Clemente, Three Others Get Prison Terms In Examscam Case
BOSTON (AP) _ A former police captain was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to steal, sell and alter police promotional tests.
Former Metropolitan District Commission Capt. Gerald W. Clemente, who became the government’s star witness against exam cheaters, got a stinging reprimand from U.S. District Judge William G. Young, along with the sentence.
″You are one of the most amoral, arrogant and manipulative individual to ever appear before the court,″ Young said.
Three other former police officers also were given prison sentences Friday, joining five other defendants who were given prison terms last week.
Young termed ″absurd″ the defense contention that Clemente had ″rendered a magnificent public service″ by testifying.
″You have done nothing of the kind,″ said Young, who told Clemente he had affected scores of officers who took promotional exams without the benefit of advance copies and damaged the integrity of honest police officers.
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