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Vermont Driver Slams Into Parked Conversion Van
Staff Reports,
07:42PM / Tuesday, October 31, 2017

FLORIDA, Mass. — An errant driver set off a chain reaction when a late model Grand Cherokee knocked a camper van into garage. The report initially came in as a car into a building at 60 Mohawk Trail.   The accident occurred shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday when the westbound Jeep crossed into the eastbound lane and across a lawn to slam into the passenger side of the converted Chevrolet camper van. The collision knocked the back end of the parked van into the outside corner of the garage. It just missed another vehicle parked in the driveway.   The driver of the Jeep did not appear to have significantly slowed or applied the brakes

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Superior Court Briefs: Oct. 24 - Oct. 26
Staff Reports,
11:42AM / Friday, October 27, 2017
  29, of Bronx, N.Y. pleaded guilty to single counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute, and distribution of oxycodone.   He was ordered to serve concurrent two-year sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction. The charges stem from a motor vehicle stop in Pittsfield on February 22, 2016.     34, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of oxycodone, and possession of cocaine in connection with a traffic stop in Pittsfield on August 2, 2017. He also had not guilty

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Superior Court Briefs: Oct. 16 - Oct. 19
Staff Reports,
12:29PM / Friday, October 20, 2017
  53, of North Adams had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of assault with intent to rob and assault and battery on a pregnant victim.   He was released on $1,000 bail. The charges stem from an incident in North Adams on June 9, 2017 and involved a 38-year-old woman.   24, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to a single count of motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of alcohol and operating negligently.   He was ordered to serve three and a half to seven years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. It is recommended that the sentence is served at the Berkshire County House of

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Pittsfield Arraigns Second Suspect in Jones Shooting Death
Staff Reports,
05:04PM / Tuesday, October 17, 2017
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — One of the men suspected in the shootout that killed Asiyanna Jones was arraigned Monday on assault and firearms charges.    Josaiah T. Bynum, 19, had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf for single counts of armed assault with intent to murder, illegal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun, and of discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building.   Bynum is one of three men being investigated for a shootout on Dewey Street on Oct. 2 that led to the death of Jones, 22. Jones was reportedly in a vehicle with another woman when shots rang out near Dewey and Linden streets around 11 p.m.    Jones was struck

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Pittsfield Man Arrested For 2016 Murder
Staff Reports,
01:07PM / Tuesday, October 17, 2017
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city man was arrested Monday night for the alleged murder of James Dominguez III last January.   The District Attorney's office said James Cromartie, 31, of Pittsfield was arrested on a murder warrant Monday night. On Tuesday, Cromartie had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf on a single count of murder in Berkshire Superior Court.   Judge Paul Vrabel ordered that Cromartie is held at the Berkshire County House of Correction without bail. He will return to court on Nov. 15.   Cromartie is accused of shooting Dominguez in the city-owned parking lot on Fenn Street on January 23, 2016. Police responded to 129 Fenn

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