Andrea Sneiderman was found guilty of four counts of perjury, hindering the apprehension of a criminal, concealment of material facts, and three counts of giving false statements.

DEKALB COUNTY NEWS 3:05 p.m. Thursday, August 2, 2012

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Andrea Sneiderman was arrested Thursday morning and charged in the November 2010 murder of her husband outside a Dunwoody day-care center.

Hemy Neuman was found guilty but mentally ill in the shooting death of Andrea Sneiderman’s husband, Rusty, outside a Dunwoody day care center in November 2010.

The 36-year-old mother of two was taken into custody around 10:45 a.m. by Putnam County sheriff's deputies at her home on Lake Oconee and transported to the DeKalb County jail.

Sneiderman's arrest comes a little less than five months after her former boss at GE Energy, Hemy Neuman -- who acknowledged fatally shooting Rusty Sneiderman -- was found guilty but mentally ill by a DeKalb County jury. He's currently serving a term of life in prison without parole at the Diagnostic and Classification Center in Jackson.

DeKalb District Attorney Robert James outlined the charges in an early afternoon press conference. He said the grand jury took about an hour before returning a "true bill" on the charges: malice murder, attempted murder, insurance fraud, racketeering and two counts of perjury and false statements.

James said he was "confident in the case and evidence" and that prosecutors would use "the same formula that worked last time," referencing Neuman's conviction.

He said Sneiderman's children were not present when she was arrested Thursday morning.

Andrea Sneiderman's attorneys said they had no advance knowledge of Thursday's arrest, adding they had asked James two months ago to allow them to hand their client over if charges were brought.

"We were as surprised as anyone else," said J. Tom Morgan, who formerly served as DeKalb's D.A., during which time he hired Robert James.

Co-counsel John Petrey said Sneiderman "had nothing to do with [her husband's murder]. "We deny each and every one of these charges," he said.

Petrey also denied his client was romantically involved with Neuman.

Neither side would comment on the evidence against Sneiderman.

Rusty Sneiderman's family released a statement expressing gratitude to the D.A's office for their "relentless pursuit of the truth in this case and we will continue to support their efforts in every way through the trial. We will never stop fighting for justice for Rusty."

"The arrest and indictment of Andrea Sneiderman is another important step in the pursuit of justice for Rusty," the statement continues. "This action, however, brings us no joy."

Based on the indictment, the charges lean heavily on Sneiderman's actions the day of the shooting. She was contacted by an administrator at Dunwoody Prep and told there had been "an accident" but that her son, Ian, was okay. No other information was provided to her over the phone.

She testified at Neuman's murder trial that she did not learn what happened to her husband until she arrived at Atlanta Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. However, her father-in-law, Don Sneiderman, and close friend, Shayna Citron, both testified that Andrea told them Rusty had been shot -- phone calls she allegedly placed before she got to the hospital.

Sneiderman attempted to contact Hemy Neuman four times within 11 minutes of the phone call from the day-care but never called her husband, according to prosecutors.

The indictment repeats allegations made during Neuman's trial regarding an affair between Andrea Sneiderman and Neuman that, the DeKalb D.A. says, "led to the death of Russell Sneiderman."

According to the indictment, Andrea Sneiderman and Neuman grew increasingly close during a series of trips together, the last of which, to Greenville, occurred a month before the fatal shooting of the Dunwoody entrepreneur.

There, they were spotted at a restaurant dancing suggestively, groping and kissing one another, according to prosecutors.

On Halloween, Neuman allegedly purchased the gun used to kill Sneiderman's husband from a Buckhead valet.

Then, on Nov. 10, Neuman, wearing a disguise, hid outside the Sneidermans' Dunwoody home on Manget Court, where Rusty Sneiderman, who was investigating a gas leak, spotted him. Neuman ran away, fleeing to a rental car he had parked one street away.

Eight days later, Sneiderman was shot in the parking lot of Dunwoody Prep minutes after walking his son to class. Though his wife is not charged with pulling the trigger, she "did with malice aforethought cause the death" of her husband, according to the indictment, which essentially alleges that she was a party to the crime.

The insurance fraud charge stems from the $2 million she received after Rusty's death.

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Andrea Sneiderman Arrested for Murder
by Eyes at 4:09 PM

I have to say that when I saw the news today that Andrea Sneiderman was arrested for murdering her husband, Russell, I was pleased. I was in NYC doing training when I first saw Andrea on TV and her behavior flat out didn't sit well with me. This woman was cold and callous and her behavior didn't square with a bereaved wife.

I think Hemy Neuman, who Andrea had an affair with, and who pulled the trigger on Russell deserves to sit in prison for life, but I think the person who ultimately motivated this to happen the most was Andrea, without question. I am looking forward to seeing this trial. I hope Andrea testifies again as it will be her undoing, if you ask me. Talk away, Andrea...

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By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Rusty Sneiderman's parents, in a court motion seeking emergency custody of their two grandchildren, allege the maternal grandparents obstructed law enforcement and tampered with evidence in order to cover up their daughter's affair with convicted killer Hemy Neuman.

John Spink, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Putnam sheriff's deputies take Andrea Sneiderman into custody at a home in Eatonton about 10:45 a.m. Thursday.

Andrea Sneiderman was arrested Thursday and charged with conspiring, along with Neuman, her former boss at GE Energy, to murder her husband, a Dunwoody entrepreneur fatally shot in November 2010 outside his son's daycare facility.

The couple's children now live with Andrea Sneiderman's parents, Herb and Bonita Greenberg.

"It is in the best interest of the children to be immediately removed from their current residence with their maternal grandparents," states the motion filed Friday. It cites the "ethically questionable conduct" of the Greenbergs and their son, Todd Greenberg.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane told attorneys the matter doesn't merit an emergency hearing, as requested by Esther Panitch, who represents paternal grandparents Don and Marilyn Sneiderman. But the judge could still schedule a regular hearing on the motion.

A defense lawyer said a response will be filed this week.

According to Panitch's motion, the Greenbergs refused to let Dunwoody police seach their daughter's home the day Rusty Sneiderman was killed. Todd Greenberg, meanwhile, is alleged to have "deleted information from the home computer at the direction of [his sister]."

In a March interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution following Neuman's trial, the victim's brother, Steve Sneiderman, said police were trying to find Rusty's wallet at his house. The Greenberg's were there, but "didn't want to let them search the house," Steve Sneiderman said.

Steve Sneiderman said he urged the Greenbergs to allow the search "because I would be doing everything I could to help these guys find whoever killed him." He said he "brokered access" for the police and the search was allowed.

Testifying at a August 2011 pre-trial hearing, Dunwoody Police Det. Anthony Thompson said investigators didn't initially suspect Neuman because "we were being driven towards other avenues of investigation" by the widow and her immediate family.

Andrea Sneiderman, currently held at DeKalb County Jail awaiting a Aug. 21 bond hearing, has denied any involvement in her husband's death.

Her parents and brother have not been charged, in either the Neuman case or the latest indictment.

maternal grandparents obstructed law enforcement and tampered with evidence in order to cover up their daughter's affair with convicted killer Hemy Neuman.

I read this over and over again. Is there evidence that the Maternal Grand Parents tampered with evidence? I am not sure I agree about taking custody of the children. How old are the kids?

I think they are 5 and 6. Would have to go back and read Hemy Newman's thread.

By Jason Massad Email the author August 6, 2012

Andrea Sneiderman will have a bond hearing on Aug. 21 that could get her out of DeKalb County jail as she awaits arraignment and other court proceedings, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

The bond could include a provision that she not try to influence witnesses, according to the report. Sneiderman was removed from the courtroom during the trial of Hemy Neuman for talking to witnesses.

Neuman, Sneiderman's boss at GE Energy, was convicted in March of murdering her husband, Russell Sneiderman. She is now facing a total of eight counts including a charge of malice murder that she acted "in concert" with Neuman.

Andrea Sneiderman, among other things, is accused of telling Neuman specifics about her husband's schedule the day he was murdered.

The indictment, released last week, also says that Neuman perjured herself in Neuman's court proceedings when she denied that she had an affair with him prior to the killing of her husband.

The AJC also reported that Russell Sneiderman's parents have filed an emergency custody order in the wake of the arrest. Andrea Sneiderman's in-laws had been seeking more visitation rights prior to her arrest.

One of Sneiderman's lawyers has also said that he expected to ask for a change of venue in the court proceeding for Andrea Seniderman, due to the intense media scrutiny of the case.

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By Dan Whisenhunt on August 7, 2012.

Andrea Sneiderman was booked into the DeKalb County jail on Aug. 2.

Andrea Sneiderman’s in-laws want custody of her children and her former boss is willing to testify about their alleged relationship, according to news reports.

DeKalb County prosecutors say the alleged affair between Sneiderman and Hemy Neuman resulted in Neuman shooting Sneiderman’s husband, Rusty, outside a Dunwoody day care in 2010.

Sneiderman was arrested on Aug. 2 after a DeKalb County grand jury indicted her. Sneiderman is charged with murder, racketeering, insurance fraud and perjury related to her husband’s death.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Sneiderman’s in-laws have filed a motion seeking emergency custody of their two grandchildren. The AJC also reports that Sneiderman, who is still in jail, has an Aug. 21 bond hearing.

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Prosecutors sue for Sneiderman insurance money

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office has filed a lawsuit to seize the life insurance proceeds of a slain Dunwoody businessman from his widow, a suspect in his death.

Last week, investigators arrested Andrea Sneiderman on charges she conspired with her former boss and alleged lover, Hemy Neuman, to kill her husband, Rusty. A jury convicted Neuman of shooting Rusty Sneiderman outside a Dunwoody day care in November 2010.

According to court documents obtained by Channel 2’s Mike Petchenik, the surviving Sneiderman collected more than $2 million in life insurance benefits in February 2011.

"In spite of her involvement in Rusty's murder, Andrea applied for and received the proceeds of Rusty's life insurance benefits,” the lawsuit, filed in DeKalb Superior Court, said. “The total financial benefit surrounding the murder of Rusty, excluding equity in real estate, to Andrea was in excess of $2.5 million."

The lawsuit alleges because Andrea obtained the money after knowingly participating in the planning of her husband’s murder, the money is “contraband and should be forfeited to the state.”

According to the documents, a DeKalb County investigator froze the accounts holding the money on Aug. 3.

The lawsuit doesn’t name Sneiderman as a defendant, rather the Bank of New York Mellon, where the money is being held.

A representative for DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said his office had no comment on the lawsuit. Attorneys for Andrea Sneiderman and her husband’s family also declined to comment.

Former veteran prosecutor Ken Hodges told Petchenik the lawsuit sets a precedent.

“I don’t have a recollection of when this has been done,” he told Petchenik, adding that most forfeitures occur in drug cases.

Hodges questioned why the insurance company didn’t file a lawsuit seeking payback of its proceeds.

“The insurance company should be coming forth,” he said. “The fact that they’re not coming forth after they presumably did their own investigation is evidence to me that this has no merit.”

Hodges told Petchenik he believes the District Attorney’s motive may be to liquidate Sneiderman’s defense fund.

“If Mr. James is using the resources of the state to take away her competent, capable counsel, I think that raises some due-process violations,” he told Petchenik.

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The money should be held in trust for the children...I guess custody of them could be financially beneficial? Hmmm....

Yes I agree lisette the money should go in a trust account for the kids.

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What to Expect at the Andrea Sneiderman Bond Hearing What will happen at the Andrea Sneiderman Bond Hearing?

Shortly after Andrea Sneiderman's August 2, 2012, arrest, Judge Gregory Adams scheduled Sneiderman's bond hearing for August 21, 2012. Andrea Sneiderman has been sitting in the DeKalb County jail since the arrest. This post addresses the bond hearing prior to its occurrence.

First, I have received several inquiries from people wondering why Sneiderman's bond hearing was set three weeks after her arrest instead of within 48 hours or some shorter time.

In Georgia, there is a procedure by which someone arrested for certain crimes may be held without bail. In those circumstances, a bail hearing need only be granted within 30 days of the arrest. It appears that Andrea Sneiderman was held without bail, and her bail hearing was set within 30 days of her arrest. See O.C.G.A. §17-6-1.

The next issues are what is a bond hearing, and what can happen at a bond hearing? A bond hearing is the procedure by which the Court determines whether someone is “too risky” to be released into the public. Georgia statute 17-16-1(e) provides guidelines for the Court:

A court shall be authorized to release a person on bail if the court finds that the person:

Poses no significant risk of fleeing from the jurisdiction of the court or failing to appear in court when required;
Poses no significant threat or danger to any person, to the community, or to any property in the community;
Poses no significant risk of committing any felony pending trial; and
Poses no significant risk of intimidating witnesses or otherwise obstructing the administration of justice.
Notice that the statute requires the Court to find that all four requirements be met. There is a rich history of case law providing further guidance to the Court regarding when to permit bail. For example:

The state/DA has the burden of persuasion by a preponderance of evidence to show that Andrea Sneiderman is not entitled to pretrial release. Constantino v. Warren, 285 Ga. 851, 853 (2009).

A defendant who has filed a petition seeking release on bail has the initial burden of showing, by means of evidence indicating roots in the community, employment, that the defendant does not pose a significant risk of fleeing, threatening the community, committing another crime, or intimidating a witness. The defendant's guilt or innocence of the underlying charge is not an issue at the bail hearing, especially since the defendant enters the proceeding cloaked with a presumption of innocence. Cowards v. State, 266 Ga. 191, 193 (1996).

The amount of bail to be assessed in each criminal case is generally within the sound discretion of the trial judge. When fixing the amount of bail, the judge is to consider chiefly the probability that the accused, if freed, will appear at trial; other factors to be considered include the accused's ability to pay, the seriousness of the offense, and the accused's character and reputation. Spence v. State, 252 Ga. 338, 341 (1984).

To arrive at its decision regarding bail and pretrial release, the Court holds the bond hearing, and both the prosecution and the defense will be permitted to call witnesses and present other evidence in an attempt to influence the Court. Let's look at each requirement from the statute, and opine on the possible outcomes.

Poses no significant risk of fleeing from the jurisdiction of the court or failing to appear in court when required.
This is the primary question whether Andrea Sneiderman will appear at trial; is she a flight risk? Andrea Sneiderman's attorneys are likely to argue that Sneiderman has been a long-time resident of Georgia, was employed here, has friends and family here, her assets have been frozen here, she does not have the means to flee, her kids live here and that she is not a flight risk.

The DA is likely to argue that Sneiderman put her house up for sale and no longer shows an intent to remain in Georgia. She has lived with her parents for the past six months, is currently unemployed (this is an assumption of mine), was arrested in Putnam county, is originally from Ohio, has the financial means to flee the jurisdiction and is otherwise a flight risk. Given what we know, and without the benefit of additional evidence and witnesses that may be presented at the hearing, I think it is likely that the Court will find that Andrea Sneiderman is not a flight risk.

Poses no significant threat or danger to any person, to the community, or to any property in the community.
I am aware of little evidence that Andrea Sneiderman is a threat to persons or property in the community. She does not have a criminal record, appears to not have been in any trouble before.

Perhaps Sneiderman will call friends and family to testify on her behalf. It would be interesting to see who they call. If I were the defense, I would call Andy Lipman, because Rusty was one of Andy's best friends, and Andy's character and truthfulness is unassailable. As far as character witnesses go, Andy Lipman is the best I know in this case. You can see Andy's blog here.

If the DA is going to argue Sneiderman is a threat, he will concentrate this effort with regard to witnesses, as described in #4 below. Nevertheless, I think the likely outcome is that Sneiderman is not a significant threat.

Poses no significant risk of committing any felony pending trial.
You may be thinking that elements 1 and 2 overlap with 3 – and you would be right, in this case. Thus, the same evidence used to argue Nos. 1 and 2, would likely be used to establish that Sneiderman is not a significant risk of committing a felony pending her trial.

Poses no significant risk of intimidating witnesses or otherwise obstructing the administration of justice.
Here is where the proverbial rubber meets the road. This element will likely be the focus of the DA's argument that Andrea Sneiderman should not be released on bail.

The local media has briefly mentioned the obvious argument here: During the Hemy Neuman trial, Andrea Sneiderman allegedly threatened Shayna Citron, a witness. I have heard other reports that Andrea Sneiderman visited the witness room during the Neuman trial and made witnesses uncomfortable. Citron is likely to testify as she testified, outside the presence of the jury during the Neuman trial, that she felt threatened by Andrea Sneiderman.

Furthermore, usually the spouse of a murder victim is permitted to remain in court during trial. However, Judge Gregory Adams barred Andrea Sneiderman from not just the Court room, but from the entire COURT HOUSE as a result of her outrageous behavior.

The DA is going to hammer Andrea Sneiderman with this evidence, and I would suspect the state has already interviewed the witnesses from the Hemy Neuman trial to determine if Andrea Sneiderman made any contact with them during or since the Hemy Neuman trial.

If so, expect them to testify at the bond hearing.

Andrea Sneiderman's one contact with Citron may not be enough to convince the Judge by a preponderance of evidence that Sneiderman is a significant risk of intimidating witnesses or otherwise obstructing the admission of justice, but, Sneiderman is going to have to address this evidence to avoid staying in jail pending her trial.

As a reminder, the Judge need only answer one of these four questions in the affirmative in order to deny bail. If the Judge permits Andrea Sneiderman to be released after her bond hearing, here are the possible types of release she may receive:

Release on Own Recognizance – Sneiderman will be released on her promise to return for hearings and trial without posting any property or assets. This is extremely unlikely.
Unsecured Bond – Sneiderman will be released with the promise to pay a fine if she does not show up at trial. This is an unlikely outcome.

Security Bond – Sneiderman will be released upon the posting of a bond in the amount set by the Court , commensurate with the ability to pay and to secure attendance at trial. The bond is put up by a surety (bail bondman), after Sneiderman pays 10-12% of bail amount. E.g. If bail is set at $2,000,000, then Sneiderman has to pay bondsman $200,000. If Sneiderman doesn't show up at trial, then she owes the entire bond amount to bondsman. Sureties determine the flight risk of Sneiderman and may require collateral (house, other property) as security. This is a likely outcome.

Cash Bond – Sneiderman will be released upon the posting of a cash bond in the amount set by the Court. Sneiderman comes up with all the cash in this scenario instead of using a surety. If Sneiderman does not have all the cash perhaps her parents give it to her as a loan, gift, or advance on inheritance? This is also a likely outcome.
There has been question whether Andrea Sneiderman can afford bail given that a reported $2.3 million in assets has been frozen under the State's RICO statute. However, Andrea Sneiderman reportedly had an additional $600,000 in cash and liquid assets, and her parents/family may also be able to help her financially. The Judge should consider Sneiderman's ability to pay when setting bail.

So, I hope you will tune in to the bond hearing, and tweet or email me your questions and comments. Remember, Rusty Sneiderman lost his life, and our justice system, with all its flaws, is still the best system on Earth at determining the truth.

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By Jon Lewis
Decatur, GA — Andrea Sneiderman is locked up in the DeKalb County Jail, but that could change today as a bond hearing is set for the woman charged in the murder of her husband in the Dunwoody Daycare killing.

WSB Legal Analyst Ron Carlson says defense attorneys will try to portray here as a mother with local ties. "Though witnesses who will say she is not likely to flee.," says Carlson. "The presence of the children assist that argument very much."

But Carlson says her conduct during the Hemy Neuman trial could cost her. "Including her appearance in the witness waiting room to talk to state witnesses from General Electric." Those actions got her banned from the Dekalb County Courthouse, and Carlson says that conduct might be the deciding factor on whether she's granted bail.

Carlson says, ultimately, Judge Gregory Adams will have to decide, "what is the likelihood of potential flight by the suspect, and what are the prospects that the accused, while free, might attempt to influence witnesses. "

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After her testimony in the Hemy Neuman trial I doubt there will be a trial at all. She will cop a plea deal.

By Jason Massad Email the author August 21, 2012

DeKalb County judge Gregory Adams set bond for Andrea Sneiderman at $500,000 during a hearing Tuesday in her murder trial.

Wearing a purple blouse and black pant suit, and with her hair pulled back in a ponytail, Sniederman smiled as she heard Adams issue his ruling.

If she makes bond, Sneiderman will also have to wear an electronic ankle bracelet until her trial, live with her parents, and turn in her passport and her children's passports. She hugged her attorneys and smiled as she left the courtroom.

Sneiderman's next court appearance was set for Sept. 6.

"Andrea Sneiderman ain't going anywhere," said Tom Clegg, Sneiderman's attorney, who asked the court for a $250,000 bond. "She is not going to abandon her two children. She ain't going to run away and she has not intimidated any witnesses. She has done nothing whatsoever to give this court any reason to think that she is not going to be present during her trial."

Assistant DeKalb County D.A. Don Geary argued that Sneiderman is a flight risk. "I don't think Andrea Sneiderman is going to abandon her children. I think she will take them with her," Geary said. "Everything she has done indicates that she is going to do what she's going to do, regardless of what the court orders."

Much of the testimony in Sneiderman's bond hearing focused on a conversation Sneiderman had with Shana Citron during the Hemy Neuman trial. Prosecutors attempted to portray Sneiderman as someone who would intimidate potential witnesses if she was released on her own recognizance.

Sneiderman was not in handcuffs as she entered the courtroom.

A flurry of interest has surrounded the Sneiderman case since she was arrested. Sneiderman face an eight-count indictment that implicated her in her husband's death, Russell Sneiderman.

Additionally, her more than $2 million in assets have been frozen, which could play into her ability to post bond.

Sneiderman also faces two counts of perjury, one related to the fact she denied to prosecutors and defense attorneys in court about having an affair with her former boss, Hemy Neuman, who worked for GE Energy.

Neuman was convicted of killing Russell Sneiderman outside of Dunwoody Prep, a city day care in November 2010. The indictment says that Sneiderman provided her husband's schedule to Neuman on the day of the shooting.

DeKalb District Attorney Robert James has said he will seek life imprisonment upon a successful prosecution.

Sneiderman's alleged motivation in the killing was that she was seeking to reap $2 million in life insurance collected from her husband's death, as well as more than roughly $900,000 in marital assets, according to the indictment.

Sniederman, who move from Dunwoody an undetermined time ago, sought to sell her home near the Dunwoody Library in April 2011. The more than 4,500-square-foot home is still owned by Sniederman's estate. It sits on a quiet, residential street. The home is listed in county tax records at nearly $890,000.

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Now that she's been granted bond, Andrea Sneiderman begins the toughest fight of her life.
Friends say the mother of two — charged as a co-conspirator in her husband's murder — is ready for battle, conceding nothing.

"She wants to fight this," said Jeffrey Moss, a venture capitalist from Chicago and longtime friend of Andrea and her late husband Rusty Sneiderman. "She always felt like there was a desire by people to get her."

Sneiderman was granted a $500,000 bond Tuesday by DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Adams. She must post $250,000 in cash. The judge also ordered that if Sneiderman is released on bond, she must wear an ankle monitor and remain under house arrest at her parents' home in Roswell.

She is expected to be released Wednesday.

At her bond hearing, friends and family members spoke on her behalf, painting a different portrait of the 36-year-old widow than the one that has dominated media coverage since her testimony at the murder trial of her former boss, Hemy Neuman.

Neuman, a Marietta engineer, was found guilty but mentally ill and sentenced to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting Rusty Sneiderman outside a Dunwoody day-care facility in November 2010.

"Of all the young people we know, she has the largest circle of friends of anyone her age," testified her father Herb Greenberg. His daughter, dressed conservatively in a lavender blouse and black sweater, locked eyes with her dad, smiling as he spoke.

Subsequent character witnesses spoke of Andrea Sneiderman's devotion to her family, synagogue and community.

Friend JoAnne Powers called her the "best mother ever. Sometimes, I'm really amazed with her patience."

Sneiderman's defenders say she was prepared to be charged, though her actual arrest Aug. 2 at her Lake Oconee home caught her off guard.

"She did not even move. She just kind of looked up," said Elizabeth Stansbury, who was with Sneiderman that morning. "Herb said, 'The sheriff's here.' She said, 'You've got to be kidding me.' She didn't even move."

Her attorneys have made it clear they intend to mount an aggressive defense.

"I firmly believe that the more facts about this case that come forward, the more we're going to be able to show that Andrea is, in fact, not guilty," said defense co-counsel John Petrey, who insists his client was never romantically involved with Neuman, as has been alleged.

It's assumed the prosecution's case is largely circumstantial, based on evidence presented in the indictment, but Petrey said that doesn't necessarily make the defense's job any easier.

"I've gotten many convictions when I was a prosecutor on purely circumstantial evidence," he said in an interview last week. "The fact that its circumstantial doesn't mean it's weak, doesn't mean we can't do our homework, doesn't mean we can sit back and argue to a jury that it's only a circumstantial case."

DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James is not tipping his hand, declining comment, though discovery evidence expected to be filed next week should provide a more thorough preview of the state's case.

"The strongest asset our team has in this case [is] a genuinely innocent defendant that we're going to fight very hard to show everybody," Petrey said.

Sneiderman, scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 6, is expected to be an active participant in her defense.

"She was victimized by what Hemy Neuman did, and now she is being victimized by what the state did," Petrey said.
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"She was victimized by what Hemy Neuman did, and now she is being victimized by what the state did,"

I have to say the State case is weak. I am not convinced there was an affair or that Andrea was involved in the plan to kill Rusty.

W/all due respect, LM, I disagree. I think she and Hemy had a plan. I've read everything I can find on the Neauman trial and saw her on the stand.

By Patch Staff Email the author 2:58 pm

Prosecutors in the Andrea Sneiderman case have filed discovery evidence this week that suggests the evidence against her is similar to Hemy Neuman, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Neuman was convicted in March of killing Russell Sniederman in 2010 at Dunwoody Prep, a Dunwoody day care, when Sneiderman was dropping off his child.

Thousands of pages of evidence were shared with the defense team this week, much of which was presented in the trial against Neuman, according to the report.

Andrea Sneiderman's testimony in that trial is also part of the discovery. She testified in the Neuman trial that she didn't have an affair with Neuman, her boss at GE Energy in Cobb County.

She also testified that she found out about her husband's death when she arrived at Atlanta Medical Center. Both of these key claims by Andrea Sneiderman was in contrast to evidence presented in the trial.

Sneiderman faces an indictment that includes malice murder of her slain husband, as well as perjury and making false statements. Sneiderman is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 8.

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Visitation case dismissed between Andrea Sneiderman and her in-laws, Beachwood residents

Published: Friday, September 28, 2012, 3:00 PM Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 3:05 PM
By Ed Wittenberg, Sun News

An ongoing visitation case between Andrea Sneiderman and her estranged in-laws, Beachwood residents Marilyn and Donald Sneiderman, ended Sept. 13 when the case was dismissed without prejudice in Atlanta.

According to published reports, a filing in Fulton County Court indicated the two sides reached an agreement on visitation and custody. Specific information regarding the terms was not released by the court.

Marilyn and Donald Sneiderman are the parents of Rusty Sneiderman, 36, a 1992 Beachwood High School graduate who was murdered nearly two years ago.

They had alleged Andrea Sneiderman was not allowing them to see their grandchildren. Andrea had denied the accusations, which led to the Sneidermans taking her to court for visitation rights.

Andrea Sneiderman, widow of Rusty Sneiderman, has been charged in connection with her husband’s shooting death in November 2010 outside a day care center in Dunwoody, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta.

Sneiderman, 36, is out of jail on $500,000 bond until her trial.

She is accused of having an affair with Hemy Neuman, her former supervisor at General Electric, and conspiring with him to kill her husband to get $2 million in life insurance so they could “enjoy a life together,” according to the indictment.

The charges against Sneiderman are malice murder, attempted murder, insurance fraud, racketeering and two counts each of perjury and false statements. The fraud charge stems from the $2 million she received after her husband’s death.

In March, Neuman was convicted of the shooting and sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing Rusty Sneiderman.

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By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Discovery evidence filed this week by prosecutors charging Andrea Sneiderman in the killing of her husband indicates a case similar to the one brought against the Dunwoody widow’s former boss, Hemy Neuman.

Neuman was sentenced to life in prison in March for fatally shooting Rusty Sneiderman outside his son’s daycare facility. The Cobb County engineer’s relationship with Andrea Sneiderman figured prominently in that case and will again in the second trial, as prosecutors are alleging the former co-workers conspired to kill the Dunwoody entrepreneur.

More than 9,000 pages of evidence, along with 91 discs containing interviews, audio and video records, were shared by the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office with the defense team on Tuesday. Many of the same witnesses who testified in the Neuman trial are referenced in the filings, and prosecutors have subpoenaed video of Sneiderman’s entire testimony.
On the surface, there appears to be little new evidence, such as a “smoking gun” proving the alleged conspiracy, in the latest filings.

But discovery evidence is typically vague. For example, the just-released documents reveal that a search warrant was executed on March 19 — four days after Neuman was found guilty. What was searched, and what may may have been found, was not disclosed.

Also listed in the discovery: information from Andrea Sneiderman’s computer, credit card records and receipts from GE Energy, where the widow was supervised by Neuman prior to her husband’s death.

Information obtained from an AT&T cell tower location chart, used to track the Andrea Sneiderman’s locations the day of her husband’s shooting, was also included.
At Neuman’s trial, Sneiderman testified she was first told her husband had been shot by an emergency room doctor at Atlanta Medical Center, an assertion that was rebutted by close friend Shayna Citron and Don Sneiderman, the suspect’s father-in-law. They testified Andrea phoned them — before arriving at the hospital — to tell them Rusty had been shot.

Sneiderman, who maintains she had no involvement in her husband’s death, is currently under house arrest after spending three weeks in DeKalb County jail. While incarcerated, she made several calls to her parents and a friend that were specifically mentioned by prosecutors in the discovery filing.

Those calls are recorded, according to jail officials.
Sneiderman is charged with malice murder, attempted murder, insurance fraud, racketeering and two counts each of perjury and false statements. The fraud charge stems from the $2 million she received after Rusty Sneiderman’s death.

A gag order placed on attorneys representing the state and Sneiderman prohibits them from commenting on developments in the case.

Sneiderman is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 8.

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interesting video at above link.

Updated: 6:50 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 | Posted: 6:48 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2012
By Marcus K. Garner
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Dunwoody widow of a slain businessman asked a Fulton County judge on Friday to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed against her by her late husband’s brother.

Andrea Sneiderman’s husband Rusty Sneiderman was shot and killed in November 2010 by her boss at the time, Hemy Neuman. He was convicted of murder in March.

Now, the courts are dealing with two wrongful death lawsuits arising from the killing: One filed by Andrea Sneiderman against Neuman, and another filed by Steve Sneiderman against Andrea.

Friday, during a hearing on the widow’s motion to dismiss her brother-in-law’s suit, the man’s attorney argued that his client’s lawsuit, not the widow’s, should stand.

“This wrongful death case does not belong to her,” Esther Panitch told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Doris Downs. “She is alleged to be [Neuman’s] co-conspirator. How can she sue Hemy Neuman … if she is aligned with him?”

Downs did not make a decision Friday, saying she would inform the attorneys when she did so later. It was unclear when that would happen.

The Neuman case gained national attention when, during Andrea Sneiderman’s testimony in the man’s trial in March, both prosecutors and his defense attorney accused the widow of orchestrating a murder plot against her husband.

Steve Sneiderman soon filed a wrongful death suit against the woman.

Andrea Sneiderman countersued, claiming Steve Sneiderman, the executor of his brother’s will, did not act in her children’s best interest when he released a statement to the media in June stating, “Andrea’s covered in Rusty’s blood, and there are not enough rabbis in the world to wash away those stains.”
DeKalb County prosecutors in August indicted Andrea Sneiderman in connection with her husband’s death. And Steve Sneiderman on Friday, from the witness stand, repeated another comment he had previously made suggesting that Andrea’s parents were also somehow embroiled the conspiracy to kill Rusty.

“I have reason to believe they may have known something,” he said.

Andrea Sneiderman’s attorneys said that Steve Sneiderman’s actions called into question whether he was the appropriate person to be managing Rusty Sneiderman’s financial affairs and watching over the Sneiderman children.

“How is that looking out for the best interest of your niece and nephew?” Lewis Levinson asked Steve Sneiderman.

Esther Panitch, Steve Sneiderman’s attorney, pointed out that her client had been named the executor of his brother’s will and of Andrea Sneiderman’s will, less than a year before the killing.

“Clearly, they trusted him them,” Panitch said.

Levinson questioned whether Steve Sneiderman was responsible for cutting off Rusty’s Social Security payments to his widow when she was arrested last month.

“I don’t know who did that,” Steve Sneiderman said. “If I did, I would say so.”

But Levinson said despite his connection to Rusty Sneiderman’s family, Steve Sneiderman was out of line to file a wrongful death lawsuit.

“She is the person to bring the wrongful death suit against Hemy Neuman,” Levinson said of his client.

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By Carol Gantt
updated 2:40 PM EDT, Mon October 08, 2012

Andrea Sneiderman, flanked by her attorneys Monday morning in a suburban Atlanta courtroom, pleaded not guilty to an eight-count indictment on charges related to her husband’s killing.

The eight charges against Sneiderman include malice murder, racketeering and perjury. Prosecutors charged Sneiderman after her former boss, Hemy Neuman, was found guilty but mentally ill in March and sentenced to life in prison for shooting Rusty Sneiderman. Neumann shot Sneiderman in the parking lot of the Sneidermans’ children’s day care in November 2010.

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Sneiderman has denied allegations that she and Neumann were romantically involved prior to her husband’s murder. DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said Sneiderman’s trial could last as long as five weeks.

Sneiderman’s attorneys have until the first week of December to file their motions. Hearing and trial dates will be set after December 7.

Defense attorney J. Tom Morgan said he will not be asking for a speedy trial.

Andrea Sneiderman, who is free on bond and is under house arrest at her parents’ home, has denied any involvement in her husband’s death.

There is a gag order in the case. Both the prosecutors and the defense had no comment after Monday’s hearing.

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Andrea Sneiderman Arraigned For Allegedly Conspiring With Hemy Neuman To Kill Husband

10/08/12 09:54 AM ET EDT

DECATUR, Ga. — The widow of a businessman gunned down outside a suburban Atlanta preschool has pleaded not guilty to helping plot her husband's death.

Andrea Sneiderman was arraigned Monday in an Atlanta-area court on a variety of charges, including malice murder and criminal attempt to commit murder.

Sneiderman was arrested in August and accused of conspiring with her former boss, Hemy Neuman, to kill her husband, Russell "Rusty" Sneiderman. He was gunned down just after dropping off their son at preschool in 2010.

Neuman admitted to the killing and was sentenced in March to life in prison. Andrea Sneiderman has denied involvement in the murder.

Andrea Sneiderman was released on bond but placed under house arrest in late August and has been living with her parents in Roswell.

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Posted: 4:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, 2012

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Andrea Sneiderman has asked the judge in her upcoming murder trial for permission to visit the grave of the husband she is accused of conspiring to kill.

Her attorneys on Friday filed a motion requesting permission to observe Yahrtzeit — a Jewish religious observance for deceased loved ones that involves the recitation of a religious prayer and the lighting of a special 24-hour candle — on Nov. 18, the second anniversary of Rusty Sneiderman’s death. The Dunwoody widow is currently under house arrest at her parents’ Johns Creek home.

Sneiderman pleaded not guilty earlier this month to charges that she conspired with former boss Hemy Neuman to fatally shoot her husband outside a Dunwoody daycare facility. Neuman was was found guilty but mentally ill in March and sentenced to life in prison.

Roughly five months later, Sneiderman was arrested and charged with racketeering, malice murder, criminal attempt to commit murder, insurance fraud, making false statements and perjury.

DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said recently that he expects Sneiderman’s trial to last about as long as Neuman’s — around a month. Sneiderman’s lawyers have until Dec. 7 to file their motions, which could push the start of the trial to sometime in the spring.

Prosecutors and the defense are under a court-ordered gag rule that prohibits them from commenting.

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Does the Court System let the people who want to celebrate the Holiday below out of jail to honor their departed loved ones?

Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday, and all banks are closed. The celebration takes place on November 1, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. They also leave possessions of the deceased.

Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl. The holiday has spread throughout the world: In Brazil, Dia de Finados is a public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches. In Spain, there are festivals and parades, and, at the end of the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones. Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed celebrations appear in many Asian and African cultures.


NO THEY DO NOT and the Judge shouldn't allow Andrea Sneiderman out so she can pretend to be something that she is not! IMO the very idea that she is requesting this is an insult to Rusty and his family.

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3:41 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Written by
Don Buckindail
Written by
Doug Richards

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- In court today prosecutors introduced a new possible player in the Andrea Sneiderman murder trial.

Prosecutors identified Joseph Dell as a friend and person with whom Sneiderman had a relationship for the last 18 months.

RELATED | Sneiderman withdraws request to visit husband's grave

Lawyers say Dell is a potential witness in the upcoming trial, where Sneiderman is accused of conspiring with her former co-worker Hemy Neuman to kill her husband Rusty Sneiderman.

Sneiderman is currently under a court order to have no contact with potential witnesses, so a judge could order the relationship with Dell to end.

Prosecutors say they have a new theory in Rusty's death, stating Sneiderman used Neuman to kill her husband so she could be with Dell.

Defense attorneys acknowledged the relationship, but described it as a nature "yet to be determined".

Defense attorneys did say Dell helped Sneiderman daily with chores involving her children.

Judge Gregory Adams gave lawyers until Tuesday at noon to submit proposed court orders as to using Dell as a witness.

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Posted: 5:36 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, 2012

Prosecutors announce plans to call Sneiderman companion as witness

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Prosecutors in the murder case against Andrea Sneiderman advanced a theory in court Friday that she had Hemy Neuman kill her husband so she could be with another man.

They announced a new addition to the state’s witness list in the case: Joseph Dell, who they alleged is Sneiderman’s live-in boyfriend.

DeKalb County Chief Assistant District Attorney Don Geary said there is evidence that the Dunwoody widow had her husband, Rusty, shot to death “not for Mr. Neuman to be with the defendant, but someone else” — Dell.

Lawyers for Sneiderman — who pleaded not guilty in August to charges of malice murder, criminal attempt to commit murder, racketeering, insurance fraud, making false statements and perjury — responded to the allegation as “an incredible fantasy.”

The prosecution’s developing theory is shared by the attorneys representing the victim’s brother, Steve Sneiderman, according to a document they filed Thursday in a wrongful death suit against Andrea Sneiderman.
They are attempting to compel Sneiderman to answer questions about her relationship with Dell in hopes of determining “whether Joseph Dell was the ultimate reason for manipulating Neuman to kill Rusty,” according to a motion filed Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court.

Rusty Sneiderman was fatally shot in the parking lot of Dunwoody Prep in November 2010. Neuman was found guilty but mentally ill earlier this year and sentenced to life in prison. Andrea Sneiderman testified in his trial, during which prosecutors portrayed him as her lover.

An attorney for Andrea Sneiderman, Tom Clegg, described Dell in court Friday as “a close friend of Mrs. Sneiderman.”
“The exact status of their relationship is best described as to be determined,” Clegg said.

But Esther Panitch, one of the attorneys representing Steve Sneiderman in the civil trial, alleges a much deeper involvement.

Panitch wrote in Thursday’s filing that Dell separated from his wife, who was six months pregnant at the time, in June 2011 so he could be with Andrea Sneiderman. Dell’s wife filed for divorce on Feb. 21, the same day Sneiderman testified in Neuman’s trial.

Sneiderman and Dell were together Aug. 2 in Lake Oconee when the mother of two was arrested and charged with conspiring to kill her husband, Panitch wrote.

The filing also references meetings between Dell and Sneiderman, who is now living at her parents’ home under house arrest, when she was being held in jail.

“Throughout the 58 recorded conversations from the DeKalb County Jail between (Andrea Sneiderman) and Mr. Dell, (the) defendant directed Mr. Dell to move in with her parents,” whom he refers to as “Mom and Dad,” it stated.
In one of their first jailhouse conversations, Dell, “apparently unaware that he was being recorded,” professes his love for Sneiderman, Panitch wrote.

Sneiderman responded, “I do not know what to say.”
Dell allegedly addressed speculation about his relationship with Sneiderman on a blog maintained by her supporters.
“I hardly knew Andrea before her husband was murdered but I have gotten to know her and her family as an extension of my own,” Dell wrote in an entry dated Sept. 28, according to the court filing.

Dell’s inclusion on the state’s witness list raises a potential conflict for Sneiderman, who is barred from interacting with anyone who may testify in her criminal trial.

Clegg told DeKalb Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams that Dell provides “invaluable assistance” to Sneiderman, who is under house arrest.

“Whatever her relationship is with the gentleman, we believe it has no bearing on any issue in this particular case,” he said. “To take Mr. Dell away from her … seems inappropriate.”

Adams said he’d rule on the matter by Tuesday.

Friday’s hearing was supposed to be fairly routine, with Sneiderman seeking the judge’s approval to visit her husband’s grave on Nov. 18 — the second anniversary of his death.

The defense withdrew that request, attorney John Petrey said, due to excessive press coverage.

“It was going to be a madhouse,” he said.

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This is one screwed up drama-filled train wreck. I am looking forward to this trial and also, Jodi Arias' that are to start soon. I hope TruTV airs them.

Legal expert sizes up new twist in Sneiderman murder case

Posted: Nov 19, 2012 4:46 PM CST
Updated: Nov 19, 2012 4:51 PM CST
By Renee Starzyk

DUNWOODY, GA (CBS ATLANTA) -
Ken Hodges, a former prosecutor and former district attorney, said legal experts are talking about the latest twist in the Andrea Sneiderman murder trial.

On Friday, prosecutors said Sneiderman conspired to kill her husband because she was having an affair, not with her boss Hemy Neuman, but a different man.

Neuman is serving a life sentence for the 2010 killing outside a Dunwoody daycare.

"I don't know whether this is a ploy to get Hemy Neuman to speak, to try to drive a wedge between Hemy and Ms. Sneiderman. I don't know what the motivation is," Hodges said. "The district attorney is going to have hard evidence of it and not just rumor, innuendo, speculation or it will fail."

Prosecutors have asked to add the name of the alleged lover, Joseph Dell, to the witness list.

Terms of Sneiderman's bond said that she can have no contact with any witnesses. Sneiderman's attorneys asked the judge to waive that requirement since Dell is helping care for her two children.

"The order in effect was so she wouldn't intimidate witnesses and get them to change their testimony," Hodges said. "It's hard to argue credibly that she's going to intimidate somebody she's got a romantic relationship with now."

The two sides have until noon on Tuesday to file motions on the new witness and whether Sneiderman should be allowed to continue having contact with him.

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So,if I am reading this correctly, she is living w/him? I am amazed she still has her job.

Judge says Sneiderman can't sit in on depositions

Published 10:45 a.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2012

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A judge has denied a request by a woman charged in the slaying of her husband outside a suburban Atlanta preschool to attend depositions in the case in person.

A DeKalb County Superior Court judge released an order Tuesday saying Andrea Sneiderman may listen electronically to depositions in her case.

The judge says Sneiderman may not interrupt the deposition but may talk to her lawyer as long as no one else present at the deposition hears the conversation.

Sneiderman has been under house arrest since August, accused of conspiring with her former boss, Hemy Neuman, to kill her husband, Russell "Rusty" Sneiderman. She has pleaded not guilty to charges including malice murder and criminal attempt to commit murder.

Neuman was convicted and sentenced in March to life in prison.

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Very interesting twist The "new" boyfriend.

I never felt a "connection" for her with whathisface..but this makes sense. I think her goose is cooked.

Andrea Sneiderman's defense team says that prosecutors are publicizing her new boyfriend to make a convicted killer to testify against her.

By Jason Massad Email the author November 29, 2012

Andrea Sneiderman’s defense team is claiming that prosecutors are publicizing a third man that’s involved with her to provoke Hemy Neuman into testifying against her, according to a report by 11 Alive.

The filing came this week, after Judge Gregory Adams ruled that Sneiderman and Joseph Dell could no longer have contact with one another because Dell would be a witness in the case.

Prosecutors allege Dell was the live-in boyfriend of Sneiderman.

Hemy Neuman, Sneiderman’s former boss at GE Energy, was convicted in a March trial as the shooter of Rusty Sneiderman, Andrea Sniederman’s late husband, after he dropped off his child at Dunwoody day care.

The prosecutions theory of what led to the killing has shifted and the focus has moved from Neuman to Dell. The theory when she was arrested was that she was involved with Neuman and helped him kill her husband to reap a $2 million life insurance policy so the two could enjoy it together.

Now, Dell has emerged – prosecutors claim that he is her boyfriend, recently divorced, who helps her take care of her children.

The defense brief contends the relationship between Mrs. Sneiderman and Dell is approriate. It says "Mrs. Sneiderman denies having engaged in sexual acts with Mr. Dell prior to his divorce and admits that Mr. Dell told her he loved her while she was incarcerated."

Sneiderman is recorded talking to Dell while she was in jail, shortly after she was arrested. She is now out on bond and under house arrest at her parents home.

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Published 3:26 am, Thursday, February 21, 2013

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Lawyers for a Georgia widow accused of helping to plot her husband's death are expected to argue several legal motions at a Thursday court hearing.

Andrea Sneiderman faces malice murder and other charges in the 2010 shooting death of her husband Rusty Sneiderman outside a Dunwoody preschool.

A jury found Hemy Neuman guilty but mentally ill of killing Rusty Sneiderman. Andrea Sneiderman was later arrested, accused of helping orchestrate the slaying.

Lawyers for Neuman's ex-wife -- Ariela "Reli" Neuman -- are fighting a subpoena that seeks various records.

They filed a motion Tuesday stating that Andrea Sneiderman chose Sandra Bullock as a good choice to play her if a movie is made about the case. The court motion says Sneiderman discussed Bullock during a recorded jailhouse conversation with a friend.

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Updated: 5:51 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 | Posted: 3:02 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Jury selection in the Andrea Sneiderman murder trial will begin July 29, almost a year to the day of the Dunwoody widow’s arrest.

Sneiderman was slapped with a reworked 16-count indictment on Tuesday in which prosecutors appeared to downplay talk of a conspiracy with her ex-boss Hemy Neuman, who was sentenced to life in prison in March for fatally shooting Rusty Sneiderman outside a Dunwoody daycare facility in November 2010.

She has denied any involvement in her husband’s death and has said she did not have an affair with her former supervisor at GE Energy.

Thursday, the focus was on another of Andrea Sneiderman’s alleged paramours, Joseph Dell, whom prosecutors placed on their witness list in November.

Former DeKalb County Chief Assistant District Attorney Don Geary said at the time that there was evidence Sneiderman had her husband killed “not for Mr. Neuman to be with the defendant, but someone else” — Dell.
That theory does not appear in either the first indictment or the revised version, and Sneiderman attorney Tom Clegg theorized Thursday that prosecutors made Dell’s name public either to embarrass his client or, potentially, influence possible testimony from Neuman.

“I am satisfied there is nothing that Joseph Dell could possibly testify to … that would have anything to do with any issue in this indictment,” said Clegg, adding that prosecutors have yet to interview Dell.

Sneiderman was prohibited from having any contact with Dell once the state named him as a witness.
“The woman is entitled to some sort of companionship or friendship during his ordeal,” Clegg said.
Their relationship, he said, is “their business, no one else’s.”

DeKalb District Attorney Robert James noted that Sneiderman called Dell 58 times during her three-week incarceration last August. Sneiderman is now under house arrest at her parents’ residence.

“(The defense) will contend there’s nothing relevant (in those phone conversations), but that’s not their call,” James said.

DeKalb Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams hinted he would consider granting an exception to Sneiderman’s bond conditions that might allow for contact with Dell.

Sneiderman will be arraigned March 15 on the new indictment: one count of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault, seven counts of perjury, four counts of giving false statements, and one count each of concealing material facts and hindering the apprehension of a criminal.

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Posted: 9:22 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2013

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

As expected, Andrea Sneiderman pleaded not guilty Friday to all charges contained in the state’s reworked 16-count indictment implicating the Dunwoody widow in her husband’s death.

The new indictment downplays talk of a conspiracy between Sneiderman and her former boss, Hemy Neuman, who was sentenced to life in prison last March for fatally shooting Rusty Sneiderman outside a daycare facility.
The mother of two is charged with one count of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault, seven counts of perjury, four counts of giving false statements, and one count each of concealing material facts and hindering the apprehension of a criminal.

Sneiderman’s trial is scheduled to begin July 29, almost a year to the day of her arrest. She is currently under house arrest, living with her parents in Johns Creek.

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Posted: 11:24 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Sneiderman attorneys seek dismissal of non-murder charges

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Attorneys for Andrea Sneiderman on Monday filed a motion to dismiss 13 of the 16 counts contained in a reworked indictment against their client, arguing prosecutors failed to specifically address allegations she lied to police and concealed evidence that could have led to the capture of her husband’s killer.

Russell Sneiderman was fatally shot in November 2010 by his wife’s boss, Hemy Neuman, who was sentenced to life in prison last March. Andrea Sneiderman has denied any involvement in her husband’s death.

According to the Dunwoody widow’s lawyers, the seven perjury counts against her are “vague, uncertain, indefinite and devoid of the specificity required by the due process clauses” of the state and U.S. constitutions.
“Each of the perjury counts in the indictment fails to adequately identify the issues surrounding the murder of Russell Sneiderman,” the motion states.
Prosecutors allege Sneiderman failed to provide investigators with information that pointed to Neuman’s culpability in the shooting.

But Sneiderman’s defense team contends that DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James has not provided any specifics as to how she hindered the apprehension of a criminal.

“Count 4 … does not adequately apprise (Sneiderman) of the circumstances of any alleged commission of a crime sufficient to allow defendant to prepare a defense … and to protect her against double jeopardy,” their motion states.

The defense makes similar arguments on the four counts of giving false statements and the one count of concealing material facts. Sneiderman is also charged with felony murder, malice murder and aggravated assault.
In an interview last year with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Grogan said that as the case against Neuman took shape, investigators came to believe Sneiderman was lying about her relationship with Neuman. Lead detective Andrew Thompson, in a hearing before Neuman’s trial, said police didn’t zero in on the GE Energy executive because “we were being driven towards other avenues of investigation” by Sneiderman and her immediate family.
The mother of two, currently living with her parents in Johns Creek under house arrest, denies she was ever romantically involved with her former supervisor.

Sneiderman’s trial is scheduled to begin July 29, almost a year to the day of her arrest.

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Andrea Sneiderman Update: Ga. woman deleted texts, phone calls from husband's killer, investigator says

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DECATUR, Ga. - Andrea Sneiderman, the widow of an entrepreneur gunned down outside a suburban Atlanta preschool in 2010, erased cell phone logs chronicling phone calls and texts between her and her boss on the day of her husband's killing, an investigator with the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office testified Wednesday, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
Furthermore, investigator Mark Potter says texts to and from her boss before the day of the murder had not been deleted from Sneiderman's blackberry.

Sneiderman, a mother of two, was arrested in August 2012 and accused of conspiring with her former boss, Hemy Neuman, to kill her husband, Dunwoody businessman Russell "Rusty" Sneiderman on Nov. 18, 2010.

Neuman, who admitted to the killing, was found guilty but mentally ill and sentenced in March 2012 to life in prison. Andrea Sneiderman, who denies involvement in the murder, has pleaded not guilty and her defense team is currently arguing to dismiss some of the charges against her.

Assistant District Attorney Anna Green Cross argued on Wednesday that Andrea Sneiderman lied and concealed from investigators that she knew her husband had been killed before police told her. Cross also argued that Andrea lied about her relationship with Neuman, CBS Atlanta reports.

The defense refuted the prosecution's allegations.

Lawyers for Andrea Sneiderman have argued that 13 of the 16 counts against their client lack specificity, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. They also are fighting to subpoena Neuman's ex-wife and the defendant's in-laws. DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams reportedly indicated he will make a decision regarding those matters within the next two weeks.

Andrea Sneiderman's trial is scheduled to begin July 29.

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