Charges of Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine to be Dismissed

The defendant is a twenty-four year old construction worker with superior court convictions for violent crimes. On September 8, 2017 undercover police officers in Medford, Massachusetts were conducting a surveillance of a parking lot where a significant number of drug transactions had been reported. These officers knew the defendant from past encounters and knew him to sell drugs. They observed the defendant drive into the parking lot and make contact with occupants of another vehicle. The defendant then entered that vehicle and made movements suggesting a transfer of an object for another object. The experience of these officers suggested a drug transaction was underway. They got out of their undercover vehicle and approached the vehicle the defendant had entered. Upon reaching the vehicle they observed the defendant in possession of a large quantity of a white powdery substance they believed to be cocaine. He was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute a class B substance, cocaine. This is a crime under G.L. c. 94C Section 32A. Attorney Neyman was able to get the case continued without a finding. There will be no conviction once the probationary period is over and the defendant will not having a loss of license.

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