PITTSFIELD â Due to a documented lapse with alcohol, the man accused in a notorious Dalton blaze was ordered held in custody for up to 90 days, while awaiting trial on charges he torched a massive homemade Biden-Harris endorsement last fall.
In remanding Lonnie Durfee back to pretrial custody for violating pretrial release terms, Judge Paul Smyth ruled that no conditions of release exist to ensure the safety of the public from Durfee, given what he described as Durfeeâs history of violent behavior while intoxicated.
Prosecutors said a monitoring device showed that Durfee consumed alcohol twice in recent months.
Defense lawyer Robert Sullivan had argued that severe alcohol use disorder was difficult to overcome, and that Durfee â who is working with a counselor at the Brien Center to try to stay sober â should be permitted to continue wearing a monitoring device and to obey a curfew, which would allow him to keep his job as a laborer for a stone company.
PITTSFIELD â The man authorities accuse of firing gunshots in the city last week has been ordered held without the right to bail before trial following a dangerousness hearing earlier this week.
Chad Hooks, 32, of Pittsfield faces unlicensed gun and narcotics trafficking charges in connection with the Dec. 22 shooting in the area of Daniels and Madison avenues. No injuries were reported in the incident.
Hooks appeared in Central Berkshire District Court on Tuesday remotely via videoconference. On top of the five criminal charges brought against Hooks following the shooting, authorities have issued a pair of new charges against him, on which Hooks was arraigned Tuesday.
PITTSFIELD â Kind, patient, generous, thoughtful, helpful. All of those words sum up the impact Robert L. A. âBobâ Cote had on Berkshire County, where he probably helped more people than he ever knew.
Cote, who died Dec. 14 at age 87 from a long-term illness, was a well-known local figure in the struggle against addiction and substance abuse. He helped establish the Thomas McGee Substance Abuse Unit at Hillcrest Hospital in Pittsfield, where he served as the clinical director for 18 years, then spent an additional 16 years as a senior clinician at the Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
He also created the Addiction Counselor Education Program at Westfield State University (then Westfield State College) and served as the director for 25 years (an extension of that program was later brought to Berkshire Community College). A participant in Alcoholics Anonymous for 46 years, according to his obituary, Coteâs work in addiction services cont
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Pittsfield Police Arrest Crack Trafficker
Yesterday(12/15), Pittsfield Police arrested a Bronx, NY man on several charges including cocaine trafficking. Here s the Official Press Release from the Pittsfield Police Department:
Yesterday at approximately 11:00 AM, after a brief vehicle pursuit, foot pursuit, and K9 track, Pittsfield Police Patrol Officers effected the arrest of Lado Middlebrooks, age 40, of Bronx, NY.
Charges filed by Pittsfield Police include:
1. Fail to Stop for Police
2. Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle
3. Operating After Suspended License
4. Leaving the Scene of Property Damage Accident
5. Trafficking Class B Crack Cocaine, 36-100 grams
6. Carrying a Dangerous Weapon (Knife)
Middlebrooks will be arraigned on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in Central Berkshire District Court.