Pretrial Probation for Nurse Charged With Assault and Battery

The defendant is a nurse at a well known Massachusetts. In May of 2020 police in a Boston suburb responded to a call on which the caller hung up. They arrived to find the defendant, very upset and claiming that the police were not needed. Sensing something was wrong the officers persisted in their questioning. The defendant admitted to having stress due to the recent quarantine orders. She further stated that she and her boyfriend were experiencing struggles in their relationship. Officers observed school aged children in the home and interviewed them separate from the defendant. Their interviews disclosed that the defendant, their mother, had been physically abusive with them. The defendant’s boyfriend corroborated the children’s accounts. The police arrested our client and charged her with assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 section 13A. Attorney Stephen Neyman was hired to represent the defendant. Today, pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 section 87 was imposed. All charges will soon be dismissed. The defendant will not have any collateral consequences with her employer.

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