Allegedly Three Medford Cops were on the chopping block. The auctioneer asks "Do we hear four?"
Has Breanna Squashed Alleged Indictments?
Former Cops now SUSPECTS!
To Serve and then Neglect:
Authorities identified the six retired officers: Sergeant Gerard O’Brien, 62, of Braintree; Sergeant Robert Twitchell, 58, of Norton, Officer Henry Doherty, 61, of Dorchester, Officer Diana Lopez, 58, of Milton and Officer James Carnes, 57, of Canton.
They are scheduled to make an initial appearance in US District Court in Boston later Wednesday via videoconference.
The suspects were each charged in an indictment unsealed Wednesday with one count of conspiracy to commit theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and one count of embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds, Lelling’s office said in the statement.
In a statement, authorities alleged the officers operated two overtime scams between 2016 and 2018: They were eligible to work a four hour OT shift that ended at 8 p.m. at the department’s warehouse, but they often left before that time - and alarmed the warehouse as they left the building early.
The second scam allegedly involved falsifying the length of time it took them to collect prescription drugs dropped off at station houses and then driving them to an incinerator in Saugus for destruction. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/02/metro/nine-former-current-boston-police-officers-charged-with-overtime-fraud-us-attorney-lelling-says/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter
