Pretrial Probation for College Student Charged with Five Counts of Felony Larceny and Credit Fraud

The defendant is a college student who had a major disagreement with a roommate that resulted in the two terminating their living arrangement. After they separated the victim noticed that her credit card had been charged in excess of $6,000 for miscellaneous merchandise. She contacted the police. Their investigation led them to charge our client with improper use of a credit card in violation of G.L. c. 266 section 37, larceny of a credit card under G.L. c. 266 section 37B, identity fraud under G.L. c. 266 section 37E, larceny from a building in violation of G.L. c. 266 section 20 and larceny by false pretenses under G.L. c. 266 section 34. Several of these charges are felonies under Massachusetts law. Our office was hired. After nearly a year of motions and investigation we were able to get the district attorney’s office to agree to pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 section 87. All charges will be dismissed in a few months.

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