Charges of Assault and Battery Dangerous Weapon and Possession With Intent to Distribute Class Against Cab Driver Dismissed

On January 2, 2014 Boston Police officers received a call regarding an assault alleged to have occurred outside of a car in downtown Boston. The officers located the vehicle and found a rear window broken. They observed the passenger, a woman, crying and suffering from a lump on her head. Her mouth was bleeding and blood was observed on her clothing. A 911 caller told the officers that she had witnessed the defendant, also the driver of the car, hitting this woman and body slamming her into the back window of the car causing it to break. The victim also told the officers what the driver had done to her. The man, a local taxicab driver was arrested. A search of his car revealed a quantity of cocaine, a class B drug, consistent with an intent to distribute. He was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and related charges. Today, Attorney Neyman was able to get these two charges dismissed.