Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

 

Valerie Soules, 63, of Pittsfield, pleaded guilty to a single count of sexual relations with inmates.

 

She was placed on three-years probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. Soules engaged in a sexual relationship with an inmate while employed at the Berkshire County House of Correction.

 

The incident occurred between October 1, 2014 and September 17, 2015. 

 

Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Thursday, Jan. 19.

 

Tonia O'Brien, 19, of Hinsdale, pleaded guilty to single counts of assault and battery upon a child with substantial bodily injury, reckless endangerment of a child, misleading a police officer, and assault and battery.

 

She was ordered to serve eight to 12 years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Framingham on the assault and battery upon a child charge. She was given concurrent eight to ten years on the misleading a police officer charge. And she was given current time at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the other charges.

 

O'Brien assaulted a two and a half-month-old baby on December 31, 2015 and assaulted a 57-year-old woman between December 14, 2015 and December 15, 2015 in Hinsdale.