First Quarterly Report of 2017 on Opioid-Related Deaths in Massachusetts Released The rate of heroin in opioid-related deaths continues to decline while fentanyl increases. BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today released its first quarterly opioid report of 2017, which showed an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths…
Public Urination Laws in Massachusetts and Why They Need to be Changed “Time to get a public urination statute on the books,” an article written by Massachusetts attorney, Patrick Noonan, was recently published by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Vol. 45, Issue No.: 44, October 31, 2016). The article discusses the way…
Lawyer says lewd behavior charge is too much for man caught without pants by: Robert Goulston Updated: Jun 7, 2016 – 7:25 PM Also in the news about this case: Is public nudity lewd is no one sees it? Hingham judge says no. August 2, 2016 by Neal Simpson, The…
“You do have the right to remain silent,” written by Patrick J. Noonan, criminal defense attorney, was originally published in the Lawyers Journal (Vol. 20, No.: 10, June 2013), which examines a detainee’s right to remain silent during police interrogation in Massachusetts. Read on Mass. Bar Association Website || More Publications by Patrick…
“Nobody’s Perfect: the need for new expungement law,” written by Massachusetts criminal defense attorney, Patrick. J. Noonan, was published in the Lawyers Journal (Vol. 22, No.: 10, June 2015), which examines the difference between sealing a criminal record and expunging a criminal record in Massachusetts. Read on Mass. Bar Association Website || More Publications…
By Shira Schoenberg August 4, 2015 Note: This article was originally published on MassLive.com. BOSTON – On Aug. 21, 2014, an auditor who was trained in monitoring prisons to ensure that they complied with anti-sexual assault policies conducted an audit of a Boston juvenile detention facility. Auditor Kurt Pfisterer interviewed…
By Shira Schoenberg July 22, 2015 Note: This article was originally published on Masslive.com. BOSTON — In ritualized physical abuse that the staff referred to as “orange chicken,” prosecutors say staff members at a state-run facility for adolescent boys would pull down the pants of residents and hit them on…
By Phyllis J. Silva Enterprise Staff Wrtier (1993) BROCKTON – Jury deliberations were scheduled to begin today in Brockton Superior Court in the trial of three men accused of shooting a city man outside a Cour Street market two years ago. On trial are Dieudel Charles 20, of Dorchester, Monsalvey…
By Benjamin Paulin May 17, 2015 Note: This article was originally published on PatriotLedger.com. WAREHAM – Last week, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz’s office announced they had charged an alleged drug dealer in the heroin overdose death of a 25-year-old Wareham woman. It was the first time that prosecutors…
By Benjamin Paulin April 17, 2015 Note: This article was originally published on EnterpriseNews.com. BROCKTON – An East Bridgewater man was acquitted of rape charges by a jury in Brockton Superior Court earlier this week. Bryan Souza, 26, was found not guilty on Wednesday of rape and indecent assault and…
