07:40PM / Monday, January 20, 2020
ADAMS, Mass. — A North Adams man was arrested over the weekend for the armed robbery of the Mobil Gas Station on Dec. 26, 2019. Detective Michael Wandrei worked alongside members of the Berkshire County Law Enforcement Task Force, and patrol officers of the Adams Police Department to secure an arrest warrant for the man on the charge of armed robbery. He was arrested by members of the State Police in Springfield and will be held pending arraignment in Northern Berkshire District Court. The Howland Avenue convenience store was robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes by an individual who entered at 12:15 a.m. and threatened
By Jeff Snoonian,
07:28PM / Tuesday, December 31, 2019
ADAMS, Mass. — A possible hostage situation that lasted more than three hours ended around 7 p.m. on Tuesday with one person in custody. According to a statement by the Adams Police Department, the report of a possible domestic violence/hostage situation on Notch Road was called in about 3:30 p.m. The Adams Police Department activated the Berkshire County Special Response Team, and called for additional assistance from the state police and the North Adams Police Department. Police say they had started receiving Facebook messages from a man stating that there was a threat of a firearm in the home and that he was unable to
07:22PM / Monday, December 30, 2019
ADAMS, Mass. — Adams Police had a busy few days that included pursuing a man who ran from a traffic stop and arresting a teenager who drove a truck into a house. The first arrest was made Friday morning just before 1 when an officer attempted to stop a silver Mercedes on Columbia Street after running its Connecticut plates. The plates came back as suspended/revoked, according a press release from the Police Department, and the registered owner of the motor vehicle had had the right to operate suspended. The Mercedes did not stop and took off quickly down Burt Street and through the intersection at Friend Street, where the
07:01PM / Thursday, December 26, 2019
ADAMS, Mass. — Police are hoping the public can help identify the "grinch" who robbed a Howland Avenue gas station at knifepoint early Thursday morning. Patrol officers assigned to the midnight shift responded to the Mobil Gas Station at approximately 12:15 a.m. Thursday for what was reported as a masked individual who had brandished a large knife and demanded cash and cigarettes from the store clerk. The person fled on foot prior to police arrival with an undisclosed small amount of U.S. currency and a pack of cigarettes. Surveillance photos provided by the convenience store show a person in jeans, sneakers and an
Adams Firefighters Respond to Apartment Blaze
10:37AM / Sunday, December 15, 2019
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