LARCENY BY FALSE PRETENSE (6 counts) DISMISSED at CLERK’S HEARING

Client, 41-year-old Realtor and Businessman, was charged with 6 counts of Larceny by False Pretense stemming from allegations that he defrauded six business by offering them false advertisement space in a publication of the Massasoit Community College newspaper. A Clerk’s Hearing was conducted in which six representatives of the defrauded businesses testified. At the Clerk’s Hearing, Attorney Patrick J. Noonan examined the witnesses and established that none of the victim-businesses sustained a financial loss, as needed to support the charge.

Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan convinces Clerk-Magistrate to not issue criminal complaint charging his client with six felony offenses for lack of evidence.