- Berkshire District Attorney's Office
Media Contact for Stumbaugh charged with setting a fire that injured a first responder
Frederick A. Lantz
Pittsfield — A Canaan, Connecticut man was arranged this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on several charges. 26 year old ANTHONY J. STUMBAUGH, JR. appeared before Judge John Agostini.
STUMBAUGH had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on one (1) count of INJURING A FIREFIGHTER IN THE LINE OF DUTY and one (1) count of BURNING WOOD. Judge Agostini ordered that he be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction without the right to bail.
It is alleged that STUMBAUGH set a brush fire at Bartholomew’s Cobble, in Sheffield, on October 20, 2016. It is also alleged that a North Canaan, Connecticut firefighter was injured while helping put out the blaze.
The investigation was conducted by members of the Sheffield Police Department and state troopers assigned to the Office of the Fire Marshal.
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