge, West Stockbridge, and the Massachusetts State Police in establishing a perimeter around the Christian Hill Road/Lake Mansfield Road area. The Sheffield Police K9 unit was deployed and successfully tracked Tyler to a residence on Knob Hill Road where he was found hiding under a shed. Tyler was taken into custody without incident. Tyler will be held without the right to bail overnight at the GBPD and will be arraigned as a fugitive from justice at Southern Berkshire District Court tomorrow, Tuesday, April 20.
