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Superior Court Briefs: May 21 - May 23
Staff Reports,
04:17PM / Friday, May 25, 2012
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, 30, of North Adams pleaded guilty to a single count of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.

Pryce was ordered to serve two and a half years at the Berkshire County House of Correction. Pryce assaulted 26-year-old Jahda Martin in Pittsfield on March 6, 2010.

Single counts of murder and intimidation of a witness were dismissed by the state.



, 38, of Adams pleaded guilty to single counts of rape and indecent assault and battery.

Greer was sentenced to one year to one year and one day at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the rape charge. He was placed on one year probation on the other charge.

The incident occurred in Adams

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Crash In Adams Breaks Pole, Sends 2 To Hospital
Staff Reports,
06:15PM / Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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ADAMS, Mass. — A pickup truck that tangled with a utility pole sent two people to the hospital early  Tuesday evening.

A gray 2011 Dodge Dakota Big Horn with Connecticut plates collided with a pole along the northbound lane of Howland Avenue, just across from Ronnie's Cycle Shop, cracking the pole near its base and smashing in the truck's front end. Parts of the truck's front bumper were scattered 20 to 30 feet north of the impact.

The driver, Amitpal Kharbanda, 28, of Summer Street, and her passenger, Donald Harding, 29, were taken to North Adams Regional Hospital. Police said the truck was a rental.

The

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Superior Court Briefs: May 15 - May 17
Staff Reports,
04:05PM / Monday, May 21, 2012
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, 31, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on her behalf on single counts of trafficking in cocaine, conspiracy to violate drug laws and operating a vehicle with a suspended license.

She was released on $1,000 bail. The charges stem from a motor vehicle stop in Lenoxdale on April 3.
 
, 28, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on her behalf on single counts of trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to violate drug laws.

She was released on $2,500 cash or $25,000 surety bail. The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant at her home on April 19.



, 23, of  Pittsfield was found guilty by a jury of a single count of rape in connection with

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Mass Disturbance Follows Pittsfield Street Fair
By Joe Durwin,
11:19PM / Thursday, May 17, 2012
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Melee broke out on Melville Street immediately following the conclusion of the first 3rd Thursday street fair of the season, resulting in extensive crowd control measures and multiple arrests.

According to the Police Department, the incident initially stemmed from a fight between two young women on the small side street just off North Street, then spiraled into chaos when two officers responding on the scene became surrounded by a large crowd of youths.

Capt. David Granger estimated that a crowd of more than 100 people, mostly teenagers, converged around the initial

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Ex-School Counselor Pleads Not-Guilty To Rape Charges
Staff Reports,
03:30PM / Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A former elementary school counselor had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf in Berkshire Superior Court on multiple charges of child sexual assault.

Scott M. Muir, 36, of Church Street, Stockbridge, was arraigned before Judge Daniel Ford on Tuesday afternoon. He was arraigned in Southern Berkshire District Court last month.

Muir is alleged to have assaulted three different children between 2003 and 2005 while working as a student center support coordinator at the former Stockbridge Plain School. The allegations relate to three girls under the age of 14 at the time, including two who lodged complaints about Muir in 2004.

Muir had not-guilty pleas

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