Adams Man Pleads Not Guilty in Killing of NY Woman

The Berkshire Eagle  reports an Adams man faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after his arraignment Tuesday in the August shooting death of a New York woman.

Tyler Sumner, 25, appeared in Berkshire Superior Court before Judge John Agostini and entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of murder. He is accused of fatally shooting Stephanie Olivieri, 32, of Yonkers, N.Y.

Sumner,also entered not guilty pleas to two counts of committing a firearms violation with three previous violent or drug crime convictions, and one count each of armed assault with intent to murder and carrying a loaded firearm without a license.

He was ordered held without the right to bail.