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The defendant was arrested for armed robbery and arraigned in an urban district court in Massachusetts. The police report stated that witnesses observed the defendant, armed and robbing a store and people in the store. The defendant was charged with, among other things, armed robbery under G.L. c. 265 Section 17. The defendant has a criminal record and has served state prison time in the past. The district attorney moved for detention under the Massachusetts Dangerousness Law, G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. He was detained by a judge in the district court. Attorney Neyman was hired to appeal the order of detention. We scheduled a hearing on the appeal in less than one week. Our investigators were able to provide reliable information that the eyewitness accounts were biased and that their identification of our client was based on unlawful and suggestive police identification procedures. The Superior Court judge agreed with our position and released our client. 

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The defendant is charged with illegal possession of several firearms. Some of the indictments mandate state prison time if the defendant is convicted. At his arraignment he was found dangerous under G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. Attorney Neyman was hired to represent the defendant. As a result of a change in circumstances over the course of several weeks Attorney Neyman was able to convince the assistant district attorney and judge to vacate the 58A dangerousness finding. The defendant is now eligible for release. 

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Our client was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon under G.L. c. 265 Section 15A. The prosecution moved for detention under the Massachusetts "dangerousness" statute, G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. After being detained he hired Attorney Neyman to represent him. We immediately filed for a hearing in the Superior Court. The judge in that court agreed that detention was not necessary and the detention order was vacated and the client was released. 

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A few days ago at approximately 2:45 a.m. the police received a call from a man complaining that he had just been assaulted and stabbed by his wife. The officers arrived at the home and found the man bleeding from the hand and arm consistent with the man's representations and defensive wounds. The wife was located on the premises, arrested and charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon under G.L. c. 265 Section 15A. The prosecution moved for detention under G.L. c. 276 Section 58A (dangerousness). Attorney Neyman was able to get the woman personal recognizance. 

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The defendant was charged with trafficking heroin under G.L. c. 94C Section 32E. He was held on $150,000 bail in the district court after arraignment. As a result the defendant retained our office to represent him on the case. We appealed his bail to the superior court. The bail was significantly reduced and the defendant was released.

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Several months ago the defendant was charged with domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 Section 13M. Our office resolved the matter by way of pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 Section 87 for a period of three months. Within a few weeks the defendant violated and his case was placed back on the trial list. Additionally, the man's bail was revoked so a speedy trial was scheduled. He again retained our services. Today, Attorney Neyman was able to get the case dismissed.

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The defendant is released from custody on G.L. c. 276 58A dangerousness conditions. The district court judge imposed a condition of home detention. We appealed that condition to the superior court judge and succeeded in getting home detention eliminated. The defendant has no restrictions and no exclusions zones.

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This case has been ongoing for about four months. The defendant was charged with motor vehicle homicide at the end of 2018. Her bail was set at $25,000 after police learned that she was at the registry attempting to obtain identification to flee the country. The Superior Court judge reduced the bail in half after a bail appeal. The defendant was still unable to post bail. Today, Attorney Neyman was able to get the bail reduced to $2,500. The woman was released from custody today.

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The defendant was charged with fentanyl trafficking over ten grams under G.L. c. 94C Section 32E. She is facing a 3 ½ year mandatory state prison sentence. Child endangerment charges were also filed due to the fact that the woman's one year old child accidentally accessed a pill and swallowed it requiring emergency medical attention. When the police searched the home they found high capacity feeding devices resulting in additional charges. The district moved for detention under G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. The family hired Attorney Stephen Neyman for the case and to get the woman released from custody. Today, after a dangerousness hearing the woman was released on conditions.

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The defendant was charged with indecent assault and battery stemming from an incident with his co-worker. Prior to our office entering an appearance on this case the defendant was ordered to stay away from the alleged victim and her place of employment. The two worked at the same establishment. This effectively put our client out of work. Attorney Neyman was hired to represent the defendant. Today, we went into court and had the conditions of release modified to permit our client to return to work.

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The defendant is charged with rape under G.L. c. 265 Section 22. He was originally held on dangerousness under G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. Attorney Neyman was able to negotiate his release to home detention with conditions that  he wear a GPS monitoring device with exclusion zones. The case was scheduled for probable cause hearing on two occasions. The district attorney's office failed to indict within a reasonable time period. Today, Attorney Neyman successfully moved the court to lift the home detention condition.

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The defendant is charged with motor vehicle homicide under G.L. c. 90 Section 24. Prior to the case being charged the defendant was accused of making statements suggesting that she intended to flee to Puerto Rico where she has relatives and friends. She was quickly apprehended, charged and had a very high bail set in the district court. Attorney Stephen Neyman was retained to represent her for a bail appeal. Our office was able to get the bail reduced that has enabled her release.

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The defendant is charged with domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 Section 13M. A condition of his release was a stay away and no contact order from complaining witness. The defendant and the complaining witness have a child together. Attorney Neyman was hired to represent the defendant. The first order of business was to go into court immediately and get the conditions of release modified. Today our office succeeded in getting that done. The defendant is now permitted contact with the alleged victim.

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Our client has been charged with aggravated rape, G.L. c. 265 Section 22 and possession of a firearm, G.L. c. 269 Section 10(a) in the Superior Court. Several months ago we succeeded in getting him release notwithstanding the prosecution's attempts for detention under G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. Our investigation disclosed several flaws in the prosecution's case that clearly question the integrity of the complaining witness' report to the police and grand jury testimony. Armed with this information we moved the court to modify the conditions of release to permit our client to attend school and work.

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The defendant has been charged with rape. The case is currently pending in the district court waiting for indictment and prosecution in the superior court. Last week, the prosecution moved for detention on dangerousness grounds pursuant to G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. Their request was granted. The defendant's family contacted and retained Attorney Stephen Neyman to represent the man. Today, we went into court and secured the release of our client.

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The defendant is facing serious indecent assault and battery charges in violation of G.L. c. 265 Section 13H. The case is over one year old. Attorney Neyman was retained just last week. One of the conditions of release was that the defendant submit to random urine and drug screens. This requirement was interfering with the defendant's employment and he was at risk for losing his job. Our office advanced the case and moved the judge to modify the conditions of release to eliminate the random urine screen requirements. The district attorney opposed our motion. The judge allowed our request and the defendant no longer has to submit to the random screens.

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Several months ago our office was retained to represent a man charged with indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older under G.L. c. 265 Section 13H. The man had already been arraigned and found dangerous under the dangerousness statute, G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. One of the conditions of his release was to stay and not to contact the victim's mother who was also the mother of the defendant's toddler. The mother contacted the district attorney's office on several occasions asking that the no contact condition be vacated. The district attorney's office ignored the request multiple times. Once we learned of this fact we went into court with a motion to vacate the no contact order and have conditions of 58A modified. The judge heard our request and allowed the motion.

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Over the weekend, Lexington, Massachusetts police were called for a domestic assault. They were called by the victim, the defendant's wife. The victim reported that following an argument she was struck by the defendant. She had bruising consistent with her complaints. She further stated that the defendant had kicked her in the thigh and in the side of the head. While the victim called 911 the defendant took the phone from her. The defendant was arrested and charged with assault and battery on a family household member (domestic) under G.L. c. 265 Section 13M and intimidation of a witness in violation of G.L. c. 268 Section 13B. Attorney Neyman was hired and was able to maintain personal recognizance. The no contact and stay away orders issued by the arresting officers were vacated by the judge as well.

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The defendant is a young man in his early twenties. Over the weekend he was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery in violation of G.L. c. 265 Section 13M and strangulation under G.L. c. 265 Section 15D. The bail commissioner over the weekend refused to release him to an order of bail. He hired Attorney Stephen Neyman. Today, our office was able to get the man released on personal recognizance.

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The defendant is facing a mandatory twelve years in state prison on a pending drug trafficking charge. Several months ago we secured his release on bail with a condition that he wear a GPS tracking device. The other night the man forgot to charge the device. The police department and probation department tried to call him several times to no avail. An arrest warrant issued and the defendant was arrested and brought back into court. Attorney Neyman was able to convince the assistant district attorney and the judge to reimpose the original conditions of release.

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Over the weekend the defendant and his girlfriend were out celebrating St. Patrick's Day at a local bar. The girlfriend became jealous as several women showed interest in the defendant. The two argued. The argument escalated when the two went back to their apartment. The dispute became violent and the police were called to the home. The victim claimed that the defendant beat her and kicked her. She was taken to the hospital where it was discovered that she had a broken rib and punctured lung. Our client was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 Section 13M. After a bail hearing our office was able to get the defendant released on personal recognizance.

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The defendant is not a citizen of the United States. He lives on the west coast and is working towards his Masters degree at a prestigious university. Over the weekend he was arrested after his former girlfriend called the police complaining that he had raped and beaten her after she broke up with him and refused to have sex with him. The prosecution had pictures taken at the hospital corroborating the woman's complaint. The family hired Attorney Neyman yesterday. Mr. Neyman was able to get bail set in the amount of $1,000 (one thousand dollars). See bail statute, G.L. c. 276 Section 58. No conditions other than to stay away from the victim and surrender a passport were placed on the defendant. He posted bail and returned to the state where he resides.

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In yesterday's case result we posted about our client being released on personal recognizance for a drug case. He is on probation in the Middlesex Superior Court for a stabbing conviction in 2014. The defendant was detained on a probation warrant until he could be brought into court today. Attorney Neyman was able to get the man a reasonable bail which he immediately posted.

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The defendant is charged with domestic assault and battery, G.L. 265 Section 13M. The defendant was ordered as a condition of his release not to have contact with the victim and to stay away from her. While waiting for the pretrial to be called the prosecutor saw the defendant in the vicinity of the victim. As a result the prosecutor moved to revoke the defendant's bail, telling the judge that she and the victim witness advocate had just witnessed the violation. Attorney Neyman objected to the motion and convinced the judge not to revoke the bail. The defendant remains free.

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The defendant has a cocaine trafficking case pending in the Suffolk Superior Court that involves multiple kilograms of cocaine. Prior to our office becoming involved in the case a high, unaffordable bail was set by a District Court judge. Attorney Neyman was retained for the case and started the defense process. Today, before a Superior Court judge in a bail appeal he was able to get the bail reduced by half, an amount that the defendant can afford. The defendant's family will be posting the bail for his release.

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Last weekend the police effectuated a stop of a car driving in Auburn, Massachusetts. Officers stated in their report that the defendant's license plate was not illuminated. After the stop officers observed ammunition on the floor of the vehicle and ordered the defendant to get out of the vehicle. He complied. Upon doing so officers saw a handgun in the car. The defendant was arrested and charged with carrying a firearm, G.L. c. 269 Section 10 and unlawful possession of ammunition, G.L. c. 269 Section 10. At arraignment the district attorney moved for detention pursuant to G.L. c. 276 Section 58A, the dangerousness provision of the Massachusetts bail statute. Our office was subsequently retained. Today, after a hearing our client was released.

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On February 8, 2017 a woman arranged to have a friend pick her up near downtown crossing in Boston, Massachusetts. The friend arrived with a man, the defendant who was driving a Honda. The woman entered the defendant's car with the understanding that she would be given a ride home. Instead, the woman was assaulted with a knife and robbed of money, clothing and prescription drugs. The man was later arrested and charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, possession with intent to distribute drugs and more. Attorney Neyman was hired to represent the man. Today, after a lengthy bail hearing the defendant was released on his own recognizance. In addition, Attorney Neyman was able to get the drug charges dismissed prior to arraignment.

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The defendant is one of our clients charged with domestic assault and battery. He was placed on conditions of pretrial release that included wearing a GPS monitoring device, abstaining from the use of alcohol, alcohol screens, mandatory reporting and more. The defendant missed his screens on February 1st and February 3rd, failed to report to probation and refused to charge his GPS monitoring device. A probation warrant issued and the defendant was returned to court for a bail revocation hearing. The prosecutor asked for a revocation of bail which would require the defendant to remain in custody. Attorney Neyman convinced the judge not to revoke bail and to modify the release conditions in a more favorable manner.

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The defendant, a local software engineer was surprised by police over the weekend when he was confronted and arrested for allegedly hitting a family member. The accused had been involved in a similar incident less than six months earlier in the same county. He was arraigned today and the district attorney's office sought an order of bail. Attorney Stephen Neyman appeared on behalf of the man and was able to have him released on his personal recognizance.

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The defendant is a forty-nine year old salesman charged with domestic assault and battery, malicious destruction to property, resisting arrest, unlawful firearm possession and more. In mid-December the police responded to a 911 call for a domestic situation growing out of control. The officers arrived to find the husband in a manic state, violent and irrational. The police tazed the man and arrested him. In court the next day the district attorney moved for detention under the dangerousness statute, G.L. c. 276 Section 58A. A dangerousness hearing was scheduled and the family hired Attorney Stephen Neyman. Today, after the hearing the accused was released.

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The defendant is a local businessman who, after a one and a half year investigation was indicted for allegedly stealing nearly twenty million dollars from the state. At the time of arraignment the defense was given nearly two thousand pages of grand jury minutes detailing how the alleged theft came about. Attorney Neyman was hired to represent the accused at the inception of this investigation. Today, at the arraignment and bail hearing our client was released on personal recognizance.

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The defendant was charged with trafficking cocaine in violation of G.L. c. 94C Section 32E. He is facing a mandatory minimum eight year prison sentence. The prosecution alleged that police were alerted by a confidential informant to the possibility of a large scale cocaine trafficking case in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The police followed up on the lead. Their information was corroborated when the defendant and his accomplice entered a gas station parking lot, the purported location for the deal. The defendant entered an adjacent store. The officers, acting in an undercover capacity approached the car and saw the passenger holding a large quantity of cocaine. Both parties were arrested and arraigned. Bail was set. Afterwards, one of the defendants hired our office to get the bail reduced. Today, Attorney Neyman succeeded in getting the bail significantly reduced.

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The defendant has been charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and domestic assault and battery following a fight in which his girlfriend's former partner was stabbed. Initially G.L. c. 276 Section 58A conditions were set keeping the defendant away from his girlfriend. He was also required to were a GPS tracking device. Today, the man retained our office for his case. Our first order of business was to get his bail conditions modified. We succeeded in doing so by getting the stay away lifted and the GPS removed.

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The defendant has been charged with human trafficking (G.L. c. 265 Section 50); possession of illicit material depicting a child in the nude (G.L. c. 272 Section 29) and photographing a child in the nude unsuspectingly (G.L. c. 272 Section 105). Bail was set in the district court and successfully appealed to the superior court by our office last summer. The defendant was recently indicted on these charges and arraigned in the superior court. The assistant district attorney tried to get the bail increased substantially. Attorney Neyman contested the request and won. No additional bail was set.

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The defendant is a thirty year old man accused of domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 Section 13M. The prosecution alleged that over the weekend, the defendant and his girlfriend got into a verbal argument. The dispute escalated and ultimately the defendant grabbed the woman by the throat and tried to strangle her. Her roommate called the police who arrived, conducted an investigation and arrested the defendant. The defendant immediately contacted and hired Attorney Stephen Neyman. At the arraignment the assistant district attorney asked for bail. Attorney Neyman opposed the request. The judge agreed with our office and released the defendant on his personal recognizance.

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The defendant is in his sixties and charged with photographing an unsuspecting person in the nude. He lives out of state. Before our office represented him he was arraigned and conditions of bail were set that prevented him from traveling out of state. Attorney Neyman was hired to represent the man on the underlying case. Today, we went into court and convinced the judge to modify the terms of bail to permit out of state travel.

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Our client is a pharmacist who lived in another state over two thousand miles from Massachusetts. There, she had been investigate for a multitude of drug offenses stemming from her employment. She moved to Massachusetts and after doing so was indicted for several drug crimes in her former state. A warrant for her arrest issued. She was arrested in Peabody for being a fugitive from justice in violation of G.L. c. 276 Section 20A. The prosecution asked the judge to hold the woman without bail until the other state came to get her. This would have resulted in her being incarcerated for months in Massachusetts. However, today our office was able to get her bail which was posted.

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The defendant drives a transportation and is involved in separation proceedings with the victim, his wife. Over the weekend the victim accused the defendant of going over to her house and threatening her for previously having him arrested on domestic assault and battery charges against her. Her allegations prompted another arrest and the man was held without bail over the weekend. Today, he was brought into court and arraigned on the new charges. The district attorney tried to have his bail revoked under G.L. c. 276 Section 58. Our office appeared on behalf of the defendant and convinced the judge to release the defendant on his own recognizance.

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The defendant is a real estate developer who was charged in late September with breaking and entering, violation of a 209A restraining order and several firearms offenses in the Lowell District Court. The alleged restraining order violation resulted in an arrest and incarceration pending the prosecution's request for a 58A dangerousness hearing. After detention was ordered our office was hired on the underlying cases and to fight allegations at the dangerousness hearing. Today, after the 58A proceeding was heard Attorney Neyman was able to get the defendant released.

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Several months ago our client was arrested and charged with drug trafficking in an amount that warrants a twelve year period of incarceration. Due to fact that he was found at the airport with a large amount of cash a substantial bail was set. Attorney Neyman was then hired to defend the man. Today, at his arraignment in the superior court, bail was significantly reduced. The man is not in custody and the case is pending.

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The defendant is a college student entering his senior at a university outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Several weeks ago he was arrested and charged with OUI. He had a history of alcohol related cases. At the arraignment the assistant district attorney asked the judge to order the defendant to submit to random alcohol screens. The order entered. Today, Attorney Stephen Neyman successfully moved to modify the bail conditions so that the defendant could in fact attend school and not have to worry about having to return to Massachusetts for random screens.

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In 1997 the defendant was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. He left the jurisdiction, moved out of state and never answered to these charges. Recently he was notified of the default and open cases. Rather than risk arrest and rendition to Massachusetts the man hired Attorney Stephen Neyman to represent him in court. Today, we removed the default warrant. The man was released on personal recognizance.

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The defendant is a Boston man known to local authorities for drug dealing activities. He has a fairly significant criminal record and was recently in default for his arraignment for this case, a heroin trafficking case. Attorney Neyman was hired to remove the default and represent him on the underlying charge. The prosecution alleged in part that after a routine traffic stop police officers saw packages of heroin in plain view. They inquired about the bags at which point the defendant struck the officers, sped off, got into an accident and tossed the drugs. Although he evaded immediate arrest his identity was known to the officers. Heroin trafficking charges and other felonies were filed. A warrant issued. Today, Attorney Neyman went into court with the man and after a bail hearing was able to get him released on $500 cash bail. The prosecution asked for $75,000 thousand. The man posted the bail immediately and is now released.

The defendant is an engineer who had been arrested and charged with possession of heroin, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and resisting arrest. The incident occurred on September 3, 2014. The defendant was arraigned and released on five hundred dollars bail. A pretrial conference was scheduled for October 29, 2014 and the defendant failed to appear. He was defaulted and a warrant issued for his arrest. He hired Attorney Neyman to go into court with him, remove the default and represent him on the underlying case. Today, we went into court and had the default removed. The defendant was released on personal recognizance and another pretrial hearing has been scheduled.

The defendant is a physician at a local prominent hospital. Over the weekend she and her partner had a disagreement that became physical. Boston police responded to a 911 call and in accordance with common protocol separated the two people involved and conducted their investigation by interviewing all parties and witnesses. The complainant alleged that during the dispute our client put her hands around her throat and began to strangle her. The defendant was then arrested and held in custody for a portion of the weekend. The case was arraigned and and a bail hearing was held. The assistant district attorney requested that bail be set. Attorney Neyman successfully argued for personal recognizance.

The district attorney alleged at a district court arraignment that the defendant had raped a relative back in August of 2013. The crime occurred over several weeks at varying intervals. In the winter of 2014 the police investigating the case tried to talk to the defendant. He immediately retained our office. We advised him not to speak to the police. He complied. Several weeks later he was arraigned in the district court being represented by another lawyer. A high bail was set. Attorney Neyman scheduled a bail reduction for today for the man. Bail was reduced significantly and the man has been released pending trial. The man is back to work.