The Boston Police Division captain overseeing the division’s proof warehouse whereas the unit was abusing time beyond regulation goes to federal jail.
Richard Evans, 65, of Hanover, retired from BPD following 42 years with the division shortly after being charged in March 2021 within the time beyond regulation fraud scandal.
A jury final March convicted Evans of conspiracy to commit theft regarding packages receiving federal funds, theft regarding packages receiving federal funds, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud following a trial in federal courtroom in Boston.
On Thursday, U.S. District Courtroom Choose Richard G. Stearns sentenced Evans to a yr and a day in federal jail. Evans can also be ordered to pay $154,249.20 in restitution and a positive of $15,000.
Evans had a base pay of $162,719 in 2020 and whole earnings of $241,868, based on public information.
Appearing U.S. Lawyer Joshua Levy stated that he hopes the sentence dissuades anybody “who may be tempted to follow a similar path.”
“Members of law enforcement are expected to uphold the law, not violate it,” Levy stated.
Prosecutors say that Evans was the commander of the BPD’s Proof and Provide Administration Division from 2012 to 2016, proper because the Proof Management Unit was tasked with a “purge” of outdated or pointless proof saved within the warehouse to make room for contemporary proof. The work would require lots of time beyond regulation shifts, which officers and their supervisors — together with Evans — conspired to benefit from.
Officers would normally fill out time beyond regulation slips claiming a full four-hour shift once they would typically work solely a small portion of that point, if in any respect.
The final officer charged within the preliminary wave of indictments within the investigation was sentenced in August.
Officer James Carnes, of Canton, was sentenced then to time served and two years of probation in addition to greater than $20,000 in restitution. His sentence adopted these of co-conspirators Michael Murphy and Gerard O’Brien, who have been additionally sentenced to time served and restitution quantities of $16,014 and $25,930. Every of them took plea offers.
A fourth officer, Diana Lopez, was sentenced to six months in jail and two years of supervised launch, in addition to a $5,000 positive and $36,028 in restitution.
Lt. Timothy Torigian, Sgt. Robert Twitchell and officers Henry Doherty and Kendra Conway have been acquitted following an 11-day trial. A ninth defendant, Officer Ronald Nelson, died on Jan. 15, 2022, forward of trial and his prices have been dismissed the following month.
