Press Release  Vandesteene arraigned in connection with ATM thefts

PITTSFIELD — A Pittsfield man was arraigned this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on several charges. 36 year old CHRISTOPHER VANDESTEENE appeared before Judge John Agostini.

VANDESTEENE had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on three (3) counts of BREAKING AND ENTERING IN THE NIGHTTIME WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A FELONY and three (3) counts of LARCENY FROM A BUILDING. Judge Agostini ordered that be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $25,000 bail.

It is alleged that VANDESTEENE broke into American Detailing, in Pittsfield, on January 30, 2017, the Becket General Store, in Becket, on September 3, 2017 and Angelina’s Sub Shop, in Pittsfield, on September 15, 2017 taking ATM machines from those locations.

The investigations were conducted by members of the Pittsfield and Becket Police Departments and state troopers assigned to the Lee barracks.

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