Pittsfield Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Gun Charges and OUI

Staff Reports 08:00AM / Friday, April 07, 2023Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 4 Michael Rahilly, 35 of Pittsfield, pleaded guilty on a District Attorney complaint.

Rahilly was charged with OUI Drugs; Possession With Intent to Distribute – Class A; Possession of Large Capacity firearm, Possession of Class B.; and Possession of a Firearm in Felony.

Judge Flannery sentenced Rahilly to 2.5 to 3 years prison on illegal possession of a firearm and a large capacity feeding device. Additionally, he will be on probation for 2 years on and after on 3 drug charges and OUI drugs with conditions that he step down to a residential substance abuse treatment program when released then to counseling.

He will also have to be drug and alcohol free with screens and possesses no weapons during his probation period.

According to a statement from the District Attorney, on Nov. 17, 2022, Rahilly was located unconscious in his car in the intersection of Green River Road and New Ashford Road in Williamstown. He was awoken by Officer Shuan William who noted multiple indicators of opioid-related impairment. Officer William's removed Rahilly from the vehicle. Rahilly immediately returned to the vehicle. Officer William moved to the side of the vehicle and saw a handgun protruding from underneath the driver seat. Rahilly was taken into arrest. Officer William recovered a firearm (15-round, Glock .40), drug paraphernalia, unprescribed suboxone, and 250 bags of heroin.

A District Attorney complaint was held because the defense attorney, Defendant and Commonwealth agreed the case could be expeditiously addressed. Officer William's was consulted before filing the DA complaint. Assistant District Attorney Andrew Giarolo represented the Commonwealth. Williamstown Town Police Department served as law enforcement for the case. The Berkshire County Sherriff's Department collaborated in sentencing placement.

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John Rubinstein on 'Eisenhower,' Trump, Fosse, Sondheim & Williamstown Theatre Festival

By Alan PetrucelliSpecial to iBerkshires
12:10PM / Thursday, September 17, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It's a rainy Saturday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, and John Rubinstein is driving to the Berkshires. He left his Los Angeles home a few days ago, and his next stop is Cleveland. Once he gets to Pittsfield, he readies for his return appearance as Dwight D. Eisenhower in "Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground," a one-man show Rubinstein first did at the Barrington Stage Company last summer.

The show has been brought back by rave reviews and popular demand; it opens Sept. 16 and runs through Sept. 26.

Rubinstein, who turns 80 in December, has been crisscrossing the country, doing the show for the past four years: "I can't wait to do it again and again and again," he said. "It's one of the great crowning pieces of luck of my career."

And what a career: "Crazy Like a Fox," "Family," numerous Broadway plays and musicals and TV movies and feature films and two Tony awards for "Pippin" (1972) and "Children of a Lesser God" (1980). A surprise many fans don't know: Rubinstein has scored the music to several films and TV shows, including "Jeremiah Johnson," "The Candidate," "The Dollmaker" and "China Beach."

During an exclusive interview over a 75-minute phone call, Rubinstein talks about liking Ike and loving "Eisenhower," as well as Donald Trump, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Fosse and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

How did you hook up with 'Eisenhower?'

Director Peter Ellenstein sent me an email that said, "I have a play about Eisenhower, and I'd like to send it to you to consider." I read it. It was 40 pages long and single-spaced, one guy talking. I thought. "Jesus Christ, I don't know if anybody's gonna want to hear that, a two-hour monologue." But I liked it. I respected it. I found it fascinating but (a) I wasn't sure it would work as a play, (b) if I could memorize it and (c) if I could memorize it and it was a good play would anyone want to go see it? So I didn't commit myself at first. But Peter said, "Why don't you come and meet with me and the playwright, Richard Hellesson, and read the play out loud?"

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