
A Boston police officer has pleaded guilty to sending a phony $790 traffic ticket to another driver following a road rage incident.
Prosecutors say Officer Christopher Curtis pleaded guilty on Thursday to six charges in connection with the March 2019 confrontation on Interstate 93 in Stoneham.
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He was placed on a year of probation and ordered to pay the other driver $525 in restitution, the amount that person spent fighting the ticket in court.
According to authorities, after the road rage incident, Curtis abused his position as a police officer to run the victim’s license plate and sent the victim a citation and a threatening note.
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