Charges of Domestic Assault and Battery Dismissed Against Non-Citizen Facing Deportation

On December 30, 2017 Braintree, Massachusetts police were dispatched to an upscale neighborhood after being called by a third party concerned about a domestic assault. The officers arrived to find the victim, clearly distressed locked inside her room. The defendant was also present in another room. The couple are married but have been estranged for over one year. The victim immediately told the officers that her husband had recently raped her and that on this night she fought off additional sexual assaults. The defendant denied the allegations. He was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery, G.L. c. 265 Section 13M. For some unexplained reason the sexual assault allegations were not charged. The defendant is not a citizen and a conviction or even a continuance without a finding would likely result in deportation. Attorney Stephen Neyman represented the defendant. Today, all charges were dismissed.

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