Cases heard before Judge Daniel Ford on Tuesday, January 21.
John Poole, 52, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to five counts of knowingly possessing visual material of a child depicted in sexual conduct.
He was ordered to serve concurrent four to five years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on four counts and give two to three years on the other - serving a total of six to eight years.
Poole possessed child pornography in Pittsfield on December 19, 2012.
Katie Lynn Denise Powers, 27, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to violate drug laws, to wit: possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
She was placed on one-year probation. Powers conspired with others to sell cocaine between December 22, 2009 and March 3, 2010.
Single counts of trafficking in cocaine and possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute were dismissed by the state.
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