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Mass. police chief convicted of assaulting wife (gets taxpayer-funded year off with pay).
AP ^ | Jun. 27, 2013 5:52 AM ET

Posted on 06/27/2013 4:15:49 AM PDT by qwerty1234

A district court jury has found Waltham Police Chief Thomas LaCroix guilty of twice assaulting his wife at the couple's Maynard home. LaCroix faces up to 2½ years in prison for each incident at his sentencing July 10.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Massachusetts
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Being a public employee is great, beat up your wife, get a $150,000 taxpayer funded vacation from work for over a year.
1 posted on 06/27/2013 4:15:50 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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I’d make sure he gets put in a low-security prison, and whatever happens to him...he probably deserves.


2 posted on 06/27/2013 4:28:53 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: qwerty1234

two words; Lautenburg. Amendment.


3 posted on 06/27/2013 4:36:42 AM PDT by RC one
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So he was rewarded for beating his wife. He should convert to islam sharia will forgive him


4 posted on 06/27/2013 5:17:50 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (Yesterdays conspiracies are todays truths)
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What’s the general rule of thumb for punishment in a case like this?


5 posted on 06/27/2013 5:58:27 AM PDT by glorgau
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Gonna be hard to be a police chief when you’re a felon, don’t you think?


6 posted on 06/27/2013 6:00:41 AM PDT by saleman
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To: glorgau

He’ll get 30 - 90 days in a county jail, two years probation, mandatory anger-management counseling, and lose his job. Once convicted of domestic violence, in any state, you are no longer eligible to own or carry a firearm.


7 posted on 06/27/2013 8:26:56 AM PDT by krogers58
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