Pretrial Probation for Non-Citizen Charged With Falsifying Registry Documents and Disorderly Person and Resisting Arrest

In June of 2019 police responded to a motor vehicle accident in a city just north of Boston. Several bystanders observed the incident and what followed. The police contacted the defendant who is 6’6” and weighs 275 pounds. The defendant began yelling and screaming at the officers. A witness who observed the incident told the officers that after the incident the defendant removed the license plate from his car and replaced it with another plate. The officers quickly learned that the plates belonged to another vehicle. Accordingly, they attempted to arrest the man. He resisted. He was ultimately subdued and charged with possessing a false or stolen RMV document G.L. c. 90 section 24B (a felony), resisting arrest G.L. c. 268 section 32B and disorderly person G.L. c. 272 section 53. After nearly two years of negotiation our office was able to get the defendant pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 section 87. Since our client is not a citizen an adverse result would likely have resulted in deportation.

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