Commonwealth v. B.S.

New Bedford District Court

ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN GETS SEX FOR A FEE CHARGE AGAINST ELECTRICIAN DISMISSED.

Defendant is a 27-year-old man from New Bedford with no criminal record. He has been employed as a Union electrician for several years. He is married. He has six children. Police were conducting surveillance in an area known for prostitution. Police observed a woman walking up and down the sidewalk when a vehicle (operated by the Defendant) pulled up to her, they engaged in a brief conversation, she entered the Defendant’s vehicle, and drove away. Police followed the vehicle, which parked a short distance away. Police approached the vehicle where they observed the Defendant with his pants down and the woman motioning into his lap. Defendant was ordered to exit the vehicle and he admitted to police that he paid the woman for oral sex in exchange for several cartons of cigarettes.

Result: The client, who had no criminal record at all, was so distraught over the incident that he required psychiatric treatment at a hospital and follow-up treatment with a therapist and was prescribed medication for severe depression over the incident. On the second court date, Attorney Patrick J. Noonan was able to get the case dismissed.