Press Release  Harris-El pleads guilty, receives suspended sentence and placed on probation

PITTSFIELD — A Watervliet, New York man pleaded guilty this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court to an assault and battery charge.  43 year old ISAAC H. HARRIS-EL appeared before Judge Mark Mason. 

HARRIS-EL pleaded guilty to one (1) count of ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A DISABLED PERSON.  Judge Mason gave him a 1 year suspended jail sentence at the Berkshire County House of Correction and placed HARRIS-EL on 1 year probation.       

HARRIS-EL, while employed by the Eagleton School, assaulted a student.  The incident occurred between March 1, 2015 and March 31, 2015.       

One (1) count of INTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS OR OTHER PERSON was dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth.

The investigation was conducted by members of the Great Barrington Police Department and State Police detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office.     

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