Sandwich police officer
arrested Friday after highway incident
A veteran off-duty Sandwich police officer was arrested and
suspended from duty early Friday morning after he was accused of ramming a
relative’s vehicle on Route 6 east of Exit 2, forcing it from the highway.
Michael Hoadley, 46, faces four counts: assault and battery with a
dangerous weapon (his vehicle), domestic assault and battery, operating to
endanger and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.
Sandwich Police Chief Peter Wack suspended Hoadley from duty with
pay and called Massachusetts State Police to investigate the incident.
Hoadley was arraigned later Friday morning at Barnstable District
Court. He was last suspended from duty for three months in 2010, following an
accident in Forestdale.
Police said the victim in the highway assault was not injured.
Hoadley is a 27-year veteran of the Sandwich Police Department