Domestic Assault and Battery and Assault and Battery on a Person Over Sixty Dismissed

On August 31, 2015 the Winchester, Massachusetts police responded to a call for a potential suicide. Upon arrival the officers heard loud yelling and screaming coming from the upstairs of the home. The officers kicked in the door and made their way to the second floor. There, they observed blood spatter. The defendant appeared, acting belligerently. Officers subdued him and separated him from his wife, the victim. She is over the age of sixty. The victim claimed that defendant pushed her around, punched her and knocked out one of her teeth. She expressed fear and immediately took out a restraining order. The man was charged with assault and battery on an elderly person, a violation of G.L. c. 265 Section 13K and domestic assault and battery, a violation of G.L. c. 265 Section 13M. Today, Attorney Neyman was able to get all charges dismissed.

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