Charges of Strangulation and Intimidation of a Witness and Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon Along With Driving With an Expired License Against Army Veteran Dismissed

Just over a week ago we got this client, an Army veteran, out of jail as he had been held under 58A dangerousness. The underlying case itself was troubling. Several months ago a woman heard a female screaming that she was being strangled and needed help. The witness looked out of her window and saw a man dragging the woman into a pickup truck. She immediately called the police. The woman complained that the defendant, her boyfriend, had strangled her twice during a fight. He took her cell phone so that she could not contact the police. He tried to force her into his truck. He kicked her and threw her into a wall as well. The responding officers observed injuries to the woman consistent with her statement. The defendant was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon G.L. c. 265 section 15A, kidnapping G.L. c. 265 section 26, strangulation G.L. c. 265 section 15D, domestic assault and battery G.L. c. 265 section 13M, intimidation of a witness G.L. c. 268 section 13B and relative crimes of domestic violence. Today, we succeeded in getting these charges dismissed.

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