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Ex-Olympian To Plead Guilty To Molesting Boys At Western Mass Summer Camp: DA Ex-Olympian To Plead Guilty To Molesting Boys At Western Mass Summer Camp: DA
Ex-Olympian To Plead Guilty To Molesting Boys At Western Mass Summer Camp: DA A 72-year-old former Olympic hurdler will plead guilty to molesting multiple boys while serving as a Massachusetts summer camp counselor and coach in the 1970s.  Conrad Avondale Mainwaring is expected to enter a guilty plea on Feb. 8 to charges of indecent assault and battery on boys 14 or younger, the Berkshire County District Attorney said. He was facing 12 counts, but it is unclear how many he will admit to.  Related: Former Olympian Facing New Charges For Assault On Child In Western Mass Mainwaring worked as a camp counselor at Camp Greylock for Boys, which taught sports…

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by Josh Lanier
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Former Olympian Facing New Charges For Assault On Child In Western Mass, DA Says Former Olympian Facing New Charges For Assault On Child In Western Mass, DA Says
Former Olympian Facing New Charges For Assault On Child In Western Mass, DA Says A former Olympian in track and field being held in Western Massachusetts on 12 counts of indecent assault and battery on a child, has been indicted with four additional charges. The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office has secured four additional indictments against 69-year-old Conrad Mainwaring after investigators identified two additional victims in connection with complaints that the abuse took place at a camp for boys in Western Massachusetts. The court is currently detaining Mainwaring at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $200,000 bail on 12 counts associated with the ab…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Cause Of Fire ID'd At Internationally Famous Western Mass Dance Co. Jacob's Pillow Cause Of Fire ID'd At Internationally Famous Western Mass Dance Co. Jacob's Pillow
Cause Of Fire ID'd At Internationally Famous Western Mass Dance Co. Jacob's Pillow Fire-fighting officials have closed the case on the cause of a fire that ripped through a local, internationally-recognized dance performance space in November. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey along with Becket’s fire and police chiefs, said that the cause of the fire at Jacob’s Pillow is “officially undetermined.” Still, firefighters explained their strong suspicions about how the fire began as well as how better fire-safety measures at Jacob’s Pillow could have reduced the damage. The 6:50 a.m. fire that broke out on Nov. 17, 2020, started i…

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by Kristin Palpini