North Adams Police Make Drug, Gun Related Arrests

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. During the month of March, the North Adams Police Department executed two search warrants within the city for narcotics, with an estimated value of $86,980, and firearm-related offenses. 
 
The North Adams Police Department took to Facebook Thursday to announce the following arrests.
 
As a result of these investigations, these individuals were arrested:
  • John Bump
  • Nicholas Melendez
  • Troy Dupras Ref
  • Stephanie Rufo
Investigators also seized the following narcotics, weapons, and cash: 
  • Approximately 10,500 bags of heroin
  • Approximately 92.9 grams of cocaine
  • 2 illegal possessed handguns
  • $22,912.00 of US Currency
Members from the Berkshire County Drug Task Force, Berkshire County Sheriff's Department, Pittsfield Police, Adams Police, and the Massachusetts State Police assisted in the operation. In addition, the Berkshire County Special response team helped serve these warrants.
 
On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, investigators from the North Adams Police Department arrested Keith Larrabee for three outstanding arrest warrants, one of which stemmed from a shooting that occurred in North Adams on Feb. 19, 2022. 
 
On Thursday, March 31, 2022, members of the North Adams Police Department conducted a motor vehicle stop on State Road resulting in the arrest of Matthew Ross and Daniel Wilson-Scott and the seizure of illegal narcotics and handguns. 
  • Approximately 419 bags of heroin
  • Approximately 33 grams of crack cocaine
  • 2 illegal possessed handguns
  • $2,262.00  of US Currency
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North Adams Man Guilty of Murder

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A North Adams man was convicted Friday of murdering his wife, Charli Gould Cook, in 2019. 
 
A Berkshire Superior Court jury found Michael Cook Sr., 47, guilty of murder in the second degree, assault and armed assault with intent to murder, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and assault and battery on a family or household member.
 
Cook had broken into the Chase Avenue home of his estranged wife on July 11, 2019. The 41-year-old woman was in her bed when Cook hit on the back side of her head with a hammer. The assault resulted in significant injury to her skull causing traumatic brain injury. Emergency personnel found her unresponsive when called to the home approximately 1 a.m. that morning.
 
She passed away approximately five months after the assault at Baystate Medical Center. The medical examiner ruled her cause of death as a direct result of the brain injury from the July 11th assault. Cook was arrested on assault charges and indicted in 2020 of murder. He had been detained without the right to bail since that time after being determined a danger to the community.  
 
Charli Cook was a native of North Adams who attended McCann Technical School and had worked as a certified nursing assistant.
 
Sentencing will take place on Thursday, Oct. 10, at Berkshire Superior Court. 
 
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