Press Release  Boone and Romano enter not guilty pleas on murder charges

PITTSFIELD — Two men from Pittsfield were arraigned this morning in Central Berkshire District Court on murder charges.  28 year old BRUCE D. ROMANO (126 Elizabeth Street) and 22 year old ANTHONY O. BOONE (274 Bradford Street) appeared before Judge Jennifer Tyne.     

ROMANO and BOONE entered not guilty plea on one (1) count each of MURDER.  Judge Tyne ordered that they be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction without the right to bail.  ROMANO and BOONE will be back in Court on November 16, 2018 for a status conference.   

It is alleged they stabbed and beat 34 year old William Catalano on Robbins Avenue in Pittsfield late Monday afternoon.  Catalano was transported to Berkshire Medical Center where he died shortly after 7 p.m.    

Investigators have an arrest warrant for a third suspect they say was also involved in the incident.  They are seeking 20 year old JASON P. SEFTON (23 Lake Street), of Pittsfield, and ask anyone who may have seen him or know of his whereabouts to contact the Pittsfield Police Department Detective Bureau at (413) 448-9705 or send a tip via text message, text PITTIP and your message to 847411 (TIP411).  

The investigation is being conducted by members of the Pittsfield Police Department with assistance from State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office, the State Police Crime Scene Services Section, Forensic Scientists from the Crime Laboratory and the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Department.     

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