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Western Massachusetts Police Chief Addicted To Opioids

Matthew McDonald

The Board of Selectmen in the town of Montague has ordered the police chief to appear before selectmen for a disciplinary hearing in January. An independent investigation of disappearances from the police department's prescription drug drop box has just wrapped up; the chief has previously acknowledged he is addicted to prescription opioids.

State Police Major Named In “TrooperGate” Lawsuit Denies Conspiracy Allegations
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State Police Major Named In “TrooperGate” Lawsuit Denies Conspiracy Allegations

Evan Lips

BOSTON — State Police Major Susan Anderson, named last month in a state trooper's lawsuit alleging she and other top officials conspired to scrub embarrassing details from the arrest report of a judge's daughter, issued a series of denials Friday in her response to the complaint — including a flat refutation of the eye-popping claim that the order to alter the report came from Secretary of Public Safety Daniel Bennett.

Anderson specifically denied telling State Trooper Jeffrey Gilbert, the union representative for the arresting officer who filed the federal complaint, State Trooper Ryan Sceviour, "this is an order, Jeff, we all have bosses," referring to Bennett.

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