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Police investigating alleged assault on Simon’s Rock Campus

Campus Safety received a call shortly after 2 p.m. Friday (September 27) for a report that a student had been assaulted in a wooded area on campus

Great Barrington — Police are investigating an alleged assault on the Bard College at Simon’s Rock campus Friday afternoon.

Campus Safety received a call shortly after 2 p.m. Friday (September 27) for a report that a student had been assaulted in a wooded area on campus. The victim was taken by ambulance to Berkshire Medical Center, treated for minor injuries and released.

The incident is being investigated by Great Barrington Police, Simon’s Rock Campus Safety, the Berkshire State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, the Massachusetts State Police Crime Scene Services Section, and forensic scientists assigned to the State Police Crime Lab.

The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time.

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