PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A North Adams man charged with brandishing a firearm outside a local bar last year has been sentenced to a dozen years in prison.

 

Keith Larrabee, 27, of East Quincy Street, pleaded guilty on Monday in Berkshire Superior Court to counts of drug trafficking, drug possession, illegal possession of ammunition and firearms and assault and battery related to three incidents in North Adams. 

 

Larrabee was one of several people involved in an altercation at Key West Lounged that ended with two people being shot in a nearby apartment building on Feb. 19, 2022. Another man, Paul Starbird, 19, was indicted at the same time as Larrabee.

 

He assaulted a patron of the lounge and pointed a gun at another individual. Larrabee did not possess a Firearm Identification Card making his possession of the firearm illegal. Another incident occurred at Northern Berkshire District Court in March last year when he threatened an assistant district attorney in open court. At the time the threat was made, the assistant district attorney was arraigning Larrabee for the Key West Lounge incident.

 

The first incident stemmed from a search warrant executed by the North Adams Police Department on Sept. 25, 2020. Police seized packets of heroin and crack cocaine, both ready for distribution, ammunition and a shotgun. 

 

Judge Francis Flannery sentenced Larrabee to concurrent sentences to all three incidents.

 

On the first offense: 10 to 12 years each in prison for trafficking heroin, for illegal possession of a shotgun and for illegally having it during a felony; eight to 10 years in prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; and two years in jail for illegal possession of ammunition.

 

On the second offense: 2 1/2 years in jail on assault and battery and four to five years each in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and assault with a dangerous weapon, a firearm. 

 

On the third offense: three to five years in prison for intimidation of a prosecutor.