(Updated) Toddler Drowned In River As Dad Ran Away From Western Mass Car Crash: Police
THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE NEW CHARGES
A preliminary police investigation suggests that a 2-year-old boy who died on Saturday, April 8, drowned after his father lost him while trying to run away from a car crash in Berkshire County, officials said.
Darel A. Galorenzo, age 35, of Readsboro, Vermont, is charged with manslaughter, reckless endangerment of a child, driving under the influence, and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, Massachusetts State Police said. He is being held on a $100,000 bond.
Galorenzo is alleged to have crashed his 2015 Subaru Cro…
Brothers From Western Mass Convicted In Luring, Shooting Death Of 18-Year-Old
Two brothers have been convicted in the luring and shooting death of an 18-year-old man from the region.
After more than two weeks of trial in Western Massachusetts, a jury in Berkshire County found Omar Pascual-Polanco, age 26, and Carlos Pascual-Polanco, age 22, both of Pittsfield, guilty of first-degree murder Thursday, Sept. 22, in the death of Jaden Salois.
The brothers were running a marijuana distribution operation through a fake social media account when they used it to lure Salois, of Dalton, from a home in Pittsfield early on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, the Berkshire DA’s Office said. …