Charges of Domestic Assault and Battery and Strangulation Against Military Officer Dismissed

Our client is a career military officer. He has been deployed on several occasions and has several medals for his combat performance. In March of 2021 he was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery, G.L. Chapter 265 section 15M, strangulation, a felony under G.L. Chapter 265 section 15D and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, also a felony under G.L. Chapter 265 section 15A. The victim is the defendant’s wife. She called the police to report that during an argument our client hit her with a television remote control, that he punched her in the face several times and that he placed his hands around her neck cutting off her air supply. Photographs and the officer’s observations confirmed her complaints. Our office was hired to defend. The man. Our investigation revealed many inconsistencies in the wife’s complaints. Also, eyewitness observations contradicted her account of the incident. We scheduled a trial for today and were successful in getting all charges dismissed.

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