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Charges of Shoplifting Against Two Non-Citizens do Not Issue After Clerk Magistrate Hearing
In September of this year, two non-citizen graduate students were caught shoplifting at a local store. Loss prevention called the police who in turn filed an application for a criminal complaint against our clients charging shoplifting under G.L. c. 266 section 30A. If a criminal complaint issued our clients were at risk of losing their student visas, being removed from schooled and being denied any opportunity to get citizenship. Our office was hired. We were able to convince the magistrate not to issue the complaint.
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