Person threatened to burn house and release dogs in MA

Heard on: Massachusetts State Police Dispatch - Troop B

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Do you send a unit out to the town of New Marlborough? It's going to be possibly (number withheld) Hartsville Mill River Road for a well-being check.

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A gentleman called in 900 and eighty-eight hotline, stated that he is going to burn his house down.

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Lives in the middle of nowhere.

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Has two dogs. Is going to release them so they can run,

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but doesn't expect to hurt anybody but himself, and he would be in the basement.

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We will receive.

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Troopers leaving the barracks now.

00:32

Received. Just advising if you need any assistance.

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1631 to B3.

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B3.

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Going to be unfounded.

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All cruisers 17.

00:48

Received. Thank you, ma'am.

00:54

Copy everyone.

00:57

Copy one.

01:03

Have an S number for the involved party.

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No FID, no registered firearms for the male party.

2026-11-07 07:23 UTC

Medical Emergency

Hartsville Mill River Rd, Great Barrington, MA 01230

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were sent to a home near Hartsville Mill River Road in New Marlborough for a possible welfare check after a man reportedly threatened to burn down his house and harm himself.