Those Charged In Recent Pittsfield Shootings Are Detained
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — All individuals Pittsfield Police charged in four shootings between February and April have been detained and each defendant is currently in custody.
On Friday, the court found that Keyondre Taft possessed a danger to the community and that he be detained pre-trial. He is one of six people police arrested and charged in shootings between February and April.
Taft and two others are currently detained pre-trial without the right to bail on charges related to the April 26 shooting on Brierwood Lane.
Michael Rose remains in custody without the right to bail in the Feb. 1 homicide of Jeric Black.
Terrell Ortiz remains in custody without the right to bail on a charge of assault and battery with a firearm related to the March 3 shooting on West Street.
Laquan Johnson is in custody without the right to bail in the April 4 homicide of Stephan Curley.
The police never charged Johnson as the shooter in the previous Glenwood Avenue drive-by shooting but did charge him with illegal possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property as the passenger in a vehicle. Johnson was convicted of both charges, and the District Attorney's Office requested a jail sentence of at least one year. Defense counsel requested probation. The court imposed a two-year sentence but suspended it and placed Johnson on probation.
Additionally, David Moody received a guilty conviction in the Glenwood Avenue case. He is currently serving 2 1/2 years in state prison for that crime.
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