Superior Court Briefs: October 16 - October 18

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Wednesday, October 16.

 

Cynthia Merced, 33, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of distribution of cocaine and conspiracy to violate drug laws.

 

She was ordered to serve concurrent one day sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction. Merced sold cocaine and conspired with others to sell cocaine in Pittsfield on November 30, 2011.

 

Solomon Jones III, 21, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to three counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and single counts of armed robbery and assault and battery.

 

He was ordered to serve concurrent three to four years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the armed robbery and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon charges. He was given concurrent two and a half years at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the assault and battery charge. 

 

The charges stem from the robbery and assault of an 18-year-old man in Pittsfield on May 7, 2012.

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Thursday, October 17.

 

Ernest Harvin, 37, of Bronx, N.Y. had not guilty pleas entered on  his behalf on single counts of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, receiving stolen property over $250, illegal possession of a large capacity weapon or feeding device, illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of a loaded firearm, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, improper storage of a firearm, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to stop for a police officer and operating a motor vehicle without an inspection sticker.

 

He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $500,000 cash or $5 million surety bail. The charges stem from a motor vehicle stop in Williamstown on September 5, 2013.

 

Terrence Ebling Jr., 34, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of operating under the influence of alcohol - his third offense - leaving the scene of a property damage accident and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended licenses - his second offense.

 

He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction without bail. The incident allegedly occurred in Pittsfield on August 28, 2013.

 

Joshua Desnoyers, 22, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault and battery and single counts of armed robbery while masked and resisting arrest.

 

He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $10,000 cash or $100,000 surety bail. Desnoyers is accused of using a pit bull to take a backpack from a 22-year-old man and a 30-year-old man was allegedly assaulted during the robbery. The incident allegedly happened in Pittsfield on September 27, 2013.

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Friday, October 18.

 

Raymond Yetz, 59, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to a single count of failure to register as a sex offender.

 

He was ordered to serve six months at the Berkshire County House of Correction. Yetz failed to register as a sex offender in Pittsfield between December 1, 2012 and January 8, 2013.