Violent Crimes - Stephen Neyman

Charges of Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon Against Fiber Optics CEO to be Dismissed

Stephen Neyman — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:46:00 GMT

Our client is the owner and CEO of a multinational fiber optics Corporation. Last winter he was having a major remodeling construction job at his suburban Boston home. The general contractor was an extremely unsavory businessman who attempted to cheat our client out of several hundred thousand dollars. When our client recognized what was going on he terminated the contract with the man. The general contractor returned to the property several days later with several men. All of them threatened my client and tried to extort more money from him. When our client refused to accede to their demands the men threatened our client with bodily harm. To diffuse the situation the client took out a licensed firearm, pointed it towards the men and threatened to kill them. He was ultimately arrested and charged with several counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon in violation of G.L. c. 265 section 15B. Attorney Neyman was hired. Today, we were able to get our client a continuance without a finding. All charges will be dismissed in a few months.

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Charges of Domestic Assault and Battery and Strangulation Against Non-Citizen Engineer Dismissed

Stephen Neyman — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:41:35 GMT

Our client is a non-citizen in this country pursuant to a work visa. He is an engineer who has every intention of applying for citizenship in the near future. In August of this year he and his wife got into a heated argument that she claims turned physical. She called the police from outside of the marital home claiming that her husband had just beat her and thrown her on the bed while placing his knee against her throat and cutting off her ability to breathe. The police arrived and separated the parties. After interviewing both, the police opted to arrest our client and charge him with strangulation under G.L. c. 265 section 15D, a felony in Massachusetts and domestic assault and battery under to G.L. c. 265 section 13M. In as much as our client is not a citizen any conviction or admission to either of these crimes would likely be fatal to any effort at obtaining citizenship. Our office was hired immediately. Today we succeeded in having all charges dismissed.

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Continuance Without a Finding For Engineer Charged With Several Counts of Assault and Battery on a Child With Substantial Injury

Stephen Neyman — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:12:59 GMT

Our client is a computer software engineer with several degrees for nationally recognized universities. In the summer of 2022 his only child, just two months old exhibited severe respiratory issues. The man and his wife contacted local EMT’s who immediately took the child to the hospital. The emergency physicians at the hospital noted significant life threatening injuries to the child who was ordered airlifted to a more suitable hospital. The child was diagnosed with a skull fracture, intracranial hemorrhage, retinal hemorrhage, retinoschisis, bruising, metaphyseal lesions and more. An expert pediatric physician formed the opinion that the child had been injured by his parents in a deliberate manner. As a consequence, the district attorney’s office was contacted and an investigation began. Ultimately, our client and his wife were charged with 2 counts of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury under G.L. c. 265 section 13J and 2 counts assault and battery on a child with injury under the same statute. Collateral proceedings through DCF and the juvenile court ensued. The child was initially removed from the parents’ home until those proceedings could be resolved. In the meantime, the criminal case took hold. Charges against the mother were ultimately dismissed. After two and a half years of litigation in the juvenile court and the probate court the defendants were reunited with their child. This was entirely due to excellent lawyering by attorneys who specialized in those areas. Their efforts significantly contributed to the success of our office in this case which was a two year continuance without a finding on all counts. In two years, provided our client successfully completes his probation the case will be dismissed.

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Charges of Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon and Resisting Arrest Against Postal Worker Nolle Prossed After Video Shows Police Officer Lied

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:36:55 GMT

Our client is a postal employee with an unimpeachable record. In August of last year he was driving on a highway outside of Boston. The police had secured the scene of a disabled vehicle in that area and traffic was slightly redirected to keep cars at a safe distance from the site. Our client was driving his pickup truck safely and in accordance with the limitations imposed by the attending police officers. After our client safely approached and left the secured area an overly aggressive police officer got into his cruiser, stopped our client and aggressively pulled him from his truck. Our client was arrested and charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, the truck in violation of G.L. c. 265 section 15B and resisting arrest under G.L. c. 268 section 32B. Attorney Neyman was hired. We procured body worn camera video and prevailed on the district attorney’s office to agree that our client did not commit any crimes. Today, the district attorney’s office filed a nolle prosse. All charges have been dismissed.

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Privilege Not to Testify Accepted by Judge on Murder Case

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:39:15 GMT

Our client was identified by a Massachusetts district attorney’s office as a witness and likely accomplice to a horrific murder, a crime under G.L. c. 265 section 1. The woman was contacted by the district attorney’s office and subpoenaed to testify before a Massachusetts grand jury investigating the murder. The woman hired our office. We quickly recognized her privilege against self incrimination and we asserted this at those proceedings. The judge accepted the validity of the privilege and our client did not have to testify. Any further attempts to get information from our client will require a grant of immunity.

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Four Cases Against Software Engineer Charging Domestic Assault and Battery and Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon and Strangulation and Attempted Murder and Threatening to Commit a Crime Against Same Victim Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:23:46 GMT

Our client is a software engineer who, for the past two years has been fighting four extremely serious cases. He had been in a dating relationship with a woman who suffered from serious documented mental illnesses. Her primary diagnosis was Borderline Personality Disorder. This manifested itself anytime she felt or feared abandonment or rejection in relationships. Starting in February of 2022 she believed our client was “looking” at another woman in a restaurant at a hotel. After leaving the restaurant and going to their room the woman threw a cell phone at our client’s back and started kicking and punching him. She called the police and claimed that she had been hit by our client and that he threw a glass at her. He was charged with domestic assault and battery, G.L. c. 265 section 13M and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, G.L. c. 265 section 15A. One month later the same woman claimed that after a night of drinking our client strangled her. He was charged with strangulation under G.L. c. 265 section 15D. Again, one month later the woman claimed that over the course of three days our client beat her, strangled her, attempted to murder her, G.L. c. 265 section 16, assaulted and beat her with a dangerous weapon and threatened to commit a crime against her, G.L. c. 275 section 2. It took over 1 and ½ years to obtain the woman’s mental health records. Consistent with our investigation, the woman had done this to other men and family members anytime she faced rejection or abandonment. We retained a renowned expert who evaluated the information and provided a concrete opinion that this woman’s behavior was consistent with her mental health diagnosis. Today, we succeeded in getting these four cases dismissed.

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Pretrial Probation for College Student Charged With Domestic Assault and Battery

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 22:59:05 GMT

In December of 2022 police were called for a report of a domestic assault and battery in progress. A concerned citizen witnessed our client grabbing a woman and supposedly hitting her and putting her in a chokehold while in his car. The victim got out of the car at a stop light and ran. The witness video recorded much of this incident. Our client, a local college student was charged with domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 section 13M. Attorney Neyman was hired to represent him. Today, we prevailed on the district attorney’s office to agree to pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 section 87. All charges will be dismissed shortly.

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Charges of Malicious Destruction of Property Over $1,200 Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:17:42 GMT

The defendant is a dentist with a large dental practice covering several cities and towns in Essex County. Over a year ago he was involved in an incident involving a vendor who misled him and stole thousands of dollars from him. Rather than trying to resolve the matter through the courts the client went to the vendor’s home and place of employment and destroyed thousands of dollars worth of his personal and business property. He was charged with malicious destruction to property over $1,200 which is a felony in Massachusetts under G.L. c 266 section 127. Today, Attorney Neyman was able to get all charges dismissed.

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Charges of Vandalism to Motor Vehicle do not Issue After Clerk Magistrate Hearing

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:51:54 GMT

Our client is a nurse living in Boston. She has been living in the same home for nearly thirty years. Her speciality is trauma. That often requires her to work unexpectedly in the middle of the night. As a result, she purchased a parking space adjacent to her home at a significant price. The space is marked as private and a tow zone. Nevertheless, people often take the spot. Calling the tow company is often futile as it can take hours for them to appear. About a year ago someone parked in her space. She left an unflattering note on the vehicle. The owner saw her do this and became verbally abusive and refused to move her vehicle from our client’s parking space. Consequently, our client marked the vehicle with expensive lip balm. Our client was summonsed for a clerk magistrate hearing seeking to charge her with vandalism of a motor vehicle, a felony under G.L. c. 266 section 126A. Attorney Neyman succeeded in convincing the clerk magistrate not to issue the complaint.

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Charges of Aggravated Assault and Battery and Intimidation of a Witness Against Software Engineer Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:56:40 GMT

In December last year, a woman who lived in an elegant apartment building heard noises in a common stairwell. While doing so she claimed that our client, his brother and another individual came up behind her, held her down and started to beat her. While doing so they threatened her about calling the police. They also made threats based on her race and racial language accompanied the assaults. Arrests were made charging our client and his brother with intimidation of a witness, G.L. c. 268 section 13B, threatening to commit a crime, G.L. c. 275 section 2, conspiracy, G.L. c. 274 section 7, assault and battery, G.L. c. 265 section 13A, assault and battery to intimidate a person because of her race or color, G.L. c. 265 section 39 and a criminal civil rights violation with injury, G.L. c. 265 section 37. Using digital technology our office was able to track our client’s movement the day of the incident and demonstrate that he was more than 500 miles away at that time. The evidence convinced the district attorney’s office to nolle prosse the case. Today, all charges were dismissed.

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Charges of Assault and Battery on a Police Officer Against Local Physician to be Dismissed After Completion of Pretrial Probation

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:12:45 GMT

Our client is a well known physician in the greater Boston area. In March of this year he was at a friend’s house celebrating a family milestone. He drank way too much, fell off of a stool and hit his head. He began to bleed profusely. The EMT’s were called and the police responded with them. It quickly became apparent that our client needed medical attention. The police tried to escort him into the ambulance. He resisted and assaulted the officers. He was taken to the hospital, treated and summonsed for arraignment for assault and battery on a police officer under G.L. c. 265 section 13D. Today we negotiated pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 section 87 with the district attorney’s office. There are no conditions attached. This case will be dismissed in 9 months.

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Charges of Unarmed Robbery Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:27:39 GMT

On January 20, 2021 officers in a city near Boston were flagged down by a man in apparent distress. The man told the officers that following an argument with an acquaintance he was robbed. The acquaintance, our client, allegedly forced the man to empty his pockets and give him all of his money. The man complied. The incident was witnessed by a woman identified as the victim’s girlfriend. A description of the suspect and his vehicle information was provided to the police. Shortly thereafter our client was apprehended. He was found in possession of the items the victim claimed had been stolen from him. The defendant was charged with unarmed robbery, a felony under G.L. c. 265 section 19(b). Our office was immediately retained. Today, we were able to secure a dismissal of the charges.

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Charges of Disorderly Person and Trespass Against Car Dealership Owner Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Wed, 12 May 2021 11:15:36 GMT

Our client is a professional gambler. Just a few days ago he was playing poker in a local casino and winning. The pit boss approached him to inform him that the casino believed that he had been overpaid. He took exception to that and argued with the casino workers. The police were called to the table. They asked him to leave. He refused to do so until the dispute was settled. The police found this unacceptable. The man was placed under arrest and charged with disorderly person in violation of G.L. c. 272 section 53 and trespassing under G.L. c. 266 section 120. Both charges were dismissed on the day of arraignment.

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Charges of Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon, Domestic Assault and Battery and Threats Against Financier Dismissed Prior to Arraignment

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Tue, 11 May 2021 11:10:23 GMT

Our client is the CEO of a New York based corporation that finances commercial construction projects. For the past eight months he has been working on a project in Boston. Several weeks ago he was in his penthouse apartment preparing for work. A former girlfriend arrived, uninvited and asked if the two could talk. The defendant reluctantly agreed. The woman quickly tried to get our client to reconsider their breakup. He refused, telling her that he had moved on. The two had been broken up for over a year. The women started to plead with him. He asked her to leave. The woman then began to scream and fled the apartment screaming to the doorman for help. The police were called. The woman claimed that our client attacked her with a knife in the hallway outside of his home. She also claimed that he hit her in the elevator and that he threatened to kill her if she ever came back. The man was charged with domestic assault and battery G.L. c. 265 section 13M, assault with a dangerous weapon G.L. c. 265 section 15B and threatening to commit a crime G.L. c. 272 section 2. Attorney Neyman was hired. Realizing the damage that would be caused should these charges become public we continued the arraignment. Our office was able to access security footage that proved the woman had fabricated her story. Our investigator was also able to obtain information showing that the woman had planned and staged this event. All charges were dismissed prior to arraignment.

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Charges of Domestic Assault and Battery Against Business Executive Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Mon, 03 May 2021 10:54:13 GMT

The defendant is a business executive living in the city of Boston. In March of this year police were notified that the man struck a woman in the face. They responded to the call and interviewed the woman. She claimed that she and her boyfriend got into a verbal altercation. This became physical when he pushed her face causing her to strike her head on the car window in which they were sitting. The man then grabbed her jaw and spit on her. He was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 section 13M. Our office was hired immediately. Today, Attorney Neyman was able to get all charges dismissed.

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Charges of Domestic Assault and Battery and Malicious Destruction to a Motor Vehicle Against International Student Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:45:43 GMT

The defendant is a non-citizen international student attending school in Boston. The alleged incident occurred in a suburb. On July 3, 2020 the defendant and his former girlfriend got into an argument that turned physical. According to the victim the defendant struck her with a beer bottle, pushed her and threw her into a dresser. He stormed out of the house in anger and keyed her car. There were two witnesses to this incident, both of whom are neighbors of the victim. The police were called and the defendant was arrested. He was charged with domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 section 13M, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon under G.L. c. 265 section 15A and malicious destruction to a motor vehicle, a crime under G.L. c. 266 section 28. Attorney Neyman was retained. Today, all charges were dismissed. Had the defendant been convicted of any of these offenses deportation would have been a likely consequence.

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Charges of Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon and Assault and Battery Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:45:36 GMT

On July 11, 2020 police in a city south of Boston received a call for a domestic disturbance. The reporting party is the defendant’s wife who told the police that her husband and son got into a physical altercation. When the officers arrived at the scene they were immediately met by the victim who was crying and visibly injured. He reported that his father, the defendant, had been verbally abusive to his mother. This resulted in the father and son arguing. The argument became physical. Witnesses observed the father beat his son with his fists and a cord. The police arrested the father and charged him with assault and battery in violation of G.L. c. 265 section 13A and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, a crime under G.L. c. 265 section 15A. Our office was retained to represent the defendant. Today, Attorney Neyman succeeded in getting all charges dismissed.

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Conditions of Release on Person Found Dangerous Under G.L. c. 276 Section 58A Modified to Remove GPS and Eliminate Home Confinement

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:36:48 GMT

This past summer our client was charged with carrying a loaded firearm under G.L. c. 269 section 10(n), carrying a firearm under G.L. c. 269 section 10(a), distribution of class E drugs in violation of G.L. c. 94C section 32D, possession of ammunition G.L. c. 269 section 10(h), possession of a class B drug G.L. c. 94C section 34 and OUI under G.L. c. 90 section 24. Among the allegations were that he, along with another were dealing drugs and shot at some houses in the course of their criminal activities. The man was found dangerous under G.L. c. 276 section 58A. Attorney Neyman was hired to represent him. We secured his release to home confinement and having to wear a GPS. Today, after lengthy negotiations with the district attorney’s office and after a hearing the GPS has been removed and the conditions of release further modified to eliminate home confinement. Our client will have a curfew but will be permitted to work.

Charges of Strangulation and Domestic Assault and Battery Against Physician Dismissed

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:24:05 GMT

The defendant is a physician living in the metro Boston area. On January 8, 2020 police in the town where he lives were dispatched to his residence where they were met by his wife, the victim. She reported that the defendant had been drinking excessively and that when he does he becomes physically abusive to her. On this occasion she alleged that our client was drinking and became verbally abusive. When she demanded that he leave the home he told her to call the police. She initially did not. Then, the defendant allegedly started to choke her by grabbing her by the throat and pinning her against the wall. She could not breathe. She further complained that our client next threw her to the ground, knelt on her and beat her. Police noticed and photographed redness to the woman’s neck and her lip cut. The doctor was arrested and charged with strangulation under G.L. c. 265 section 15D and domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 section 13M. Attorney Stephen Neyman was hired. Today, we were able to get all charges dismissed.

Request for Bail Revocation Denied Notwithstanding New Crime Charged While Out on Conditions

Law Offices of Stephen Neyman Team — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:09:26 GMT

The defendant is on conditions of release for a pending gun possession charge under G.L. c. 269 section 10(a). He is facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 18 months if convicted. He has already prevailed on a prior gun possession charge. A few days ago our client was charged with disorderly person under G.L. c. 272 section 53 and vandalism in violation of G.L. c. 266 126A. The prosecution moved to revoke his bail and have him held under G.L. c. 276 section 58. If the prosecutor succeed with this our client would have to serve 60 days. Our office prevailed on this matter and the judge did not revoke our client’s bail.