CLIENT CHARGED WITH THREE FELONY SEX OFFENSES HIRES ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN AND WALKS AWAY WITH ONLY ONE CONVICTION FOR A MISDEMEANOR THAT IS NOT A SEX OFFENSE.

Client, a 62-year-old Engineer from Fall River, was charged with three counts of Open and Gross Lewdness, which are felony sex-offenses. The charges stem from allegations that the Defendant was seen, by a witness, naked from the waist down on a trail in Hanover that is open to the public. A witness reported to police that she observed the Defendant, on two occasions, naked from the waist down, as she was walking her dog on a trail in a public park. Police installed trail cameras in the area where the witness saw the Defendant naked from the waist down. The police viewed the video footage, which showed the defendant, on two other occasions, walking on the trail wearing nothing from the waist down. Police conducted a stake-out where they hid in the woods in the area where the defendant was previously seen naked from the waist down. The officers saw the defendant walk by their location naked from the waist down. The police arrested the defendant. According to the Commonwealth, the Defendant, on at least 5 separate occasions, committed the offense of Open and Gross Lewdness.

Result: Defendant was charged with 3 counts of Open and Gross Lewdness. Attorney Patrick J. Noonan got 2 of the charges dismissed for lack of evidence leaving only 1 count of Open and Gross Lewdness remaining. On June 21, 2017, a jury trial was scheduled for the 1 remaining count of Open and Gross Lewdness. Attorney Patrick J. Noonan appeared ready to try the case. On the day of trial, the Commonwealth offered to reduce the felony Open and Gross Lewdness to the misdemeanor offense of Indecent Exposure, which is not a sex offense. The Client agreed to plead guilty to the misdemeanor. The client is only convicted of a misdemeanor and it is not a sex offense. The client was facing three felony sex offenses, which carried jail time and possible sex offender registration.