Gloucester police officer on depart after FBI search

“Presently, there isn’t a data indicating that the investigation is said to any conduct carried out whereas on responsibility or associated to their duties as a Gloucester Police Division worker.”

A Gloucester police officer has been positioned on administrative depart in reference to an ongoing cybercrime investigation by the FBI, officers introduced.

Gloucester Police Chief Edward Conley stated Monday that the FBI executed search warrants at two non-public residences, one in all which is owned by the Gloucester officer, associated to the federal investigation.

The officer, whose identify has not been launched, has been positioned on depart, Conley stated.

“Presently, there isn’t a data indicating that the investigation is said to any conduct carried out whereas on responsibility or associated to their duties as a Gloucester Police Division worker,” Conley stated. “As this matter issues an lively federal investigation, the division is not going to be offering additional remark right now.”

A request for remark from the FBI was not instantly returned.

“The Division of Justice doesn’t affirm or deny investigations,” the Workplace of the USA Lawyer for the District of Massachusetts stated in an announcement.