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TrooperGate Lawsuit May Go the Distance, As Cast of Characters Thickens

TrooperGate Lawsuit May Go the Distance, As Cast of Characters Thickens

Evan Lips

UPDATED 10:45 P.M.

Governor Charlie Baker's recent appointee to head the Massachusetts State Police, Colonel Kerry A. Gilpin, has announced a "continued restructuring of the command staff of the Massachusetts State Police and has accepted the retirements of Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Risteen, commander of the Division of Field Services, and Major Susan Anderson, Commander of Troop C (Holden)."

TRIALS OF TURTLEBOY: Worcester Blog Takes On Boston Newspapers Over Coverage Of Massachusetts State Police Scandals
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TRIALS OF TURTLEBOY: Worcester Blog Takes On Boston Newspapers Over Coverage Of Massachusetts State Police Scandals

Evan Lips

The provocative Worcester-based blog Turtleboy Sports, the first to break the story about how a Massachusetts state trooper apparently faced discipline for including incriminating details in his arrest report concerning a judge's daughter, days ago broke a story regarding a K-9 trooper's lurid history of drug dealing and money laundering.

Both of Boston's major newspapers — the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe — recently followed up on the Turtleboy report with stories of their own.

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