North Adams Double Murder Case Continued to March

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The case of a city man charged with killing his parents was continued to March on Monday.
 
Darius Hazard, 44, was scheduled for a detention hearing on Monday in Northern Berkshire District Court.
 
Prior to the start of the court's business, the clerk announced that Hazard's case was continued to Monday, March 2.
 
Hazard is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in connection with the Nov. 24 fire that claimed the lives of Donald Hazard, 83, and Venture Hazard, 76.
 
Police say Hazard confessed to the killings and starting the fire and fled the Francis Street home where he lived with his parents.

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Man Sentenced to State Prison After North Adams Drug Trafficking Arrest

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Jan. 6, Tony Winston pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for Trafficking in Cocaine. 
 
The Commonwealth recommended a sentence of four to six years in State Prison. The judge ultimately imposed a sentence of 3 years and 3 days in State Prison.
 
On Dec. 29, 2020, Tony Winston was arrested by North Adams police for trafficking cocaine.
 
The Defendant is presently serving a State Prison sentence in New York State for a narcotics offense; however, he was brought to Massachusetts on a warrant to plea in this case. The Massachusetts sentence will run current to the Defendant's New York sentence.
 
Assistant District Attorney Amy Winston represented the Commonwealth. The North Adams Police Department served as the lead law enforcement agency on the case.
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