Assault and Battery By Means of a Dangerous Weapon Charges Dismissed

On December 28, 2013 the defendant, a local businessman and his friend were at a restaurant/bar in Malden, Massachusetts. The friend went to the establishment to confront a man who he believed had been seeing his wife. A fight arose and the Malden police were called to the scene. They met with the victim who claimed that the friend and our client punched him in the face several times and kicked him while he was down on the ground. An independent witness corroborated the victim’s account of the incident. Our client and his friend were arrested and charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. That crime is a felony in Massachusetts. Today, Attorney Neyman was able to get the felony charges dismissed. The defendant was given a continuance without a finding on the lesser included charge of assault and battery. That charge will be dismissed after a short probationary period.