Suffolk County District Attorney: After Roughly Six Months In Default, Billerica Man Arraigned For Assault With Hypodermic Needle

North End MA

08 June, 2022

8:01 PM

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Press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney: June 7, 2022 BOSTON, June 7, 2022—A Billerica man who allegedly threatened a store clerk with a needle in December appeared in a Suffolk County courtroom to face arraignment last week, District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. On Thursday, PAUL GIOIOSA, 44, was arraigned in Chelsea District Court on two dockets from separate incidents in Revere in 2021. In a December incident, Gioiosa is charged with assault with a needle, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and threatening to commit a crime for allegedly menacing a store clerk with a hypodermic needle. In an earlier offense, he is charged with assault and battery for an attack on an MBTA employee at Wonderland Station. This press release was produced by the Suffolk County District Attorney. The views expressed here are the author's own.