From the Globe..10th state trooper is charged
“We don’t relish this kind of enforcement, but I think it’s
necessary to do it, Lelling told a group of reporters at the federal
courthouse. “It appears necessary at least from what we’ve seen so far to clean
house a little bit at the State Police.”
There was a burst of activity
Wednesday in the overtime scandal that has engulfed the Massachusetts State
Police, as another state trooper was charged in federal court, two who were
facing charges agreed to plead guilty, and yet another formally admitted his
guilt.
The latest trooper to be arrested by
his former allies in law enforcement was Trooper Heath P. McAuliffe, 40, who
was taken into custody at his residence in Hopkinton.
He allegedly created fictitious
driving citations and changed the time they were issued so he could collect
overtime and also get paid while participating in the security detail guarding
a massive tanker carrying liquefied natural gas as it slowly sailed into
Boston.
He was charged in a criminal
complaint with embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds, prosecutors
said.
McAuliffe made his initial
appearance in US District Court in Boston Wednesday afternoon, entering the
court in handcuffs.
He was released without bail on
several conditions, including that he not leave the continental United States
and avoid contact with potential witnesses in the case.
McAuliffe has been suspended from
State Police without pay since March.
His attorney, James L. Sultan of
Boston, said McAuliffe has also been collecting disability benefits for a
shoulder injury he suffered.
Ten current and former troopers now
face federal and state criminal charges for allegedly falsifying payroll
records and submitting phony “ghost” traffic citations to collect thousands of dollars
for work never performed.
Andrew Lelling, the United States
Attorney for Massachusetts, said the federal probe is continuing.
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 4:34 PM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
Ha ha a shoulder injury? That is his new retirement plan!
yeah.. no details were written about his injury.Jail time and pensions denied is what is coming to those who have done this for years, right under the noses of higher ranking officers.
Sometimes I think thiswon't end until every single member of troop E has been charged and sentenced.
And next year when all of these criminals go for their pension hearing, I hope all of us show up to voice our disgust that they will all most likely be granted their pensions. A bunch of thiefs!
THis won't end until they have all been charged and we start from scratch.
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