- Berkshire District Attorney David F. Capeless
Media Contact for Rathbun arraigned on drug charges
Frederick A. Lantz
PITTSFIELD — A Pittsfield man was arraigned this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on drug charges. 28 year old CHRISTOPHER L. RATHBUN (25 Turner Avenue) appeared before Judge John Agostini.
RATHBUN had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on one (1) count of POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, one (1) count of CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE DRUG LAWS, TO WIT: POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE and one (1) count of POSSESSION OF COCAINE. Judge Agostini ordered that he be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $5,000 bail.
The charges stem from a motor vehicle stop in Lee on October 10, 2017.
The investigation was conducted by members of the Dalton and Lee 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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