Woman Kidnapped And Robbed From Pittsfield Shopping Center

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - A woman was abducted from the Coltsville Shopping District and robbed early Wednesday morning. 

 

Police say at about 7:30 a.m. the 52-year-old victim was kidnapped by two men and transported to Springside Park, where she was robbed and then released unharmed. On Thursday, Police arrested 36-year-old Joseph Loftus for the crime but the other man remains on the loose.

 

Loftus will now face kidnapping, masked armed robbery, and larceny over $250 charged in Central Berkshire District Court. He'll be arraigned on Friday. 

 

Police are still looking for any information about the incident and are asking anyone who has any or may have witnessed it to contact the detective bureau at 448-9708, or anonymously through the drug tips hotline at 413-448-9708 or texting PITTIP and the message to 857411.