The Berkshire District Attorney's Office encourages residents to learn the signs of an overdose and act immediately -- call 911, administer naloxone, perform rescue breathing.
“When I took office in January, my first priority was to seek justice for victims by aggressively prosecuting violent crime. This is what being tough on crime should look like.”
-- Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington
“We are working to address both the supply side and the demand side of the drug problem here in Berkshire County.”
--- District Attorney Andrea Harrington
“This retrial demonstrates our office’s commitment to aggressively prosecuting sex crimes… Victims of sexual assault in Berkshire County deserve justice.”
-- District Attorney Andrea Harrington
In Berkshire County, poverty, the lack of transportation, rural isolation and other factors contribute to high rates of domestic and sexual violence.
-- Elizabeth Freeman Center Executive Director Janis Broderick
Authorities believe Luke Karpinski, 41, murdered his wife, Justine Wilbur, also 41, and their three children before setting their house on Home Road on fire and taking his own life.
A primary search revealed the presence of one individual who was dead. A secondary search revealed four additional individuals who were dead. Neither the names of the victims nor the causes of death were available for release on Wednesday, District Attorney Harrington said.
Harrington has challenged the constitutionality of cash bail by joining with more than 80 present and former prosecutors in a suit brought before the U.S. Court of Appeals.
