February 16, 2012

Charges of malicious damage to a motor vehicle against Cape Cod pastor dismissed after clerk’s hearing

Orleans District Court: Police sought a complaint against our client, a pastor at a Cape Cod church, alleging that he caused severe damage to both sides of a car, including denting the driver’s door, trunk, and hood areas, smashing the front and rear windshields, and snapping off both side mirrors. When police confronted our client, he allegedly admitted to damaging the car with a three pound sledgehammer because the owner of the vehicle had slept with his wife and had gotten her pregnant. Today, Denise Dolan of our office represented the client at a clerk’s hearing, and the application for the charges was dismissed.

February 14, 2012

Attorney Neyman successfully defends client at Probation Surrender Hearing

Wrentham District Court: Our client is a local college student who was given a continuance without a finding several months ago for a drug charge involving an school zone violation. Among the terms were random drug testing and screens as well as a reporting requirement. The probation department served our client with a Probation Violation notice claiming that he had not complied with the conditions of probation and that he had moved out of state without permission, another violation. Today, Attorney Neyman successfully defended the client. No violation of probation was found.

February 13, 2012

Charges of dissemination of obscene matter dismissed

Newburyport District Court: It was alleged that our client, an Arizona Sunday school teacher, had disseminated obscene matter by dancing nude at a Rowley nightclub which was not a licensed strip club. It was alleged that police and officers from the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission witnessed the performances while conducting an undercover investigation. Today, Denise Dolan of our office was able to get the charges dismissed on court costs.

February 8, 2012

Charges of Open and Gross Lewdness Against Somerville Businessman Dismissed Prior to Clerk’s Hearing

East Boston District Court: According to a report generated by a Massachusetts State Police officer, on January 3, 2012 an international airlines pilot alerted authorities to a complaint from a female passenger. The woman claimed that she was the victim of an indecent exposure. Specifically, that the defendant, our client was masturbating in front of her during the flight. Our client was charged with Indecent Exposure and Open and Gross Lewdness. Flight information and an investigation led to information that the police had charged the wrong person with these crimes. All charges were dismissed prior to a Clerk’s Hearing.

February 1, 2012

Sentence of six months committed jail time revoked in crack distribution case

Quincy District Court: The defendant had pled guilty to distribution of Class B drugs last year. The case involved a sale of crack cocaine to an undercover detective. The defendant had a long criminal history of selling crack in Quincy and surrounding areas. After pleading guilty last year, the defendant was sentenced to 6 months in jail. The court allowed him to postpone serving that jail sentence for a year so that he could complete an internship. Today, he was scheduled to surrender himself and go into the house of correction for the six-month period. Denise Dolan of our office represented the defendant today and persuaded the judge to reconsider the previously-imposed sentence, based on the defendant’s efforts at rehabilitation. After hearing, the court revoked the old sentence and imposed a new one. Our client will not have to serve any time in jail, provided that he stays on the right track for 2 years. The judge stated in court that she had never done anything like this before in her long career on the bench.

January 31, 2012

Felony Charges of Larceny Over $250 Dismissed By Way of Pretrial Probation Against Local High School Student

Natick District Court: The prosecution alleged that on December 26, 2011 Natick, Massachusetts police officers were dispatched to a Nordstrom’s department store for reported theft crimes. When the officers arrived they found our client, a local high school student and another being detained by loss prevention officers. Our client was found in possession of over two hundred fifty dollars worth of stolen merchandise, constituting a felony in Massachusetts. The crime was witnessed not only by store security but caught on tape as well. Attorney Neyman represented the defendant today. The defendant was given pretrial probation. The case will be dismissed in six months and our client will have no criminal record.

January 24, 2012

Charges of marijuana distribution and possession with intent to be dismissed, school zone violations and Class B drug possession charges dismissed

West Roxbury District Court: It was alleged that our client came into contact with an undercover police officer through Craigslist and eventually sold marijuana to the officer during a transaction in our client’s car. Shortly after, the car was searched, and additional marijuana and oxycodone pills were recovered from the trunk and console. The transaction allegedly occurred within 15 feet of a park. Our client had a criminal history of drug offenses dating back to 1999 and through 2006. Our office was able to get the school zone violations and the possession charges dismissed. The other counts were continued without a finding.

January 18, 2012

Complaint for restitution against local school teacher, coach, dismissed after hearing

Lowell District Court: The prosecution brought a claim for restitution against a local man who teaches high school and coaches high school basketball. It was alleged that the man was operating under the influence when he lost control of his car and careened into a yard in a residential Tewksbury neighborhood. The victim claimed damages exceeding two thousand dollars. He provided documentation to support his claim. A restitution hearing was scheduled for today. Attorney Neyman was able to get the matter dismissed. The defendant is was not held personally responsible for the damage and was not ordered to pay the victim.

January 12, 2012

Charges of possession of Class B drugs dismissed after clerk’s hearing

Roxbury District Court: Police alleged that they saw what appeared to be a drug transaction while investigating local illegal drug activity. One male who engaged in the apparent transaction returned to a car operated by our client. Police ordered our client and the male passenger out of the vehicle and conducted a search, during which three oxycodone pills were allegedly found on our client. According to police, our client said that he gave the passenger $90 for the pills. The police applied for Class B drug possession charges. Today, the application was dismissed after a clerk’s hearing.

January 11, 2012

Motion to suppress statements allowed

Quincy District Court: The prosecution alleged that our client, charged possession with intent to distribute heroin in a school zone, made certain statements to police after being pulled over in his car. Today, our office was successful in convincing the court that the police violated our client’s Miranda rights, and those statements were suppressed. The prosecution will not be able to use those alleged statements against our client.