Press Release  Marrero pleads guilty, will serve a jail sentence

Pittsfield — A Florence man pleaded guilty this morning in Berkshire Superior Court to a drug charge.  32 year old OMAR MARRERO appeared before Judge John Agostini. 

MARRERO pleaded guilty to one (1) count of POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.  Judge Agostini ordered that he serve a one (1) year sentence at the Berkshire County House of Correction.  He will begin serving his sentence on January 22, 2019.        

The charge stems from a motor vehicle stop in Adams on September 26, 2016. 

One (1) count of DRUG VIOLATION WITHIN A DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONE was dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth.

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

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