According to corrections1.com, citing a Boston Herald report, Tom Brady, a former assistant superintendent with the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office who was fired, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to one count of witness tampering and one count of use of interstate facilities to commit bribery and extortion. Federal prosecutors wrote that in fall 2022 he ordered a maintenance worker to make heating repairs at his home during and after work hours, and that the worker complied out of fear for his job. After another employee reported Brady to the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, prosecutors say he mailed the commission a letter falsely signed as that employee. Investigators matched a fingerprint under the stamp and DNA on the envelope to Brady, the filing states. The article does not report a response from Brady.
Why it matters
The case involves a jail administrator who pleaded guilty to using his position to direct subordinates' labor and to interfering with an ethics investigation into his conduct. Both counts carry potential prison terms.
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