A former Pittsfield city councilor was sentenced to two years’ probation for tipping off a drug dealer about a police raid. The Berkshire Eagle reported that Paul Capitanio was also ordered Wednesday to avoid drugs after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact in distribution of oxycodone and to conspiracy to violate drug laws. Prosecutors said Capitanio was purchasing up to 10 oxycodone tablets per day from a drug dealer in 2013 while he was on the council. The dealer was caught on tape during a wiretap investigation telling another alleged dealer that a ‘‘councilman friend’’ had tipped him off about upcoming drug raids. (AP)
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