LUDLOW, Mass. (AP) — A
high-ranking Ludlow police officer charged with stealing drugs from the
department’s evidence locker has been suspended without pay.
Lt. Thomas Foye had been
suspended with pay since his arrest in August, but because he was indicted by a
grand jury last week, the town’s Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday to
suspend him without pay.
According to court documents,
video surveillance captured the 49-year-old Foye entering the locked narcotics
locker at the police station, where he appears to handle and open evidence
bags. He is charged with tampering with evidence, theft of drugs from a
dispensary and cocaine possession.
In a brief statement at
Tuesday’s board meeting, the 25-year veteran thanked the board and said he
“went into surgery a hero and came out a drug addict