- Berkshire District Attorney's Office
Media Contact for Rathbun pleads guilty to drug charges, sent to jail
Frederick A. Lantz
Pittsfield — A Pittsfield man pleaded guilty this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court to drug charges. 29 year old CHRISTOPHER L. RATHBUN appeared before Judge John Agostini.
RATHBUN pleaded guilty to 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 serve concurrent 1 year sentences to the Berkshire County House of Correction.
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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