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.
Attorney Lewin explained the following to KK:
- NO criminal complaint was issued against KK.
- KK was NOT being charged with any criminal offense.
- KK did NOT have to return to court and go before a Judge.
- NO entry was being made in the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) system under KK’s name.
- KK had NO criminal record as a result of this.
Attorney Robert Lewin was a former Assistant District Attorney and prosecuted in many of the courts in eastern Massachusetts and knows the courts and many of the police prosecutors well. Attorney Lewin limits his law practice to criminal defense and brings to every case and every client a wealth of experience, knowledge, and simple know how that very few lawyers can match.