The Norfolk County District Attorney's office notified the Foxborough Police Department that 138 cases had gone through the now closed Jamaica Plain drug testing lab where a chemist is accused of tainting drug samples.
The state's drug lab scandal involving approximately 60,000 drug samples could have an impact on over 100 cases in Foxborough, according to Foxborough Police Chief Edward O'Leary. "Our community was identified [by Norfolk County District Attorney's office] as having 138 various cases that could be impacted," O'Leary said. "I know the District Attorney's staff has been going through all the various cases that have been handled at Wrentham District Court to find out which ones may be impacted by that particular chemist being involved in some fashion." The cases that may be affected by the scandal are those where drug evidence was allegedly handled by chemist Annie Dookhan, who is accused of tainting drug samples during years of employment at…
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Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey accepted prosecutor George Papachristos's resignation Wednesday. Papachristos was investigated by state police over his email correspondence with crime lab chemist Annie Dookhan.
A Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney has resigned in the wake of a State Police investigation of his relationship with Jamaica Plain Crime Lab "Rogue Chemist" Annie Dookhan. Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey released a short statement about the resignation late Wednesday afternoon: After discussions with his supervisors, Assistant District Attorney George Papachristos has offered his resignation and District Attorney Michael Morrissey has agreed to accept it. George Papachristos communicated that he does not wish to be a further distraction from the central issue of the criminal conduct that has been alleged and the complete breakdown of supervision that allowed it to continue. Papachristos and Dookhan corresponded by …
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