Attorney Stephen Neyman successfully defended a Massachusetts restaurant owner facing five felony counts of malicious destruction of a motor vehicle in violation of G.L. c. 266, § 28(a). The charges were brought in two separate criminal complaints. Rather than proceed to trial, Attorney Neyman negotiated a resolution under which the defendant was placed on pretrial…
Continue reading ›Our client is a military veteran who was placed on pretrial probation pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 276, Section 87, several months ago. The criminal charges included: Pretrial probation is an alternative to proceeding with a criminal prosecution. Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 276, Section 87, a judge may place a defendant on probation…
Continue reading ›Our client was a 15-year-old high school student charged in Massachusetts Juvenile Court with photographing the sexual or intimate parts of another person under the age of 18, in violation of G.L. c. 272, § 105(b). This serious offense carries a potential penalty of up to five years in state prison. The allegations arose after…
Continue reading ›A Massachusetts domestic assault and battery charge was dismissed after Attorney Stephen Neyman filed a motion challenging whether the alleged conduct and the relationship between the parties satisfied the statutory requirements of G.L. c. 265, § 13M. After reviewing the defense argument, the district attorney agreed not to oppose the motion to dismiss, and the…
Continue reading ›Attorney Stephen Neyman recently represented an international college student at a Massachusetts clerk magistrate hearing involving an allegation of minor in possession of alcohol under G.L. c. 138, § 34C. Following the hearing, the clerk magistrate declined to issue the criminal complaint, preventing the case from proceeding as a criminal prosecution. Our client was a…
Continue reading ›Attorney Stephen Neyman negotiated the dismissal of a Massachusetts disorderly conduct charge against a client who was arrested following an incident outside a hotel bar. Dismissal was conditioned on the client writing letters of apology to the officers and paying $150 court costs. The facts of this case are as follows. Our client was intoxicated.…
Continue reading ›In August of this year a suburban Boston police department was called for a wellness check. The caller feared that her friend was suicidal after a breakup with his wife so she alerted the police. In the course of the wellness check the officers, in accordance with department policy, and with the permission of our…
Continue reading ›Our client is a mother of three charged with strangulation under G.L. c. 265 §15D and assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 §13A. At arraignment the district attorney’s office argued that the defendant should not be permitted contact with one of her children, the alleged victim in this case. The judge agreed and imposed…
Continue reading ›Our client is a top ranking sales executive for a large manufacturing company based in the Midwest. In August of this year she appeared in a Massachusetts court to support her son who was accused of certain crimes against his domestic partner, specifically violating a 209A restraining order and domestic assault and battery under G.L.…
Continue reading ›Our client is a non-citizen who was involved in a very volatile relationship for several years. In late 2024 her boyfriend went to a local police station to complain that he was assaulted and beaten by her. He presented with scratches under his eyes and chest. He had obtained videotape of the incident from a…
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