Pretrial Probation for College Professor Charged With Felony Assault and Battery on a Person Over 60 and Violating a 209A Restraining Order

Our client is a college professor who would lose his job if convicted of the two crimes for which he was charged, one of which is a felony.  In July of this year he and his older brother got into an argument over the care of their father whose health was failing. The brother claimed that the argument became physical and that our client hit him. In as much as the older brother is over the age of 60 the crime for which our client was charged is a felony, assault and battery on an elderly person, a crime under G.L. c. 265 section 13K.  At the time of the incident the brother also took out a restraining order against our client under G.L. c. 209A.  Just days later the brother claimed that our client had violated the restraining order by encroaching on the hundred foot exclusion zone established by the order.  Consequently, another charge, a violation of the restraining order under G.L. c. 209A section 7 issued against our client. Attorney Neyman was hired. Today, we were able to get our client pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 section 87. All charges will be dismissed in just a few months. 

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