BOSTON, MA – A Boston Police officer has been charged with making a false statement to the FBI in connection with his cash loans to a known criminal.
David Michael Fitzgerald, a 49-year-old resident of Milton, was charged in an Information with one count of making a false statement to the FBI.
Fitzgerald has been a Boston Police Department police officer since 1996 and was the treasurer of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPAA) from 2012 to 2014.
According to court documents, Fitzgerald developed a relationship with an individual who was a known street-level drug dealer and bookmaker. During the course of this relationship, Fitzgerald made cash loans to the individual, which were paid back in weekly installments.
On April 27, 2015, Fitzgerald met the individual in Watertown in order to collect a $500 cash installment for one of the outstanding loans. Later that same day, when federal agents who were investigating the matter questioned Fitzgerald, he falsely stated that the purpose of his meeting with the individual was simply social in nature and that he had never loaned money to the individual.
The charging statute provides a sentence of no greater than five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. Fitzgerald has agreed to resign his position as a Boston Police Officer, and there will be a joint recommendation to the Court for a sentence of one year probation.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugenia M. Carris and Robert A. Fisher of Ortiz’s Public Corruption Unit & Special Prosecutions Unit.
The details contained in the Information are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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