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Pittsfield Man Pleads Guilty To 2015 Murder
Thomas Lee Newman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city man pleaded guilty to a murder charge Wednesday morning, related to the shooting of an 18-year-old man on Tyler Street two years ago.
Thomas Lee Newman, 20, pleaded guilty in Berkshire Superior Court on single counts of second-degree murder, armed assault with intent to murder, and illegal possession of a firearm.
Judge John Agostini ordered Newman to serve a life sentence at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the murder charge.
He was given concurrent five to seven years on the armed assault with intent to murder and concurrent two and a half to five years on the firearm charge.
Newman will be eligible for parole after 18 years.
Newman shot and killed Keenan Pellot Jr. and wounded another man on July 31, 2015. The shooting occurred mid-day in front of Chewy's Barber Shop and led to a multi-day search for Newman.
A few days later, Newman was arrested by Utica Police and federal officials. Police there had heard reports of a man matching Newman's description and ultimately officers tracked him down.
