Neuman's Wife Files for Divorce

A week after his life sentence for murder, the East Cobb woman is asking to have family debts assigned to him.

Ariela Neuman was serious last week when she said she wanted to "delete" from her life as much of her 23-year marriage to Hemy Neuman as she could.  The East Cobb woman has filed for divorce a week after he was given a life sentence without parole for the murder of Russell Sneiderman near a Dunwoody day care center. A DeKalb Superior Court jury found Hemy Neuman guilty of the crime but mentally ill.  According to filing documents obtained by 11 Alive, Ariela Neuman is citing adultery and cruel treatment by Hemy Neuman as well has his conviction. The papers say she is seeking the family's home and other assets and custody of the couple's 18-year-old daughter, Addie Ann Neuman, and wants all debts the family accrued to be assigned to him. …

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Neuman Found Guilty But Mentally Ill

The former East Cobb resident has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Updated: 4:15 p.m.  Former East Cobb resident Hemy Neuman has been found guilty but mentally ill by a DeKalb County jury Thursday in the murder of Russell "Rusty" Sneiderman.  He was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole by Judge Gregory Adams, who also issued a five-year sentence for Neuman's conviction on a weapons charge.  Neuman, who had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, showed no emotion as the verdict was read. The jury forewoman's voice cracked a bit as she read that Neuman was "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt but mentally ill." According to the terms of the verdict, Neuman will return to prison but will receive treatment for his mental illness. Doug Peters, Neuman's lead attorney, said he will appeal the …

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Testimony Ends in Neuman Trial

Closing arguments are slated for Tuesday in the former East Cobb resident's trial for the Dunwoody Prep killing.

Both the prosecution and the defense rested Monday in the murder trial of former East Cobb resident Hemy Neuman, with closing arguments slated for this morning.  After 13 days of testimony, and following the final arguments and instructions from the judge, a DeKalb Superior Court jury could get the case this afternoon. There will be plenty of complicated, dramatic information to absorb. As Dunwoody Patch summarized following Monday's testimony, Neuman's attorneys are claiming he wasn't mentally competent when Russell "Rusty" Sneiderman outside the Dunwoody Prep day care center on Nov. 18, 2010. A psychiatrist for the prosecution testified that Neuman is faking an illness to avoid prison. That last issue was emphasized in court on Monday, …

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An Eventful Week at the Neuman Trial

The former East Cobb resident's murder trial in the Dunwoody Prep shooting of Russell Sneiderman is drawing national interest.

The murder trial of former East Cobb resident Hemy Neuman got underway this week, with plenty of intrigue occurring on the witness stand and the courtroom and that has generated national media attention.  For a grand overview of what happened, Dunwoody Patch has rounded up links to stories, live blogs and courtroom videos.  On Sunday The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted Andrea Sneiderman's attorney as saying that the widow of murder victim Russell Sneiderman "knew she was going to get beaten up on the witness stand." But she did so, attorney Seth Kirschenbaum said, to help the prosecution.  On her first day of testimony under prosecution questioning, Andrea Sneiderman heatedly denied she and Neuman, her supervisor at a GE Energy …

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Follow the Hemy Neuman Trial Live

Dunwoody Patch is live-blogging the murder trial of the former East Cobb resident in DeKalb Superior Court.

Widow Denies Affair with Neuman

The Dunwoody murder trial for the former East Cobb resident began with testimony from Andrea Sneiderman.

Hemy Neuman supervised Andrea Sneiderman at a GE Energy unit in East Cobb.  But the widow of the man Neuman is accused of shooting to death near a Dunwoody day care center in November 2010 denied she had an extramarital affair with her boss. Andrea Sneiderman, who testified most of Tuesday afternoon in DeKalb Superior Court, was the first witness for the prosecution, which is basing its case against Neuman on his alleged obsession over her.  "To boil it down to a sentence, the man wanted someone else's wife," said Assistant District Attorney Don Geary during the first day of Neuman's trial.  The start of the trial was delayed last fall when Neuman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.  The trial resumes at 9 a.m. Wednesday (full …

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Trial for Hemy Neuman Set to Begin

Jury selection begins Monday as the former East Cobb resident is accused of murderding Russell Sneiderman at the Dunwoody Prep day care.

Nearly a year after his arrest and four months after being delayed, the trial of former East Cobb resident Hemy Neuman begins Monday with jury selection.  Neuman, a former manager at a GE Energy engineering unit in the Wildwood corporate center in East Cobb, is charged with the November 2010 shooting death of Russell Sneiderman outside the Dunwoody Prep day care center.  The trial in DeKalb County Superior Court was delayed in October when Neuman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Neuman is accused of killing Sneiederman, who had just dropped off his todder at the day care center. Neuman supervised Sneiderman's wife at GE Energy.  During the delay there has been plenty of legal wrangling, including an unsuccessful effort last month …

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Dunwoody Murder Suspect on Trial in October

DeKalb proscutor won't say if he's seeking death penalty against East Cobb resident Hemy Avi Neuman.

The trial for Hemy Neuman, the East Cobb resident accused of gunning down Russell "Rusty" Sneiderman outside a Dunwoody preschool, will begin this fall. During a pre-trial hearing on Thursday, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams set the trial date for Oct. 17. The trial is scheduled to run for four weeks. Adams asked attorneys if they expected a plea agreement would be reached. Robert James, the DeKalb County District Attorney, said his office was ready for a trial. Neuman's defense team said it doesn't expect an agreement. “We have entered a plea of not guilty,” said Douglas Peters, Neuman’s attorney. “And expect the case to be tried by a jury.” Adams scheduled hearings on pre-trial motions for August. In April, Neuman pleaded not …

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Dunwoody Murder Suspect with East Cobb Ties

Hemy Zvi Neuman held without bond, will use public defender.

Hemy Zvi Neuman, the man accused of shooting Rusty Sneiderman outside of a Dunwoody preschool in November, made his initial court appearance Wednesday in the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County. A background check showed he'd previously lived in Boca Raton, Fla. and New York state. His booking information lists an East Cobb home address. Police confirmed he had lived in that area and recently moved to Buckhead. Both Neuman and Andrea Sneiderman, Russell's wife, work for a General Electric operations unit in offices located off Powers Ferry Road in East Cobb. Calls Wednesday to those offices reached both Andrea Sneiderman and Neuman's voice mails. According to the criminal arrest warrant, Neuman is accused of the offense of Murder Felony. "…

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