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On November 3, 2025, KK, a 38 year old executive, went into the Target Store in Wilmington. She shopped for a while putting numerous items into her shopping cart. KK then went to the self checkout aisle. She then began to “skip scan” her items, scanning some items and not scanning others. She placed all her items in a bag and headed out of the store when store security stopped her and brought her back into the store. She was captured on video and she was recognized as a person who had shoplifted at Target previously. The police were called to the store and KK was told she would be summoned to court.

KK consulted with and retained Attorney Robert Lewin, from Andover. Attorney Lewin immediately obtained the police report and then contacted the police prosecutor from Wilmington. KK had no criminal record and it was obviously important to keep her from getting a record. Attorney Lewin advocated on KK’s behalf with the police prosecutor and ultimately the prosecutor agreed to a resolution of the case at the clerk-magistrate hearing where KK would NOT be charged. The Clerk-Magistrate’s Office set the case down for a hearing on January 28, 2026.

On January 28, 2026, KK and Attorney Lewin appeared in Woburn District Court. The case was called in the hearing room and the Clerk-Magistrate asked Attorney Lewin and the Police Prosecutor if they had discussed the case. They both answered yes and they both answered that they had an agreement. The clerk-magistrate turned to KK and said that Attorney Lewin was one of a very few lawyers who speaks to the police ahead of time to try to work out an agreement ahead of the hearing date. The police prosecutor told the Clerk-Magistrate that both sides were requesting that a criminal complaint NOT be issued against KK. The Clerk-Magistrate then said (a) that he was going to simply continue the case for three months and (b) as long as KK stayed out of the store and stayed out of trouble that no one needed to return to Court and the police application for a criminal complaint against KK would be dismissed.

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On December 5, 2025, MO – a 14 year old boy – and two friends were at the Square One Mall in Saugus. The three boys got the brilliant idea that it would be fun to drop water balloons from the second floor of the parking garage onto cars entering the garage. One of the cars that got hit was a Porsche. The driver, who was not the owner, claimed that the balloon caused a crack in the windshield. The driver entered the garage and collared one of the three boys –  the other two took off. The police and mall security responded to the garage and ultimately, the boy who got caught gave up the names of the other two boys (one of whom was MO).  The police filed an application for a criminal/juvenile delinquency complaint against each of the three boys for malicious destruction to property in Lynn Juvenile Court and a Clerk-Magistrate Hearing was set up for January 22, 2026 at that court.

MO’s parents sought out and retained Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover to represent MO. Attorney Lewin found it hard to believe that a water balloon could crack a windshield. Attorney Lewin investigated and made direct contact with the owner of the Porsche. The owner did not confirm that there was any damage to the windshield. Attorney Lewin then made direct contact with the police prosecutor and pointed out that the crime of malicious destruction of property requires that there be some destruction or damage and in this case the owner of the Porsche would not confirm that there was damage. In addition, the crime of malicious destruction to property requires that the damage be done with malice – which means that the act was done out of anger, hostility, or revenge. The three boys had acted out of stupidity – but not out of any sense of anger, hostility, or revenge. Attorney Lewin and the police prosecutor had several conversations about the case and Attorney Lewin advocated for the case to be dismissed.

Two days before the scheduled hearing Attorney Lewin received an email from the Clerk-Magistrate of the Lynn Juvenile Court informing him that the police had withdrawn the application for a criminmal/juvenile delinquency complaint against MO. Attorney Lewin explained the following to MO and his parents:

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On Halloween Evening 2025, NED, a 29 year old woman, was arrested by the West Newbury Police Department and charged with Assault & Battery on her partner, ME, (a 37 year old woman) and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (a car). According to the police report NED and ME were driving back home when they got into an argument. NED is alleged to have pushed ME out of the car and then allegedly drove the car up on the sidewalk toward ME, placing ME in fear that she was about to get run over. NED was brought into the station and bail was set at $20,000. NED’s grandfather posted the $20,000 (!) and NED was released and ordered to stay away from ME, have no contact with ME, and not go back to the house she shared wirth ME. Arraignment was set for the following Monday, November 3, 2025. Over that weekend, NED and her grandfather met with and retained Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover. Attorney Lewin had successfully represented NED previously as well as another family member.

Attorney Lewin told NED that at her arraignment on Monday morning the DA’s Office would file a Motion to have NED detained (held without bail) and that the DA’s Office could request a 3 day continuance to prepare for the detention hearing during which time NED would be held in custody. Attorney Lewin spent the remainder of the weekend preparing for NED’s arraignment and detention hearing and he prepared NED for the hearing. Attorney Lewin had his investigator speak to the alleged victim, ME. ME gave the investigator a very favorable statement in which she denied that NED had pushed her out of the car and she denied that NED had driven the car at her.

On Monday, November 3, 2025, Attorney Lewin and NED appeared in Newburyport District Court. The DA moved for NED to be put in custody and the Judge put her in the lockup at the court. Attorney Lewin had prepareed NED for this. The DA then asked for the three day continuance. Attorney Lewin jumped (!) out of his chair and argued strenuously to the judge that there was absolutely NO need to continue the case for three days. The Judge agreed with attorney Lewin and ordered that the detention hearing would go forward. The DA presented the police reports to the Judge as well as NED’s prior record of previous charges of Domestic Assaults and Strangulation. Attorney Lewin had fully prepared NED to testify at this hearing. This is an unusual and can be a risky thing to do; however, NED was well prepared and her version of what happened was consistent and made sense and had that ring of truth to it. NED testified as to exactly what happened and the DA could not shake her testimony on cross examination. At the conclusion of the hearing the Judge ordered NED released with NO bracelet, and ordered her to stay away from ME and have no contact with ME. That was the REAL WIN in this case; had Attorney Lewin not prevailed at this detention hearing, NED would have remained locked up until her trial  (some 72 days later).

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In 2007, CM, then age 25, had a scheme where he deposited fraudulent checks ($400,000.00) into two different branches of a bank: one in Salem and one in Haverhill. He then went into a third branch of the same bank, this time in Lawrence, and was able to withdraw cash from the bank ($13,000). The fraudulent checks bounced but CM had the $13,000.00. CM was charged in Salem District Court and Haverhill District Court with uttering a fraudulent check and he was charged in Lawrence District Court with Larceny. All the charges were felonies. All three cases went into warrant status when CM failed to appear for his arraignments in each of the three courts. For thirteen years CM remained on the run. He had moved to California. In 2020, the Mass. RMV revoked his right to drive due to the outstanding warrants. California, in turn, revoked his Californa license. CM was running an automobile repair shop and absolutely needed his license. CM communicated with and retained Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover. Unfortunately for CM the bank was still in business and the police had retained all the evidence necessary to prosecute the three cases. In 2020, in an effort to clean up the warrants and get the cases cleaned up, CM returned to Massachusetts and went to the three courts with Attorney Lewin. Attorney Lewin had conferenced each of the three cases with the Assistant District Attorneys in each of the three courts and had come to an agreement that CM was happy with. Each of the three cases were contiued without a finding for a year to be dismissed if CM stayed out of trouble. All the warants were cancelled and CM got his driving privileges reinstated. All was good … until CM returned to California and within two months got arrested for possessing a stolen motor vehicle and for a domestic assault and battery. The domestic charge never made it to court; however, CM took a hit in California on the stolen motor vehicle charge. He got a 3 year sentence and ended up serving 18 months of the 3 years.

Now back here in Massachusetts when his three cases came up for dismissal, each court ran his crimimal record and his conviction in California showed up. Each of the three courts issued a Notice of Probation Violation with a court hearing date. CM remained in California, failed to appear on the court dates, and warrants were issued in all three courts (and once again his right to drive was suspended).

Once again CM contacted and retained Attorney Robert Lewin to try to clean up the three probation violation matters. Attorney Lewin went to work.

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On Sunday, September 28, 2025, BS, a 68 year old feisty woman, was working in her yard in Lawrence. A car pulled up directly in front of her house and stopped. There was man sitting in the driver’s seat and he was looking downward. BS became suspicious and was concerned that he was either a drug dealer, drug user, or had some other wrongful purpose. According to the police report, BS approached the man in the car and was “screaming [at the man] to get the hell out of the front of her house”. The police report continues: “He asked her what the problem is. At this time she became furious and started screaming to get the hell off her property and started to hit his car with a closed fist, then struck him on his shoulder and head.” The police then went and talked to BS and she told them “She was fed up with people parking in front of her house.” It turns out the man was a driver for Door Dash and was checking his delivery route. His next delivery was to the house next door to BS’s house. The police filed an application for a criminal complaint for assault and battery against BS at Lawrence District Court.

BS met with and retained Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover. The case was set up for a Clerk-Magistrate hearing. Attorney Lewin spoke with the Lawrence Police Prosecutor and explained that BS had observed a lot of cars coming and going to the neighbor’s house at all hours of the day and night and she was concerned that there was drug activity going on. Attorney Lewin requested that the police agree to recommend to the Clerk-Magistrate that no criminal complaint be issued against BS – notwithstanding the fact that she was guilty.

On November 5, 2025, BS and Attorney Lewin appeared at Lawrence District Court for the Clerk-Magistrate Hearing. The police prosecutor read the police report. Attorney Lewin explained to the Clerk-Magistrate BS’s concern about drug activity in the neighborhood. Attorney Lewin asked the Clerk-Magistrate not to issue a criminal complaint against BS (who, by the way, did have a prior criminal record). The police prosecutor then told the Clerk-Magistrate that he had no objection to Attorney Lewin’s recommendation. The Clerk-Magistrate then read the riot act to BS and told BS that you cannot touch people – let alone hit them in the head. Nevertheless, the Clerk-Magistrate did agree to follow the recommendation made by Attorney Lewin. The Clerk-Magistrate then told BS that the case would be left open for six months to May 4, 2026, and, if BS stayed out of trouble, then on May 4, 2026 the Application for Criminal Complaint would be denied and BS would not be charged and BS would not have to return to court.

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An oldie! On July 23, 2001, EV, then 22 years old was arrested by the Lawrence PD for Assault & Battery and Resisting Arrest. He went to court, was found guilty and was placed on probation for one year. He was ordered to comply with certain conditions. He did not comply and then moved to Florida. The probation department issued a probation surrender notice and EV failed to appear and on October 22, 2002 the Court issued a warrant for EV’s arrest. The warrant sat for two decades. In 2023, EV, then 44 years old, had married, had three children, and had a good job as a foreman for a large construction company in Florida. He had family in Lawrence and wanted to be able to visit. He was terrified of the warrant and was afraid that he would get arrested at the airport or that he would get locked up when he went to Court.

In October of 2023 EV contacted Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover. EV retained Attorney Lewin to review his case, to speak with probation, and to advise him as to what he should do. Attorney Lewin went over to Lawrence District Court and reviewed the Court papers. More importantly, Attorney Lewin opened up a conversation with the Chief Probation Officer of the Court to see what, if anything, the probation department was looking for if EV came to court to clear the warrant. Attorney Lewin asked the probation officer if she would be willing to terminate EV’s probation and and end the case. The probation officer told Attorney Lewin that given the age of the case and given the fact that EV was doing so well, that she felt that was a reasonable request. Attorney Lewin communicated this good news to EV.

Attorney Lewin advised EV to come up to Massachusetts and get the case finished. EV was still very scared about coming up to Massachusetts. He could not shake the belief that he would get locked up.

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On July 16, 2025, DK, a 16 year old juvenile, and two friends broke into a camp building in Groveland. DK was originally charged with Breaking and Entering with the intent to commit a misdemeanor. Because DK had no prior involvement with the police and because the offense was minor misdemeanor, under the new Juvenile Court procedure the charge was dismissed by a clerk-magistrate and DK had no juvenile court record.

The District Attorney’s Office, turned around and brought a new charge against DK: Breaking and Entering with the Intent to Commit a Felony. This charge is a felony and could not be dismissed by a clerk-magistrate. The Clerk-Magistrate at Lawrence Juvenile Court issued a summons and a juvenile delinquency complaint against DK ordering DK and his parents to appear at Lawrence Juvenile Court for DK to be arraigned on October 7, 2025. DK and his parents met with and retained Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover to represent DK.

Attorney Lewin immediately went to the court and obtained the police reports and all the court papers. It was immediately clear to Attorney Lewin that this case was merely a repeat of the case that the Clerk-Magistrate had ordered dismissed. In addition, it was abundantly clear to Attorney Lewin that DK had NO intent to commit any crime – let alone a felony – when he entered the building. Attorney Lewin then immediately met with the Assistant District Attorney who was prosecuting the case. After a brief discussion, the Assistant DA agreed to dismiss the case. prior to arraignment. 

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On September 15, 2025, RS, a 46 year old divorced father of two sons, was served by the Acton Police with an abuse prevention order that his former wife had taken out against him. The order cut off all contact between RS and his two boys. Up to that moment RS and his ex wife had shared custody of the two boys with equal parenting time for each parent. In her affidavit to get the order she made accusations that RS had physically and emotionally abused the boys. She even insinuated sexual abuse. RS immediately sought out legal counsel. RS consulted with and retained Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover to represent him. RS had a great deal of evidence to show that ALL of his ex-wife’s accusations were false. RS and Attorney Lewin spent over six hours going through all the evidence, which included videos, photographs, emails, and text messages. Attorney Lewin catalogued all the evidence so that each piece of evidence could be introduced as an exhibit at the court hearing. Attorney Lewin fully prepared RS to testify at the hearing. The two party hearing was scheduled for Wednesday, September 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM in Concord District Court.  RS’s ex-wife and her lawyer were made aware of all the evidence that RS had. The day before the hearing RS’s ex-wife’s lawyer emailed Attorney Lewin that RS’s ex-wife would not seek the extension of the order.

On Wednesday, September 29, 2025, RS and Attorney Lewin appeared in Concord District Court. The case was called and Attorney Lewin gave the Judge a copy of the email that Attorney Lewin had received from RS’s ex-wife’s lawyer. The Judge then ordered that the Abuse Prevention Order would NOT be extended and would terminate at 4:00 PM that day. RS left the courthouse happy that the order was being vacated (terminated).

This case on the surface was an easy win.  His ex-wife and her lawyer chose not to show up. However, it was the preparation between Attorney Lewin and RS and the marshaling of all the evidence that convinced his ex-wife that she could not win. RS was a terrific client and provided Attorney Lewin in a timely manner with the videos and photos and texts and emails. In addition, had the hearing gone forward, RS was completely prepared to testify. It is this kind of preparation and attention to detail that Attorney Robert Lewin brings to every case. It is no accident that Attorney Lewin’s success rate in court is so high. Attorney Lewin was an Assistant District Attorney from 1971-1975. From 1975 to the present he has limited his practice to criminal defense. There are very few lawyers that bring the years and breath of experience that Attorney Lewin brings to every case.

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On July 10, 2025, CS, a 50 year old medical professional from Andover, was driving her car in Merrimac, MA. She got lost and pulled into the parking lot of an auto body repair shop. She pulled in and struck a car that was parked in the lot. She got out of her car and surveyed the damage to her car and to the other car. She then got back in her car and drove away without notifying anyone. Unbeknownst to her, a man and his son were in an adjoining lot and witnessed the entire episode. They got a good look at her and were able to write down the license plate number on her car. The men called the Merrimack Police. The police responded to the scene and took statements from the man and his son. The police ran the license plate number and it came back with CS’s name and address. The Merrimac Police called the Andover Police. The Andover Police went to CS’s home and saw the damage on her car and asked CS to call the Merrimac Police. CS called the Merrimac Police and ultimately confessed to the hit and run. The investigating officer told CS that she would be receiving a citation in the mail for the hit and run and that she would have to go to court in Newburyport.

Later that same date CS contacted Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover. Attorney Lewin explained to CS the ramifications of a hit and run charge (including the 60 day loss of license if convicted). Attorney Lewin explained to CS the importance of getting a lawyer involved quickly so that things can be done to get the case headed toward NOT being prosecuted. CS retained Attorney Lewin immediately. Attorney Lewin immediately called the officer investigating the case and was able to quickly establish a very positive relationship with the officer. (The fact that Attorney Lewin was a former Assistant D.A. and worked directly with the police and knows what they want to hear and what they don’t want to hear is immensely helpful.) In addition, Attorney Lewin contacted CS’s insurance company, to make certain that the woman whose car was struck and damaged was paid quickly and in full for the damage to her car.

A clerk-magistrate hearing was scheduled for September 17, 2025. Attorney Lewin had a number of positive conversations with the officer leading up to the hearing. In those conversations Attorney Lewin suggested a resolution of the case at the Clerk-Magistrate hearing without a criminal complaint being issued against CS.

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On Thursday, June 19, 2025, DT, a 27 year old assembler, drove to the Dunkin store on Rt. 125 in Bradford near the Ward Hill entrance to Rt. 495. When he exited the store there are large signs indicating you cannot make a left turn. DT turned left across the double yellow sign and proceeded north on Rt. 125. Unfortunately for DT there was a Haverhill Police car sitting there watching him. The blues came on and DT got pulled over. He was not wearing his seat belt. The officer took his license and registration and went back to the police car. When the officer ran the registration, he learned that the insuance had been cancelled for non payment of premiums and as a result the registration had been revoked by the Registry of Motor Vehicles. The officer gave DT a citation for the four violations and had the car towed.

To his credit, DT immediately contacted his insurance company and paid the premium due for the insurance. He then went to the RMV and got his registration reinstated. DT requested a hearing. A person  receiving a citation (where there is no arrest) has four days to request a hearing to challenge the citation.

DT contacted and retained Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover to represent him. Attorney Lewin immediately contacted DT’s insurance company and obtained a copy of DT’s insurance policy showing that it had been renewed the very same day that he had been stopped by the police. In addition, Attorney Lewin obtained a copy of the new certificate of registration to show that the registration has been reinstated. Lastly, Attorney Lewin obtained a copy of DT’s driver history from the RMV. It was completely clean! He had never got a ticket for anything! Attorney Lewin spoke to the Haverhill Police Prosecutor and furnished the police prosecutor with copies of all the paperwrk that Attorney Lewin had obtained. Attorney Lewin asked the police prosecutor if he would agree to drop the unregistered and uninsured charges. (Operating an Uninsuired Motor Vehicle is a criminal offense that carries with it a loss of your license.)

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