FALL RIVER — A Fall River District Court judge denied St. Louis-based Brayton Point LLC’s request to dismiss a $3.5 million criminal case brought by the town of Somerset. 

Judge Paul Pino made the one-sentence ruling on March 19, indicating that the arguments made by Brayton Point’s attorney were all matters that could be heard at trial, the same day both sides attended the dismissal hearing. 

Near the hearing's end, Pino advised Brayton Point attorney Patrick J. McBurney and Somerset attorneys Arthur Frank and retired judge Joseph Macy. 

"Both sides, at some point, need to become more realistic about what the value of the case is. Try to work it out," said Pino.

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