Former North Adams man headed to prison for raping teen

Former North Adams man headed to prison for raping teen By WNYT NORTH ADAMS, N.Y. (WNYT) — A former North Adams man was sentenced to prison after a jury found him guilty of rape and furnishing alcohol to a teen in Berkshire County. The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office said Joseph Pini, 49, was sentenced on Nov. 9 to nine to 12 years in state prison after he was convicted on Nov. 6 of two counts of rape and one count of furnishing alcohol to a minor. Prosecutors had asked for 12 to 15 years in prison on the rape charges and one year in the House of Corrections on the alcohol charge, while the defense asked for a “very lengthy” probationary period. In November 2022, prosecutors said Pini brought a 16-year-old to his home on Fairgrounds Avenue in North Adams. They said he gave the teen alcohol and raped her twice. The North Adams Police Department was the lead law enforcement agency on the case.