Andrew Amelinckx,
Berkshire Eagle Staff
PITTSFIELD -- A self-professed career criminal and founding member of the area Warlocks motorcycle gang is being held without bail pending his possible extradition to New Hampshire, where he allegedly gave a false address on official documentation, a felony in that state.
James Domaingue, 64, of Orchard Street, Pittsfield, was arrested by the Pittsfield Police on Wednesday morning acting on a warrant issued by a New Hampshire court. The Cheshire County (N.H.) Sheriff's Office in Keene, N.H., requested Domaingue be picked up by local police.
Domaingue, a former West Stockbridge used car salesman, was indicted by a Cheshire County grand jury March 16, 2009. The indictment alleges that on Oct. 16, 2007, he used a "false address for a certificate of title" on a vehicle.
"The [title] process is a lot less complicated in New Hampshire than it is Massachusetts," said Cheshire County Sheriff Capt. Trevor Croteau.
Assistant Cheshire County Attorney Kathleen O'Reilly, who handled the case, did not return phone calls by press time.
The crime is a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Domaingue was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court on Wednesday and held without bail at the Berkshire House of Correction. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 14.
Croteau said someone from his office would be coming to pick Domaingue up in the near future.
In a 2008 Eagle interview, Domaingue called himself a "career criminal." He has spent at least 17 years in prison for various offenses, including the 1976 stabbing of a man in Mundy's Bar in Great Barrington.
He is also listed as a Level 2 sex offender in Massachusetts for a 1983 conviction for incestuous marriage or intercourse.
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James Domaingue, 64, of Orchard Street, Pittsfield, was arrested by the Pittsfield Police on Wednesday morning acting on a warrant issued by a New Hampshire court. The Cheshire County (N.H.) Sheriff's Office in Keene, N.H., requested Domaingue be picked up by local police.
Domaingue, a former West Stockbridge used car salesman, was indicted by a Cheshire County grand jury March 16, 2009. The indictment alleges that on Oct. 16, 2007, he used a "false address for a certificate of title" on a vehicle.
"The [title] process is a lot less complicated in New Hampshire than it is Massachusetts," said Cheshire County Sheriff Capt. Trevor Croteau.
Assistant Cheshire County Attorney Kathleen O'Reilly, who handled the case, did not return phone calls by press time.
The crime is a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Domaingue was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court on Wednesday and held without bail at the Berkshire House of Correction. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 14.
Croteau said someone from his office would be coming to pick Domaingue up in the near future.
In a 2008 Eagle interview, Domaingue called himself a "career criminal." He has spent at least 17 years in prison for various offenses, including the 1976 stabbing of a man in Mundy's Bar in Great Barrington.
He is also listed as a Level 2 sex offender in Massachusetts for a 1983 conviction for incestuous marriage or intercourse.
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