Pre-Arraignment Diversion for Man Charged With Vandalism and Defacing Property

On June 12, 2018 a young man and some friends were drinking on a beach outside of Boston. They became rowdy and drew the attention of some police officers on foot patrol at the beach. Once officers realized that the group was under aged and had been drinking all were arrested and placed in protective custody. Their parents were called to pick them up. One of the individuals became loud and verbally abusive to the police officers. This continued until the man’s mother arrived at the station to pick him up. When the officers went to release him from the cell they observed that he had jammed the cell toilet with paper resulting in a clogging of the drainage system. The man was charged with violating G.L. c. 266 Section 126 vandalism. Attorney Neyman was hired to defend him. A summons for arraignment was continued until today. Attorney Neyman was able to get the man pre-arraignment diversion under G.L. c. 276A. He was not arraigned and will not have a pcf number or any entries in the criminal system.

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