Superior Court Briefs: October 9

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Wednesday, October 9.

 

Nathaniel Buckholz, 23, of Brooklyn, N.Y. pleaded guilty to a single count of assault and battery.

 

He was placed on one year probation. Buckholz assaulted a 21-year-old man in Williamstown on November 14, 2010.

 

Berthony Jean Baptiste, 21, of Boston had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, armed assault with intent to rob and larceny over $250.

 

He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $50,000 cash or $500,000 surety bail. Baptiste allegedly attempted to rob a Taxi driver near Brayton Hill Terrace in North Adams on September 9, 2013.

 

Miles Arnspiger, 24, of Pittsfield admitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding on single counts of burning a building and making a bomb threat causing public alarm.

 

The case was continued without a finding for five years on the condition that Arnspiger performs 100 hours of community service work and write letters of apology to Canyon Ranch and members of the Lenox Fire Department.

 

Arnspiger made a bomb threat and set fire to an outbuilding at Canyon Ranch while working there on May 19, 2012 and August 9, 2012.