Press Release  Fitts pleads guilty, sent to jail

PITTSFIELD — A Pittsfield man pleaded guilty this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court to drug charges. 35 year old DEVON R. FITTS a/k/a DEVON E. FITTS and SEAN WARD appeared before Judge John Agostini.

FITTS pleaded guilty to one (1) count of POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, one (1) count of POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE and one (1) count of POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION WITHOUT A FIREARM IDENTIFICATION CARD. Judge Agostini ordered that he serve concurrent 18 month sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the drug charges. FITTS was given a concurrent 1 year jail term on the charge of POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION WITHOUT A FIREARM IDENTIFICATION CARD.

The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant on Montgomery Avenue in Pittsfield on March 17, 2016.

The investigation was conducted by members of the Pittsfield Police Department, the Berkshire County Sherriff’s Department and state troopers assigned to the District Attorney’s Office, members of the Berkshire Law Enforcement Task Force.

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