This past Monday, January 10, in Springfield District Court, a Pittsfield man was sentenced to 11 years in prison on several firearm and drug convictions.
In what was initially a traffic stop for a forged registration plate, Massachusetts State Police ended up arresting three people on more serious charges.
According to the Berkshire DA's Office, a state prison sentence has finally been secured for the perpetrator of a sexual assault that took place in 2003.
Mass State Police, Homeland Security, and a host of local Mass police departments took down a major drug ring in western Mass on Monday. Search warrants were executed at six different locations in Springfield and Holyoke and lead to 5 arrests and the confiscation of 94,274 bags of heroin, $120,000 in cash and three firearms...