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Superior Court Briefs: Sept. 1 - Sept. 4

Staff Reports
Cases heard before Judge Daniel Ford on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
 
Elwin Bruno, 47, of Pittsfield had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two counts of assault and battery on a public employee, and single counts of resisting arrest, and possession of heroin with intent to distribute - his second offense.
 
He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $5,000 cash or $50,000 surety bail. The charge stem from a motor vehicle stop in Pittsfield on June 8, 2015.
 
Michael Rahilly, 28, of Hinsdale had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of armed robbery, carrying a dangerous weapon, and possession of heroin.
 
Rahilly is accused of holing up an employee of the Subway on South Street on August 9, 2015. He also had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf on a single count of larceny over $250 in connection with a theft of a television from Walmart on July 26.
 
He was ordered to be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $2,000 bail.
 
Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Friday, Sept. 4.
 
Jerrod Kendig, 35, of Dalton had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf on a single count of larceny over $250 in connection with a theft at Walmart in North Adams on April 12, 2015.
 
He was released on $500 bail.
     

North Adams Motorcycle Accidents Injures Two

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Clarksburg man and a Pittsfield woman were transported to the hospital after sideswiping a parked car with a motorcycle early Thursday morning.

William Valotta, 25, of Clarksburg was traveling east on East Main Street with passenger Nikki Shaw of Pittsfield when they collided with the parked car at about 12:45 a.m., according to North Adams Police.

Police reported that Valotta was found pinned under the motorcycle and Shaw was located a few feet away.

Both were transported by North Adams Ambulance Service to the hospital.

     

Three-Car Accident Closes Mohawk Trail

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FLORIDA, Mass. — A three-vehicle accident involving a state police cruiser closed Route 2 for nearly two hours on Thursday morning. No one was seriously injured.

The accident occurred at about 7:18 a.m. on the Mohawk Trail near the Savoy line, according to David Procopio, state police director of media communications, when an eastbound dump truck crossed the center line and hit a westbound 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup towing a Bobcat on a trailer.

"A trooper from the Shelburne Falls barracks was behind the trailer with the Bobcat," said Procopio. It was not clear at this time whether the cruiser collided with the trailer or was struck by one of the trucks.

He said the preliminary investigation is pointing to a possible stuck accelerator on the 2014 Ford dump truck; the driver was trying to unstick it when he lost control and veered over the center line.

Procopio said it was not clear at this time whether the cruiser collided with the trailer or one of the trucks.

The trooper was taken to Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield with minor injuries. He is reportedly conscious and alert.

The driver of the dump truck, a 23-year-old man from Turners Falls also incurred minor injuries and was take to the North Adams campus of Berkshire Medical Center. The driver of the pickup, a 40-year-old man from Erving was not injured.

The highway was reopened by 9:30 a.m.

     
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