PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A North Adams man accused of hitting a woman with a baseball bat was arraigned Monday afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on several charges.
Patrick E. Wright Jr., 28, also known as Kevin Dudley, Tajay Brown and Davone Dudley, had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and armed assault with intent to murder, and three counts of intimidation of a witness.
Wright, of Isbell Street, has been held on $100,000 bail since being arraigned last month in Northern Berkshire District Court.
He allegedly hit Erika Rock, 27, on the head with an aluminum bat at a Greylock Avenue home on May 15. It is also alleged that he intimidated witnesses connected to the investigation on May 15 and June 24. The assault was first reported as happening on May 16.
Rock was was transported to North Adams Regional Hospital then transferred to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where she had surgery on her head wound.
Judge John J. Agostini ordered that Wright be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $250,000 bail on the condition he have no contact with the alleged victim or any witnesses in this case.
The investigation was conducted by members of the North Adams Police Department.
