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Murder Trial Set To Begin For Man Accused Of Throwing Baby From Bridge

Jan 4 - Hartford Courant

Testimony is scheduled to begin next month in the murder trial of Tony Moreno, accused of throwing his 7-month-old son from the Arrigoni Bridge in July 2015.
Moreno's attorney, Norman A. Pattis, said...

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Norm Pattis about Michael Skakel

Jan 3 - Good Day Connecticut

Norm Pattis talks about the recent decision in the case of Michael Skakel, who is going back to prison in the Martha Moxley murder.

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BEACHCOMBING: Bethany Bookstore a ‘Place of Magic’

Jan 2 - Connecticut Magazine

Nestled between a pasture of grazing horses and a stretch of woods in the town of Bethany sit two barns, each with a sign posted above the front door: “Set yourself free.”
Norm Pattis, a New...

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Stratford schools hire attorney

Pattis chosen as district plans fight over magnet school tuition

Dec 20 - Stratford Star

The Stratford Board of Education is ready to challenge tuition bills of more than $570,000 being sent by a pair of Bridgeport magnet schools.
School board members voted unanimously at Monday’s...

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Controversy brews after New Haven assistant police chief allegedly makes derogatory comment

Dec 13 - Fox 61

The word "mope" is causing a lot of controversy, even landing New Haven Assistant Police Chief Luiz Cassanova with a one-day suspension.
Cassanova's attorney, Norm Pattis, said the word "mope" -- which...

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Alleged hit and run killer claims she was in psych unit

Dec 2 - CT Post

Tracked down after a painstaking process in which police questioned dozens of owners of white BMW sports utility vehicles, Patricia Daniels surprised detectives with an unusual alibi for the time a mother was...

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Fugitive who hid in Connecticut for decades released on bail

Aug 30 - Eyewitness News WFSB

A man who spent 48 years on the lam after escaping from a prison in Georgia faced a judge in Danbury Tuesday morning.
Robert Stackowitz, 71, appeared in Danbury Superior Court for an extradition...

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48-Year Fugitive Facing Extradition Appears In Danbury Court: Report

Robert Stackowitz, who broke out of a Georgia prison in 1968, was living under an assumed name in Sherman, Connecticut.

Aug 30 - Danbury Patch

A Connecticut man who escaped from a Georgia prison 48 years ago could live the rest of his life in prison, according to WFSB News. Robert Stackowitz, 71, appeared in court for an extradition hearing Tuesday...

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State Moves To Send 48-Year Fugitive Robert Stackowitz Back To Georgia

Aug 30 - Hartford Courant

The state briefly took fugitive Robert Stackowitz into custody Tuesday as part of the process of extraditing him to Georgia to face charges related to his escape from a prison camp there in 1968.
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Elderly Georgia fugitive remains out on bond in Connecticut, continues to fight extradition

Aug 30 - Fox 61

The state has served a fugitive from Georgia who has lived in Connecticut for 48 years with an extradition warrant. Robert Stackowitz, 71, escaped from a prison work camp in Carrolton, Georgia back in 1968....

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