Charges of Leaving the Scene of an Accident With Property Damage Dismissed at Clerk Magistrate Hearing

On March 2, 2015 members of the Needham, Massachusetts police department received information of a hit and run motor vehicle case at a local parking lot. The officers arrived and found a woman complaining that her car had been struck by another vehicle. The offending car left the scene without stopping or making herself known. A courier in the parking lot observed the incident and reported the same facts to the police and added vehicle plate information. Subsequently, officers located a surveillance video camera. They obtained footage from that device. With that information and the eyewitness information they were able to file an application for a complaint against our client charging her with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage. Today, at a clerk magistrate hearing Attorney Neyman was able to prevent the issuance of a criminal complaint. The case was dismissed.