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On January 21, 2026, AM, a 28 year old Indian Resident Alien, was stopped by the State Police on Route 93N in Andover. He did not have a license (criminal offense); his car was unregistered (criminal offense); he did not have an inspection sticker and he was missing a plate (both civil infractions). AM was issued a citation for the four offenses and a clerk-magistrate hearing in Lawrence District Court was set up for April 22, 2026. AM was smart. He immediately got the car registered; he immediately got the plates attached; and he immediately got an inspection sticker. He had a license from India, but that is no good in the US. He was slow in making the attempts to get a license. AM consulted with and retained Attorney Robert Lewin from Andover (two days before the hearing date!). Attorney Lewin had AM email to Attorney Lewin the new registration certificate and photos showing the new inspection sticker and the plates on the car. AM still had not taken care of the license. The night before the hearing AM took the learner’s permit test and passed and got an email from the Registry showing his learner’s permit. The next morning, April 22, 2026, AM and Attorney Lewin appeared at Lawrence District Court for the hearing. Attorney Lewin presented to the Clerk-Magistrate all the documents to show that AM had “cured” all the problems for which he had been cited. At Attorney Lewin’s request, the Clerk-Magistrate denied the police application for a crimimal complaint for the unlicensed operation and the unregistered motor vehicle and the Clerk-Magistrate found AM NOT responsible of the two civil violations. It was a complete and total win.

After the hearing, Attorney Lewin explained the following to AM:

  • NO criminal complaint was issued against AM.
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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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