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Charges of Negligent Operation, Possession of Class E substance dismissed after Clerk’s Hearing
Lynn District Court: The prosecution alleged that on June 27, 2011 Swampscott Police officers were dispatched to a location for a report of a motor vehicle accident. They arrived to see our client in the driver’s seat of the offending vehicle. His car had major front end damage. Officers detected an odor of burnt marijuana. They then observed a marijuana pipe that was still warm. On the passenger seat the police found a baggie containing some Class E controlled substances. The suspect admitted to driving and that he had just “lit up”. He claimed that while driving, smoking marijuana and attempting to unlock his phone he lost control of his car and hit a parked car. A summons for an application for a criminal complaint issued. At the Clerk’s Hearing, Attorney Neyman was able to get the case dismissed.