Pre-Arraignment Diversion For College Student Charged With Distribution of Drugs and Possession With Intent to Distribute Drugs

The defendant is a student at a prestigious university in Massachusetts. On May 31, 2018 a student at that university was rushed to a hospital after having seizures from taking drugs. The university and local police investigated the matter and learned that the individual had purchased drugs from our client. The officers interviewed our client who admitted to having sold marijuana to the other student and others. It was determined that the marijuana had been laced with an unknown substance that caused the seizures. Our client permitted the officers to search his dorm room. They located class D and class E drugs consistent with an intent to distribute. The defendant was charged with distributing class D, G.L. c. 94C section 32C, possession with intent to distribute class D, G.L. c. 94C section 32C and possession with intent to distribute class E, G.L. c. 94C section 32D. He hired Attorney Stephen Neyman to represent him. Our office continued the arraignment on several occasions in hopes of getting the prosecutor and/or judge to agree to imposed pre-arraignment diversion under G.L. c. 276A. Today, we succeeded in that regard. After the defendant completes diversion all charges will be dismissed, prior to arraignment.

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