Press Release  O’Neil pleads guilty to drug charges, sent to jail

PITTSFIELD —  A North Adams man pleaded guilty this morning in Berkshire Superior Court to drug charges.  40 year old BRIAN T. O’NEIL appeared before Judge John Agostini. 

O’NEIL pleaded guilty to one (1) count of TRAFFICKING IN FENTANYL, one (1) count of POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, one (1) count of POSSESSION OF OXYMORPHONE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, one (1) count of POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, and one (1) count of POSSESSION OF PSILOCYBIN.  Judge Agostini ordered that he serve concurrent 2 and a half year sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the charges of POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, POSSESSION OF OXYMORPHONE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE and POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.  O’NEIL was placed on probation for 3 years on the other charges. 

The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant at his Notch Road home on December 14, 2016.    

Four (4) counts of POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY were dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth. 

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

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