COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.

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DOCKET NO. ___________
COMMONWEALTH
v.

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COMMONWEALTH’S NOTICE
REGARDING A POTENTIAL COMMONWEALTH WITNESS
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Now comes the Commonwealth and, in light of Mass. R. Crim. P. 14 and case
law, notifies the defendant that it has learned that one of the potential witnesses in this
case, former Westford Police Officer William G. Luppold, Jr., was the subject of a
current internal affairs investigation into money discovered missing from the Westford
Police Department’s Evidence room in August 2015. Officer Luppold was also the
subject of an internal affairs investigation in April 2016 for violating police rules
regarding handling of evidence, for which he received a one-year demotion.
The Commonwealth also learned that in 1997, Officer Luppold had a civilian in
his cruiser during an active investigation; there was an internal affairs investigation into
this incident in which Officer Luppold was found to have been untruthful; and he was
suspended for 4 days as a result. Officer Luppold resigned from the Westford Police
Department on March 9, 2017.
Respectfully Submitted
For the Commonwealth,
MARIAN T. RYAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
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Assistant District Attorney
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