July 29, 2011

• Steven Topazio wrote this April 27, 2014 at 12:25 pm

The defendant received an application for issuance of criminal complaint when Belmont Police received information that a citation the officer previously wrote to the defendant, admitted to the Watertown Police Detectives that he was using a false identity. The Watertown Police discovered the true identify while booking the defendant for unrelated charges. The defendant produced a NY driver’s license which identified a second individual when stopped for a U-turn violation by the Belmont Police, and was issued a citation in the false name. After a query to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles following the Watertown Police tip, the defendant was found to have a valid Massachusetts driver’s license under his true name, hired Criminal Defense Attorney Steven J. Topazio to defend him. Today, Attorney Topazio persuaded the Assistant Clerk Magistrate to hold the case in lieu of issuing a complaint despite the Magistrate’s finding of probable cause that the defendant used another individual’s identification after he was stopped for a moving violation.