December 7th 2011
Salem District Court
Malicious Destruction of Property over $250.00
Malicious Destruction of Property over $250.00
Client was charged with Malicious Destruction of Property over $250.00. According to the police, he sent threatening texts to the mother of his children early in the AM hours. Soon after the accuser said she saw client outside her home walking back and forth, and when she went to huddle her children into a room, a brick was thrown at her window, shattering it. She immediately called 911 and reported the incident. When police arrived they noticed her car windshield was also broken. Client was charged with felony counts that each carried an up to two-year house of correction sentence. There was a real possibility of each sentence being imposed to its fullest since client had a seven page record that listed convictions on various crimes of violence---as well as several restraining orders. The District Attorney zealously (yet fairly and professionally) pursued the case---but she could not rehabilitate the evidence that she was given since in the end the attentive and alert jury rendered a verdict of not guilty on both counts.
RESULT: Jury Verdict, NOT GUILTY, BOTH COUNTS, CLIENT RELEASED FROM CUSTODY.
