Pretrial Probation for Man Charged With Multiple Drug Offenses and Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon and Trespass

Our client is an international graduate student in Massachusetts on a student visa. On April 30, 2020 Boston Police Officers responded to a radio call for a man trespassing in the boiler room of an apartment building. The caller met the officers and told them that the man was banging on doors and making unintelligible statements. The caller further indicated that hte man threatened him with a knife. The officers located the man in the building. Consistent with the caller’s statements, the man continued with his irrational behavior. The officers handcuffed him and located a significant amount of cocaine and marijuana in his possession along with a knife. The man was charged with trafficking cocaine G.L. c. 92C section 32E, trespass G.L. c. 266 section 120, assault by means of a dangerous weapon G.L. c. 265 section 15B and possession with intent to distribute a class D drug under G.L. c. 94C section 32C. The man was immediately taken to a mental health facility. Attorney Stephen Neyman was hired to defend the man that day. The mental health hospitalization disclosed that the defendant had a mental break due to excessive cocaine intoxication. Attorney Neyman was able to demonstrate this to the prosecutor and the trafficking charge was reduced to possession with intent class B and kept in the district court. Further discussions with the prosecution coupled with a presentation of the defendant’s academic accomplishments persuaded the assistant district attorney to agree to pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 section 87. The defendant must complete a probationary period free from criminal legal problems and engage in mental health treatments and the case will be dismissed.

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