COUNTDOWN:14 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 6, 2016);
"Sources
tell 5 Investigates the police chief in Braintree has announced his
retirement weeks after an audit of the department's evidence room found
missing guns, drugs and cash. 5 Investigates learned Wednesday
Chief Russell Jenkins, who has served as chief for the past four years,
will retire Oct. 7. Jenkins has been been on the department for more
than 30 years. Several criminal cases have already been
dropped by the Norfolk County District Attorney's office because drug
evidence was missing or compromised. Hundreds are expected to be
impacted. The officer in charge of the evidence room took her own life
in May. We've learned in an email Jenkins told his department
that he would have preferred to stay to oversee the implementations of
the recommendations from the auditor."
http://www.wcvb.com/news/5-investigates-chief-of-braintree-police-to-retire-amid-evidence-room-scandal/41772064