Drug charges against Dorchester man to be dismissed in one year

Dorchester District Court # 08-0955. The prosecution alleged that on February 11, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Boston Police Drug Control officers began to monitor activities of an individual they knew to be a drug dealer. During a surveillance the officers observed the defendant in a car driving through the suspect’s neighborhood and talking on his cell phone. Subsequently the officers saw the target suspect approach the defendant’s car. A drug transaction followed after which the defendant drove away in his car. Police followed the defendant and effectuated a stop a few blocks away. Officers detected the odor of marijuana coming from the defendant’s clothing and vehicle. Officers subsequently located marijuana on the defendant and he was arrested. Our office was engaged in the summer of 2008. Attorney Neyman succeeded in getting a judge to agree to continue the case without a finding for one year notwithstanding the defendant’s criminal record. The case will be dismissed in one year provided the defendant remain free from criminal legal problems.