Three Arrested In Adams, Pittsfield Drug Seizure

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After an investigation, Police arrested three believed to be involved in a county-wide drug distribution operation.
 
On Friday, Feb. 10, members of the North Adams Police Department, Adams Police Department, Pittsfield Police Department, Berkshire Sheriff's Office, Berkshire County Drug Task Force, and Berkshire County Special Response Team simultaneously executed search warrants on two residences located at 11 Quaker St., Apt 2  in Adams, and 74 Linden St. Apt 4 in Pittsfield 
 
As a result of the investigation, three individuals were arrested and two illegally possessed firearms were seized, one of which was a customized fully automatic handgun with a high-capacity magazine. 
 
In addition, the investigators seized the following: 5,150 bags of heroin, 67.5 grams of cocaine/crack cocaine, $3993 in cash, 36 rounds of ammunition, and the two firearms. 
 
Arrested during the executions of the warrant on a motor vehicle stop in Pittsfield were Kristen Vazquez of 11 Quaker St., Adams, Trevon Thompson of 74 Linden St., and Carlos Alberto Cruz-Lopez listing an address of 11 Quaker St., Adams.
 
They will be arraigned in Pittsfield District Court (1st Assistant Marianne Shelvey will represent the Commonwealth) and North Adams District Court (2nd Assistant Kelly Kemp will represent the Commonwealth) on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.

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North Adams Regional Reopens With Ribbon-Cutting Celebration

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz welcomes the gathering to the celebration of the hospital's reopening 10 years to the day it closed. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The joyful celebration on Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital was a far cry from the scene 10 years ago when protests and tears marked the facility's closing
 
Hospital officials, local leaders, medical staff, residents and elected officials gathered under a tent on the campus to mark the efforts over the past decade to restore NARH and cut the ribbon officially reopening the 136-year-old medical center. 
 
"This hospital under previous ownership closed its doors. It was a day that was full of tears, anger and fear in the Northern Berkshire community about where and how residents would be able to receive what should be a fundamental right for everyone — access to health care," said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems. 
 
"Today the historic opportunity to enhance the health and wellness of Northern Berkshire community is here. And we've been waiting for this moment for 10 years. It is the key to keeping in line with our strategic plan which is to increase access and support coordinated county wide system of care." 
 
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, under the BHS umbrella, purchased the campus and affiliated systems when Northern Berkshire Healthcare declared bankruptcy and closed on March 28, 2014. NBH had been beset by falling admissions, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and investments that had gone sour leaving it more than $30 million in debt. 
 
BMC was able to reopen the ER as an emergency satellite facility and slowly restored and enhanced medical services including outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, pharmacy and physician services. 
 
But it would take a slight tweak in the U.S. Health and Human Services' regulations — thank to U.S. Rep. Richie Neal — to bring back inpatient beds and resurrect North Adams Regional Hospital 
 
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