Superior Court Briefs: October 23 - October 24

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Wednesday, October 23.

 

Daivon Henry, 21, of Bronx, N.Y. had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on three counts of assault and battery and one count of aggravated rape.

 

He was ordered to be held on $30,000 cash or $300,000 surety bail. The incident allegedly occurred in North Adams between April 30, 2013 and May 1, 2013 and involved a 40-year-old woman.

 

Richard Smith, 23, of Bronx, N.Y. had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on three counts of assault and battery and single counts of aggravated assault and battery and aggravate rape.

 

He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $40,000 cash or $400,000 surety bail. The incidents allegedly occurred in North Adams between April 30, 2013 and May 6, 2013 and involved two women, both 40 years old.

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Thursday, October 24.

 

Joseph Pini, 36, of North Adams pleaded guilty to 12 counts of breaking and entering the daytime, 10 counts of larceny over $250, two counts of trespassing, two counts of larceny from a building, two counts of malicious destruction of personal property and single counts of breaking and entering in the daytime, possession of burglarious tools, receiving stolen property and common and notorious thief.

 

He was given a two and a half year suspended sentence at the Berkshire County House of Correction on all charges except the two counts of trespassing. He was given 30 day suspended sentences on those charges. He was also placed on probation and ordered to stay away from Williams College.

 

The charges stem from a  series of break ins in Williamstown and North Adams between February 24, 2012 and March 9, 2012.

 

Donald Mayotte, 48, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of operating under the influence of alcohol - his fifth offense - failure to stop for a stop sign and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

 

He was ordered to serve two and a half to five years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the charge of operating under the influence of alcohol. He was given a concurrent sentence on the suspended license charge and the other charge was placed on file.

 

The charges stem from an incident in Pittsfield on September 11, 2012.