Massachusetts State Police Second-In-Command Retires Amid Probe Involving Altering of Judge’s Daughter’s Arrest Report

A series of explosive lawsuits filed by two Massachusetts State Police troopers alleging that higher-ups conspired to direct the whitewashing of a lurid arrest report featuring a prominent judge's daughter has now resulted in the retirement of the agency's second in command. On Tuesday Lieutenant Colonel Francis Hughes submitted his retirement paperwork, days after Colonel Richard D. McKeon, the agency's top dog, did the same.

A series of explosive lawsuits filed by two Massachusetts State Police troopers alleging that higher-ups conspired to direct the whitewashing of a lurid arrest report featuring a prominent judge's daughter has now resulted in the retirement of the agency's second in command. On Tuesday Lieutenant Colonel Francis Hughes submitted his retirement paperwork, days after Colonel Richard D. McKeon, the agency's top dog, did the same.…