The Springfield (Mass.)
Republican / April 9, 2014 Buy reprints
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A
high-ranking Ludlow police officer suspended after he was charged with stealing
drugs from the department’s evidence locker has pleaded not guilty at his
Superior Court arraignment.
Lt. Thomas Foye pleaded not
guilty Tuesday to tampering with evidence, theft of drugs from a dispensary,
and cocaine possession.
The Republican
(http://bit.ly/1gKxnvG ) reports that he remains free on personal recognizance
and must surrender his guns, which his lawyer says he has already done.
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 was arrested in August and
suspended without pay last month.
In a prior statement, Foye said
he ‘‘went into surgery a hero and came out a drug addict.’’