Felony Charges of Forging Registry Documents do Not Issue After Clerk Magistrate Hearing

Today we represented two college students summonsed for a clerk magistrate hearing charging each with forging a registry document in violation of G.L. c. 90 section 24B. This charge is a felony in Massachusetts. The two entered a bar in a city where their school is located. Each had a registry document that had been forged. The bouncer at the establishment took the identifications from both and permitted them to enter the establishment but not to purchase or drink alcohol. Neither thought much of this until they both received a summons in the mail looking to charge each with this felony. Attorney Neyman convinced a very compassionate magistrate and empathetic police detective to give both students a chance. They agreed and held the complaint until both reach their 21st birthdays. Provided they remain free from criminal legal trouble this matter will never surface.

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