Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Tuesday, May 21.

Jennifer Stall, 30, of Chatham, N.Y. pleaded guilty to eight counts of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance, eight counts of making a false health care claim, two counts of attempt to commit a crime and two counts of conspiracy to violate drug laws.

She was laced on three-years probation. Stall conspired with others to obtain prescription drugs and did obtain them through the use of a fraudulent prescription between March 14, 2011 and August 30, 2011.

Walter Gadson Jr., 18, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to three counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and single counts of armed robbery and assault and battery.

He was sentenced to five to six years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon charge. He was given a concurrent sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the assault and battery charge.

Gadson assaulted and robbed and 18-year-old man in Pittsfield on May 7, 2012.

Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Friday, May 24.

Joseph Buttlieri, 46, of Pittsfield was found not guilty by a jury of four counts of rape.

Buttlieri was accused of sexually assaulting a woman who is now 21-years-old in Pittsfield between June 1, 2008 and July 31, 2010.

Flames burst out of the second story of the Lampiasi's Bakery in Pittsfield.

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The well-known Lampiasi's Bakery was engulfed in smoke and flames on Friday afternoon as firefighters battled to save what was left of the building.

The bakery at 53 Kent Ave. was open for business just before 2 p.m. when the fire was reported. Five workers, including two sons of owner Shawn Lampiasi, fled the building and were all accounted for.

Heavy smoke could be seen over North Street from the upper floor of the two-story building, and toward the back, where the bakery's century-old wood-fired ovens are located.

Fire officials do not have a cause but believe the blaze started in a void above the ovens between the first and second floor.

"Initially we did an interior attack, there was fire above the ovens," said Deputy Fire Chief Michael Polidoro. "We were operating the first alarm assignment, they were making no headway into the attack.

"We called the second alarm, which brings firefighters on duty to the scene and got mutual aid to cover the city with Dalton, Lanesborough and Lenox."

An hour into it, the airhorns were sounded and firefighters abruptly pulled from the building as the flames burst through the second-floor windows.

"There were guys who were in the building who unfortunately did not hear the evacuation order from me and one of our universal codes, throughout most fire departments, is to use the airhorns — three short blasts — in order to evacuate the buiding."

The top floor reportedly had office equipment and cleaning supplies but it was not clear they were stored there. The cause of the blaze has not yet been determined.  

The building dates to 1900 and suffered from another fire in the late 1980s. The property is assessed at $107,600.

The flames were beginning to die down later in the afternoon as firefighters mounted an exterior attack. Extra oxygen supplies were brought in.

Kent Avenue was closed and Seymour Street between Madison and Kent. County Ambulance, fire and building inspectors, and Berkshire Gas were at the scene, and many bystanders.

"A defensive attack as it is right now, is trying to maintian the fire at one point," said Polidoro as the crews continued to work at about 4:30. "They seem to be making some headway at this point."

The deputy chief said no one was injured although a couple firefighters experienced heat stress from the initial attack. "They all have recovered."

"The number of renovations in this building hampered our operations," he said. "Because of the different layers we had to get to ... the fire got a good hold."

The building, at the corner of Kent and Seymour, is separated from nearby buildings by parking lots and streets.

Lampiasi has operated the business for 31 years. It serves area restaurants and the public schools with breads and rolls.   The building is insured. The bakery had been previously owned by the late Walter F. Komuniecki Sr., who operated it for some 50 years before he died in 1969.

Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Friday, May 10.

Christopher White, 25, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to five counts of breaking and entering in the daytime, five counts of larceny from a building, and single counts of breaking and entering in the daytime placing a person  in fear, illegal possession of a firearm, larceny of a firearm, vandalize property, larceny over $250 and common and notorious thief.

He was released on personal recognizance pending sentencing on Friday, May 17. On Friday, White was sentenced to 18 months at the Berkshire County House of Correction on all charges except common and notorious. He was placed on probation on that charge.

White broke into houses in Hancock, Hinsdale, Richmond, Dalton and Washington between September 7, 2011 and January 30, 2012. Two counts of malicious destruction of personal property over $250 and single counts of breaking and entering in the daytime, vandalize property and larceny in a building were dismissed by the state.

Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Monday, May 13.

John Meyette, 31, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of larceny over $250 and conspiracy to commit larceny over $250.

He was sentenced to serve 32 days at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the larceny charge and placed on one year probation on the conspiracy charge.

The charges stem from an incident in Pittsfield on July 20, 2011. A single count of breaking and entering a motor vehicle in the nighttime with the intent to commit a felony was dismissed by the state.

Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Tuesday, May 14.

Yarmi Lamart Cofield Sr., 39, of Springfield pleaded guilty to single counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute - his second offense, illegal ownership of a firearm, improper storage of a firearm, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

He was sentenced to concurrent four to five years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the possession of cocaine and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony charges. He was given concurrent sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the others.

The charge stems from the execution of a search warrant on Linden Street on September 19, 2012.

Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Wednesday, May 15.

Francis Daniel Mensah, 48, of Pittsfield was found guilty by a jury on single counts of aggravated assault and battery, assault and battery and violation of an abuse prevention order.

He was sentenced to serve one year of a two year sentenced at the Berkshire County House of Correction and place on two years probation.

The incidents occurred in Pittsfield and involved a 28-year-old woman between October 1, 2011 and December 22, 2011.

Prior to the start of the trial, Kinder ordered not guilty findings on single counts of assault and batter and reckless endangerment of a child in connection with charges involving an 8-year-old girl.

Mensah was found not guilty on single counts of rape and intimidation of a witness.

Cases heard before Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder on Wednesday, May 8.

A propane tank exploded inside the shed sparking the fire.