Pizarro arraigned on drug charges

A Springfield man was arraigned this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on drug charges.  35 year old ISAAC L. PIZARRO a/k/a B.O. (247 Pine Street) appeared before Judge Daniel Ford. 

PIZARRO had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on one (1) count of TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE, two (2) counts of DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE (2^nd offense), one (1) count of POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (2^nd offense) and one (1) count of CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE DRUG LAWS, TO WIT: TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE.  Judge Ford ordered that he be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $50,000 cash or $500,000 surety bail. 

It is alleged that PIZARRO sold cocaine in Pittsfield on August 25, 2011 and September 26, 2011.  The TRAFFICKING and CONSPIRACY charges stem from a motor vehicle stop in Lenoxdale on April 3, 2012.  The charge of POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (2^nd offense) stems from the execution of a search warrant in Pittsfield on April 3, 2012. 

The investigation was conducted by members of the Pittsfield, Lenox, Adams and lee Police Departments, the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Department and state troopers assigned to the District Attorney’s Office, members of the Berkshire County Drug Task Force.