PITTSFIELD - A North Adams woman has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a local woman two years ago.
Dawn Cote, 42, of Liberty Street was arraigned Thursday in Berkshire Superior Court. She had not-guilty pleas entered on her behalf for single counts of manslaughter and of distribution of fentanyl.
Cote allegedly sold fentanyl, a potent painkiller, to 32-year-old Carlen Robinson of North Adams sometime in the three days before Robinson's death on Nov. 11, 2005. Robinson allegedly died from a fentanyl overdose, say prosecutors.
The investigation was conducted by members of the North Adams Police Department and state police detectives assigned to the district attorney's office.
Cote was released on personal recognizance by Judge Daniel Ford.
A Pittsfield man also was arraigned Thursday before Ford.
Lucas S. Marion, 18, of East New Lenox Road, had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two counts of dissemination of visual material of a child in a state of sexual conduct and 23 counts of possesion of visual material of a child depicted in sexual conduct.
Ford released him on personal recognizance.
It is alleged that Marion possessed and distributed child pornography in Pittsfield between May 17, 2005, and July 26, 2007.
The investigation was conducted by state police detectives assigned to the district attorney's office.
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Retired Eye Doctor Killed by Fallen Tree in Lenox
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LENOX, Mass. — A Pittsfield man was apparently killed by a falling tree on Saturday afternoon near Kennedy Park.
Dr. Bruce Evenchik, 78, was found on the trail near the parking area by passing hikers and pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders.
According to Sgt. Michael Smith, police and Lenox Ambulance were dispatched to the Kennedy Park entrance on Aspinwall Road at about 1:20 p.m. when the hikers reported a man down with a tree on him.
The weather on Saturday day was dangerous with many trees down throughout the county as a Nor'easter washed over the region. The police had just cleared from a call where a tree had fallen on a parked car on Sunset Avenue. The vehicle was unoccupied and no injuries were reported at that scene.
Evenchik's identity was initially withheld until family members were notified. He was a retired ophthalmologist who had practiced at the Berkshire Eye Center.
The police were assisted by firefighters, Lenox Ambulance, the Department of Public Works, and the State Police Detective Unit assigned by the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office.
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