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October 13, 2006

Update: Fight outside Pawtucket methadone clinic ends in stabbing death

PAWTUCKET – A Pawtucket man was stabbed to death today after an early-morning fight outside a methadone-maintenance clinic that began when the victim stood up on the behalf of a woman who tried to get back in line.

The police are charging John M. Duffy, 30, of 3 Sailor Lane, Norton, Mass. with first-degree murder in the death of Ronald R. Leone, 32, of 23 Lucas St., Pawtucket.

Duffy was arrested within minutes of the stabbing, according to police Maj. John J. Whiting. He was arraigned this afternoon and ordered held at the Adult Correctional Institutions without bail pending a hearing later in the month.

The police received a 911 call around 5:50 a.m., Whiting said, from a woman who had accompanied Leone to the Addiction Recovery Institute this morning.

Several people were lined up outside the clinic waiting to receive a dose of methadone -- a drug used to wean addicts off heroin -- when a fight broke out.

A woman, who stepped out of line, then tried to reclaim her spot. Leone stood up for her. Duffy objected, Whiting said.

The men began to fight, moving from the line down into the street. Whiting alleged that Duffy stabbed Leone in the head and side. Leone was pronounced dead a short time later.

-- Journal staff writers John Castellucci and Tatiana Pina and projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

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