Press Release  Westbrook appears in court on drug and gun charges

PITTSFIELD — A North Adams man was arraigned this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on firearm and drug charges.  21 year old TARIQ C. WESTBROOK (100 North Street) appeared before Judge Maureen Hogan. 

WESTBROOK had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on one (1) count of POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, one (1) count of POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, two (2) counts of CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE DRUG LAWS, one (1) count of ARMED CAREER FELON, one (1) count of POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY, one (1) count of ILLEGAL OWNERSHIP OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, one (1) count of IMPROPER STORAGE OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN and one (1) count of POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION WITHOUT A FIREARM IDENTIFICATION CARD.  Judge Hogan ordered that he be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $20,000 bail.          

The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant at his home on March 13, 2018.                   

The investigation was conducted by members of the North Adams Police Department, 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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