Superior Court Briefs: July 8 - July 17

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Monday, July 8.

 

Jamel Nicholson, 24, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to a single count of distribution of cocaine in connection with the sale of cocaine in Pittsfield on November 30, 2011. He also pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to violate drug laws, to wit distribution of cocaine in connection with conspiring with others to sell cocaine on March 20, 2012.

 

He was released on personal recognizance pending sentencing on Monday, July 22.

 

A single count of misleading a police officer was continued without a change of plea for one year. That charge was related to providing misleading information to officers investigating the shooting death of Nikolas Carnute on December 4, 2011.

 

Cheyenne Allessio, 20, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of distribution of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiracy to violate drug laws.

 

She was released on personal recognizance pending sentencing on Monday, July 15. The incidents occurred in Pittsfield between November 17, 2011 and June 15, 2012.

 

Two counts of drug violation in a school zone were dismissed by the state.

 

Amy Ladouceur, 29, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of distribution of oxycodone and conspiracy to violate drug laws.

 

He was placed one two years probation. Ladouceur sold oxycodone and conspired with others to sell the drug in Pittsfield on January 3, 2012.

  

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Tuesday, July 9.

 

Michael Cahalan, 43, of Lee had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on three counts of knowingly possessing visual material of a child depicted in sexual conduct and a single count of dissemination of visual material of a child in a state of nudity.

 

He was released on personal recognizance. The incidents allegedly occurred in Lee between January 13, 2013 and February 11, 2013.

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Wednesday, July 10.

 

Janine Shepard, 48, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of larceny over $250 and making false entries into corporate records.

 

She was ordered to serve two years at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the larceny charge and given a one year sentence, to be served after the first, on the making false entries into corporate records charge. She will serve three years in the Berkshire County House of Correction in total.

 

Shepard took approximately $200,000 while employed at Greylock Federal Credit Union between January 1, 2010 and February 18, 2012.

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Thursday, July 11.

 

Matthew Demastrie, 27, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to a single count of armed robbery. 

 

He was ordered to serve three to five years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. The charge stems from an armed robbery of Angelina's Submarine Shop on Wahconah Street on November 1, 2011.

 

Andrew Saunders, 40, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of conspiracy to violate drug laws, to wit trafficking in oxycodone and trafficking in oxycodone. 

 

He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $35,000 cash or $350,000 surety bail. The charge stem from a motor vehicle stop in Richmond on June 2, 2013.

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Monday, July 15.

 

Eden Lemaire, 23, of North Adams pleaded guilty to single counts of possession of Oxycontin with intent to distribute, conspiracy to violate drug laws, possession of naloxone and buprenoprphione and possession of ecstacy.

 

She was sentenced to serve nine months of a two year sentence at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the possession of Oxycontin with intent to distribute and the conspiracy to violate drug laws charges. She was also placed on one year probation.

 

The charges stem the from the execution of a search warrant at the Willows Motel in Williamstown on April 2, 2010. A single count of conspiracy to violate drug laws was dismissed by the state.

 

Cheyenne Allessio, 20, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of distribution of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiracy to violate drug laws.

 

She was ordered to serve one year at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the possession of cocaine charge and the other charges were continued without a finding for two years.

 

The incidents occurred in Pittsfield between November 17, 2011 and June 15, 2012. Two counts of a drug violation in a school zone were dismissed by the state.

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Tuesday, July 16.

 

Brandy Hebert, 33, of Adams pleaded guilty to seven counts of larceny of a firearm, four counts of conspiracy to wit, breaking and entering a building in the day time, three counts of breaking and entering and single counts of possession of cocaine and possession heroin.

 

She was ordered to serve concurrent nine month sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the breaking and entering, larceny and conspiracy charges. The possession charges were continued without a finding.

 

The charges stem from house breaks in Cheshire between April 13, 2012 and August 31, 2012. Seven counts of illegal possession of a firearm and single counts of breaking and entering and being present where heroin is kept were dismissed by the state.

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Wednesday, July 17.

 

Ryan Yon, 25, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to a single count of armed robbery in connection with a robbery of Angelina's Submarine Shop on Wahconah Street on November 1, 2011. He also pleaded guilty to single counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle, larceny over $250 and conspiracy to commit larceny over $250 in connection with an incident in Pittsfield on July 20, 2011.

 

He was ordered to serve concurrent four to six years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the armed robbery, breaking and entering, larceny and conspiracy charges.

 

One count of possession of heroin was dismissed by the state.

 

Mark Rathbun, 30, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to a single count of armed robbery.

 

He was ordered to serve three and a half to five years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction.

 

Rathbun held up a clerk at Berkshire Pipe and Tobacco on Tyler Street in Pittsfield on May 19, 2013.