New York Man Charged With Enticing a Child

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A 62-year-old New York State man was arraigned Friday for enticement of a child. 
 
David Stypa was arrested on Thursday and charged with enticement of a child younger than 16; two counts of disseminating obscene matter to a minor; and attempt to commit a crime. 
 
Stypa was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court in front of Judge Jennifer Tyne, who ordered he be held on $100,000 cash bail.
 
The defendent was arrested following an investigation into his online communications with a minor and is alleged to have been in communication with the child over online platforms. When Stypa was arrested, he was allegedly in route to meet the minor in Pittsfield.
 
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Bus Organized to People's March

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — State Reps. Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Leigh Davis, state Sen. Paul Mark, and the Rural Freedom Network are organizing a motorcoach bus from the Berkshires to Washington, D.C., for the 2025 People's March.
 
Rural Freedom Network is a federally registered political action committee and as a grassroots media organization it supports Democratic candidates and issues such as civil rights.
 
The People's March is a rebranding of the Women's March that first occurred in 2017 and broadened to include such rights to free speech, health care and economics.
 
The bus departs on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 a.m. from the parking lot of The Center at Lenox (Price Chopper) on Route
7/20 and returns around 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan.19.
 
Bus tickets are purchased through a $75 per ticket donation to the Rural Freedom Network. Reserve a seat and purchase a ticket here. For more information, contact Mirabai Dyson at mirabai.dyson@mahouse.gov.
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