Rivera pleads guilty, sent to jail

Pittsfield man pleaded guilty this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court.  32 year old ANDY RIVERA appeared before Judge Daniel Ford. 

RIVERA pleaded guilty to one (1) count of CARRYING A DANGEROUS WEAPON.  Judge Ford ordered that he serve 18 months of a 2 and a half year sentence to the Berkshire County House of Correction.  RIVERA was also placed on 2 years probation.             

The charge stems from an incident in Pittsfield on November 8, 2011. 

One (1) count of DISTURBING THE PEACE was dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth. 

The investigation was conducted by members of the Pittsfield Police Department.