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Natick accepted the resignation of Sgt. James Quilty on Thursday, Dec. 15, the town said in statement with links to supporting documents detailing an investigation into Quilty's behavior.
Quilty was previously placed on paid administrative leave on July 7, 2020 and eventually suspended without pay on January 5, 2022, Natick's statement said.
Quilt was facing charges stemming from an incident that happened when the woman and Quilty went to a post-work gathering with other members of the department on April 12, 2020.
At one point in the evening, Quilty inappropriately touched the woman against her will, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office reports.
Quilty kept touching the woman despite being asked to stop and her moving away. Quilty also reached into the woman's car, touched her again and kept her from leaving, the office continues.
Quilty was subsequently sentenced to three years probation, ordered to register as a sex offender, undergo both mental health and substance abuse evaluations and stay away and have no contact with the woman or her family.
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