Man Wanted In Western Mass Stabbing That Sent 2 To Hospital Caught, Charged

Police in Massachusetts have charged a man in connection with a late-night stabbing that happened earlier this month in Berkshire County and sent a man and woman to the hospital with serious injuries.

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Josh Lanier

12/16/2024 1:02 p.m.

Jacob Frusciente, a 32-year-old Pittsfield man, is charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said on Monday, Dec. 16.

Frusciente is accused of attacking a man and woman at a home on Harvard Street in Pittsfield around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Both were stabbed, with the man suffering the more severe injuries, police said.

Paramedics rushed them to Berkshire Medical Center for treatment, and both are expected to survive, the prosecutor's office said.

A judge ordered Frusciente held on a $50,000 bond pending a mental health evaluation, authorities said.

Pittsfield police are asking anyone with information about this violent attack to contact detectives at 413-448-9705.

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