Is Medford Police Dept. up next??? The former police chief for Methuen, described as akin to a mafia “Don,” was indicted by a statewide grand jury on 17 fraud-related charges.

 

Is Medford Police Dept. up next??? The former police chief for Methuen, described as akin to a mafia “Don,” was indicted by a statewide grand jury on 17 fraud-related charges.

A 203-page report, released March 27vand commissioned by Methuen, alleged that former Chief Joseph Solomon, which it described as running the department like a “‘Don’ of an organized crime family,” conspired to get Sean Fountain, an unqualified city council president, a police detective job that defrauded the city out of $400,000.

“On 1 July 2016, Fountain was appointed an Intermittent Police Officer by the City of Methuen’s Police Chief Joseph Solomon. Fountain was the beneficiary of a level of preferential treatment that was so blatant that it was criminal,” the report states. “He was treated differently from the four intermittent officers hired when he was.” https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/09/28/former-methuen-police-chief-indicted-on-17-fraud-counts/?utm_email=E454C415948D740FF484A4358A&lctg=E454C415948D740FF484A4358A&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bostonherald.com%2f2023%2f09%2f28%2fformer-methuen-police-chief-indicted-on-17-fraud-counts%2f&utm_campaign=boston-herald-nightly-briefing&utm_content=automated

The offices of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker partnered to further investigate reports of “past serious misconduct by” officials at the Methuen PD, resulting in a months-long investigation, according to the Essex DA’s office.