As many as 10 people may have been involved in the May 21 brawl at Pleasant and Pearl streets in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON – A Springfield man charged with assault and battery on two police officers following a May disturbance on Pleasant Street as well as numerous gun violations pleaded innocent to charges Wednesday afternoon in Hampshire Superior Court.
As many as 10 people may have been involved in the May 21 brawl at Pleasant and Pearl streets; Hebert Levy, 23, was one of three arrested but the only one facing gun charges.
Bail was set at $20,000 bail when he was arraigned in Northampton District Court last month and remains at $20,000. Levy is currently being held in the Hampshire County House of Correction.
Two state troopers and three police officers from Easthampton were summoned to assist city police. The injured officers, Kenneth Kirchner and Brian D’Amico, were treated at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and released.
Levy was allegedly carrying the handgun and resisted arrest. Police said they needed pepper spray to subdue him.
Levy is charged with possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, committing a firearms violation with two prior violations, carrying a firearm with ammunition, two counts of assault and battery on a police officers, and resisting arrest.
Jose M. Rodriguez, of 47 Montague Road, Amherst, who allegedly confronted police and required both pepper spray and batons to subdue him has been charged with interfering with police, disorderly conduct and three counts of assault and battery on a police officer. The third suspect, Caitlin Cassidy, 22, of 51 Hunter’s Hill Circle, Amherst, was charged with disorderly conduct.
An out of court pre-trial conference for Levy has been set for July 27 with a pre-trail hearing slated for Aug. 25.