Charges of Lewd Wanton and Lascivious Conduct Against Film Editor to be Dismissed

The defendant is a film editor with multiple college and postgraduate degrees who has recently been working on films in the Boston area. In May of this year the man was observed by a middle aged woman masturbating in broad daylight in his car. The woman believed that the man was targeting his actions towards her. She confronted the man who told her he would be back at the same time the next day. The woman reported this to the police. The police placed a decoy female officer at the same location the next day. As promised, the defendant returned and committed the same act, this time towards the undercover officer. He was arrested and provided a full detailed confession stating that he had done this between ten and fifteen times. The man was charged with committing lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct in violation of G.L. c. 272 Section 53. He hired Attorney Neyman to represent him. We had the defendant evaluated by a forensic psychologist specializing in this type of conduct. Based on the evaluation we were able to convince the judge and the prosecutor that a continuance without a finding was the appropriate disposition for this case. After a brief period of probation all charged will be dismissed.

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