Press Release  Ellsworth pleads guilty, sent to prison

PITTSFIELD — A Pittsfield man pleaded guilty this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court to several charges.  39 year old WILLIAM C. ELLSWORTH appeared before Judge Daniel Ford.

ELLSWORTH pleaded guilty to one (1) count of POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (2^nd offense) and one (1) count of POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (2^nd offense) in connection with a motor vehicle stop in Pittsfield on July 10, 2017.    

ELLSWORTH pleaded guilty to one (1) count of POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (2^nd offense) and one (1) count of POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION WITHOUT A FIREARM IDENTIFICATION CARD in connection with the execution of a search warrant at his George Street Pittsfield home on March 2, 2018.      

Judge Ford ordered ELLSWORTH to serve concurrent 4 to 5 year state prison sentences at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the drug charges.  He received a concurrent house of correction sentence on the charge of POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION WITHOUT A FIREARM IDENTIFICATION CARD.     

The investigations were conducted by members of the Pittsfield Police Department. 

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