A day after an attorney wrote that Steward Health Care’s CEO won’t be at a congressional hearing next week despite being subpoenaed, lawmakers said they’re working on a contempt citation against the embattled leader.
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Massachusetts hate crime: Quincy man sentenced to 18 months after tirade against Asian family
A federal court judge has sentenced a 78-year-old white Quincy man to 18 months in prison for threatening to kill an Asian family, telling them to “go back to China,” before he drove his car into a member of the family.
Townsend elected leader resigns after ‘inappropriate sexual behavior’ revealed
An elected official in Townsend resigned from his position on Thursday, shortly after the NBC10 Boston Investigators started asking questions about the revocation of his drug and alcohol counseling license by the Massachusetts Department of Publi…
Mass. State Police ‘in good shape,’ Healey says after tapping outsider to lead it
After months of searching, Gov. Maura Healey announced her choice for the next colonel of the Massachusetts State Police.
Geoffrey Noble, a former New Jersey State Police lieutenant colonel, replaces interim Col. Jack Mawn. He’s the first Massachusetts State Police leader to come from outside the department.
“The goal was to have the best search possible, a nationwide search, but I didn’t put parameters on whether it was inside or out of state,” Healey said Thursday.
New laws allowed for the search to be expanded outside the commonwealth, and while many believe that fresh perspective will expedite changes within the department, Healey remains confident in the Massachusetts State Police.
“I think the department is in good shape. I stand by the work of the men and women of the state police. That’s not to say there haven’t been bumps along the way — there have been and you’ve reported all that,” said Healey. “I have great confidence in the men and women of the Massachusetts State Police.”
Addressing recent department scandals will be a big part of Noble’s tenure. Inappropriate texts from the lead investigator on the Karen Read case, an overtime fraud ring and CDL certification bribes have brought heavy scrutiny on state troopers.
Even so, law enforcement experts believe Noble can get the Massachusetts State Police back on track.
“First thing he’s going to do is get the lay of the land, the historic issues with state police. Come up with a correction plan, try and get buy-in and then execute it,” said Dennis Galvin of the Massachusetts Association for Professional Law Enforcement.
Noble is expected to take control of the department in October.
Lawrence police seek missing woman
Police in Lawrence, Massachusetts, are searching for a woman who has been reported missing.
The Lawrence Police Department released a photo, but did not give the woman’s name or say when she was last seen.
Police said the woman was la…
