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Ex-Mass Detective Stiffed Multiple Landlords Despite Making $187K A Year: Feds Ex-Mass Detective Stiffed Multiple Landlords Despite Making $187K A Year: Feds
Ex-Mass Detective Stiffed Multiple Landlords Despite Making $187K A Year: Feds Despite making a comfortable living as a Stoneham police detective sergeant, Robert Kennedy left a wake of jilted landlords who say he owes them thousands in unpaid rent stretching back years. Now, federal authorities allege he broke the law by lying on rental applications to hide his shady past.  Robert Kennedy, 53, is charged with one count of wire fraud, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He made his first appearance in court on Friday, March 31.  #BREAKING: Today, #FBI Boston special agents arrested former @StonehamMAPD Detective Sgt. Robert A. Kennedy for wire fraud. He allege…

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by Josh Lanier
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8 NY Members Of Genovese, Bonanno Families Facing Charges, Including PD Detective, Feds Say 8 NY Members Of Genovese, Bonanno Families Facing Charges, Including PD Detective, Feds Say
8 NY Members Of Genovese, Bonanno Families Facing Charges, Including PD Detective, Feds Say Eight New York members of organized crime families, including six from Long Island, are among nine men who have been charged by federal authorities with racketeering and related offenses. The charging documents were unsealed on Tuesday, Aug. 16 in federal court in Brooklyn, naming the suspects, including a Nassau County police detective, from the Bonanno and Genovese organized crime families, said Breon Peace, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “Today’s arrests of members from two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the Mafia continues to pollut…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Ex-Personnel Director Sentenced For CT Police Chief Exam Scandal Ex-Personnel Director Sentenced For CT Police Chief Exam Scandal
Ex-Personnel Director Sentenced For CT Police Chief Exam Scandal A former city personnel director in Connecticut has been sentenced to four months in prison for his part in a test rigging scheme for the chief of police position at the largest department in Fairfield County. Former Bridgeport City Personnel Director David Dunn was sentenced Tuesday, April 13 to prison time for conspiring with former police chief Armando Perez to cheat on the 2018 exam that led to Perez being named chief. Dunn, age 73, who had worked for the city for more than 30 years, claimed that he helped with the scheme out of his loyalty to Mayor Joe Ganim. In addition to the cheati…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Holyoke Police Officer Makes 43-Minute Video Claiming Corruption, Racism In Department Holyoke Police Officer Makes 43-Minute Video Claiming Corruption, Racism In Department
Holyoke Police Officer Makes 43-Minute Video Claiming Corruption, Racism In Department A Holyoke Police Officer released a 43-minute video to Youtube Sunday, March 7, calling the city’s police chief corrupt and claiming the department has been “corrupt and racist" … since as far back as anyone can remember. Holyoke Police Officer Rafael Roca, a 5-year member of the force, made the video. In the introduction, Roca said that he made the video and uploaded it to YouTube because he wanted to expose the “injustice” taking place within the Holyoke Police Department. Roca specifically called out Police Chief Manuel Febo. Roca accused Febo of nepotism and covering up misdeeds committ…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Police Arrested For Embezzling Taxpayer Funds In Overtime Scheme Police Arrested For Embezzling Taxpayer Funds In Overtime Scheme
Police Arrested For Embezzling Taxpayer Funds In Overtime Scheme Nine Massachusetts Police Officers have been arrested in connection with an overtime fraud scheme that allegedly bilked taxpayers out of $200,000. The police were arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Massachusetts. The officers arrested are retired and still on the force. They are: Lt. Timothy Torigian, 54, Walpole; Sgt. Gerard O’Brien, 62, Braintree (retired); Sgt. Robert Twitchell, 58, Norton (retired); Off. Henry Doherty, 61, Dorchester (retired); Off. Diana Lopez, 58, Milton (retired); Off. James Carnes, 57, Canton (retired); Off. Michael Murph…

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by Kristin Palpini