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Article: Court won't charge 2 town officials
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- December 3, 2002
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The Patriot Ledger
PLYMOUTH - A clerk magistrate has refused to issue criminal
charges against Police Chief Robert Pomeroy and Town Manager Eleanor
Beth for telling a police officer he would be fired if he did not
submit to a lie detector test.
Falmouth District Court Magistrate Kenneth Halloran yesterday
denied police officer Kevin Furtado's application for criminal
charges against the pair, citing insufficient evidence.
"I'm very pleased and relieved," Beth said. "You make these
decisions, based on advice from counsel, thinking you're doing the
correct thing and acting in the town's best interest, but until a
court says so you're never really sure. I'm relieved it's over."
Leonard ...