Knowingly Permitting an Unlicensed Driver Charges Dismissed After Clerk’s Hearing

The defendant owns a large web based company in New England. The prosecution alleged that a few months ago a Boston, Massachusetts police officer stopped a vehicle being driven by a woman. The vehicle belonged to our client who was in the front passenger seat. The woman, after producing her license was cited for various motor vehicle infractions. Several weeks later a woman with the same name as the operator of our client’s car appeared at the police station when she learned about the previously issued citations. It turns out that this woman lost her license at a local bar and the person driving our client presented this document when she was stopped. Consequently, our client was charged under Melanie’s law, G.L. c. 90 Section 12 for knowingly permitting an unlicensed driver to operate his car. He hired Stephen Neyman for the case. Today, at a clerk magistrate hearing all charges were dismissed.

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