PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dasean Smith, 24, of Pittsfield, the third of three defendants charged in the 2019 homicide of 18-year-old Jaden Salois to face trial, pled guilty to single counts of manslaughter, possession of a firearm without an FID card, possession of ammunition without an FID card, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony on Monday. 

 

Judge Jane Mulqueen imposed a 15 to 18 years state prison sentence.

 

The Berkshire District Attorney's Office previously obtained first-degree homicide convictions for brothers Omar Pascual-Polanco, 26, and Carlos Pascual-Polanco, 22, both of Pittsfield, in the Edward Avenue shooting. Judge Douglas Wilkins sentenced both to serve life sentences without parole.

 

The three jointly operated a marijuana distribution operation through a fake social media account, which they used to lure Salois, of Dalton, from an Edward Avenue home in Pittsfield and then shot him in the back at approximately 2 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2019.

 

Prosecutors called more than 30 witnesses during the two-week Pascual-Polanco trial and prepared to do the same in the Smith trial, which the court had scheduled to start on Monday.