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.
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.
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.
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