Nearly one in 10 Massachusetts State Police officers made more than the governor last year, with 225 officers topping the $140,535 annual salary of the state's chief executive.
Four of the 2,338 state troopers were paid more than $200,000, and 123 others were paid more than $150,000, the salary of the governor's Cabinet secretaries, according to payroll information obtained by the Globe under the state public records law
February 8, 2007 Bribery investigationFebruary 11, 2007
Grand Jury Testimony to be reviewed by new Worcester DA
While many were prepared for the known actions of former District Attorney John Conte, our new Worcester District Attorney, Joseph Early Jr. has however turned a few heads this week with the public announcement he would be looking at the shooting case of Officer Stephen Rice by car dealer Mark Ragsdale. No indictment by the grand jury was issued last November regarding the shooting.
A private meeting between District Attorney Early and Shrewsbury detectives last week was first exposed in the MetroWest Daily News by Reporter, Joyce Kelley. The result of this meeting facilitated an agreement by District Attorney Early to review the grand jury testimony involving the facts leading to decision not to indict.
Spokesperson, Timothy Connolly, stated in the February 14th article, “Early is reviewing several high profile cases, such as the Molly Bish murder and another involving convicted rapist Benjamin LaGuer.”
When question in a telephone interview Friday afternoon, Mr. Connolly was asked to clarifie the word “review”. Mr. Connolly stated, “the word review means reading case files, bringing himself up to speed, as new District Attorney Early did not know all the facts”.
This is a new beginning for a new District Attorney to end the long history within former District Attorney John Conte’s office, of hiding behind a cloak of secrecy. It is encouraging to see that the new District Attorney is no longer using black out media control tactics. The “not available for comment” that became the former Worcester District Attorney’s legacy has been discontinued.
February 26, 2007
A former state
trooper charged last year with coercing and enticing a fictitious
teenage boy over the Internet will admit to the charges in federal
court tomorrow, according to court records.
Brian W. O’Hare, a former sergeant with the state police, will
appear in U.S. District Court in Boston to plead guilty to charges
associated with his arrest and will be sentenced as well, according
to federal court records....
Mr. O’Hare
faces a maximum of 15 years in prison, a fine or both on the charge
in federal court.
Records said the defense and prosecution have agreed on a sentence
recommendation, but did not detail the terms of the agreement.
February 28, 2007
Ex-state sgt. gets 5 years in sex case
Lancaster man solicited boy over the
Internet
BOSTON— A former Massachusetts state police sergeant was sentenced to five years in federal prison yesterday in U.S. District Court.
| Affidavit of special agent Jeremy Morrisey (complete with instant message interactions of Sgt O'Hare) Criminal Complaint US District Court of Massachusetts Conditions of Release case #2000-MJ-447-RBC |
The former
sergeant, Brian W. O’Hare, formerly of 26 Lee St., Lancaster, was
arrested last year by the FBI, after arranging over the Internet to
meet what he thought was an underage boy for sex. Judge George
O’Toole prohibited Mr. O’Hare from having a computer except for work
purposes during the five years of supervision to follow his release
from prison and from being with people under 18 without supervision.
The judge also ordered Mr. O’Hare, 46, to submit to a polygraph if
probation requests it after his release from prison and ordered him
to register as a sex offender.
Mr. O’Hare had been a state trooper for 20 years. He also was a
lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard.