Grand jury weighing criminal charges in alleged Massachusetts State Police gun trading scheme

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Scene of the crime – The MSP Academy?
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Grand jury weighing criminal charges in alleged Massachusetts State Police gun trading scheme.

 

Deeply troubling scandals at the Massachusetts State Police continue to fester.

 

A statewide grand jury is considering criminal charges in an alleged scheme involving improper gun sales from the Massachusetts State Police armory, nearly two years after the state Attorney General’s Office launched an investigation into the matter.

 

Personal use
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The investigation dates back to 2016, when three troopers were suspended following allegations that they sold used State Police guns to a Greenfield arms dealer and received firearms for their personal use in exchange. 

 

While no new developments in the investigation have been publicly reported since, one of the three troopers has apparently been suspended without pay for nearly two years.

 

At best, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office confirmed the inquiry is still active while at the same time declining to provide other information about the case.

 

Bad cop(s)?
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Conversely, the Massachusetts State Police denied a request for public records relating to gun sales at the state police armory, arguing their release could impede the ongoing investigation. 

 

In correspondence with the state’s public records office, however, this state agency confirmed that a grand jury is weighing charges in the matter:

 

“The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office has advised the Massachusetts State Police that the Attorney General’s Office is conducting an active grand jury investigation of alleged criminal violations,” State Police counsel Daniel Brunelli wrote to Supervisor of Public Records Rebecca Murray on Thursday.

 

Source: Grand jury weighing criminal charges in alleged Massachusetts State Police gun trade scheme 

 

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