Charges of Vandalism to Motor Vehicle do not Issue After Clerk Magistrate Hearing

Our client is a nurse living in Boston. She has been living in the same home for nearly thirty years. Her speciality is trauma. That often requires her to work unexpectedly in the middle of the night. As a result, she purchased a parking space adjacent to her home at a significant price. The space is marked as private and a tow zone. Nevertheless, people often take the spot. Calling the tow company is often futile as it can take hours for them to appear. About a year ago someone parked in her space. She left an unflattering note on the vehicle. The owner saw her do this and became verbally abusive and refused to move her vehicle from our client’s parking space. Consequently, our client marked the vehicle with expensive lip balm. Our client was summonsed for a clerk magistrate hearing seeking to charge her with vandalism of a motor vehicle, a felony under G.L. c. 266 section 126A. Attorney Neyman succeeded in convincing the clerk magistrate not to issue the complaint.

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