A grand jury has indicted 20-year-old Lucius Copeland, moving the rape case against the first defendant arrested by the District Attorney s flagship Violent Crime Task Force to Berkshire Superior Court.
An attorney conflict led a judge to delay a hearing to weigh whether 20-year-old Lucius Copeland, who is accused of allegedly raping two juveniles, will remain free before trial.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire District Attorney's Office's Violent Crime Task Force, a section launched in September, made its first arrest of Pittsfield man for multiple counts.
The Berkshire District Attorney's Office's newly created Violent Crime Task Force established probable cause to arrest Copeland on two counts of aggravated rape and a single count of rape of a child.