Charges of Leaving the Scene of an Accident Against Police Office do Not Issue After Clerk Magistrate Hearing

Our client is a police officer with several years experience at a Suburban Boston City Police Department. Several months ago there was a motor vehicle accident in a suburb that involved eyewitness identifications. The witnesses uniformly reported the license plate of the vehicle involved in the incident. Their reports regarding the appearance of the driver varied. Each of them further reported that the driver fled the scene without attempting to make his identity known. The local police contacted the man, our client. He in turn refused to discuss the matter with them. Consequently, the police applied for a complaint charging leaving the scene with property damage in violation of G.L. c. 90 section 24. Attorney Neyman was hired to defend the man. Today, after a clerk magistrate hearing the case was dismissed. No charges were filed.  This case is a classic example of why we tell all of our clients to never talk to the police. Nothing good comes of it. Had our client admitted that he was driving the result at the clerk’s hearing would have been far different.

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