A police officer in Duxbury, Massachusetts, was indicted Friday after allegedly falsified a police report and intimidated a witness.
The office of Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz says 51-year-old Steven Amado of Plymouth is facing charges of misleading a police officer, intimidation of a police officer and false crime report.
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Amado, a 24-year veteran of the Duxbury Police Department, is accused of intentionally misidentifying a driver involved in a crash that caused property damage on May 6.
"The indictments further allege that Amado misled the police department and intimidated a fellow officer involved with the investigation," the district attorney's office said in a press release Friday.
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Prosecutors did not give any further details about the crash.
Amado has been placed on administrative leave and will be arraigned at a later date, according to Cruz's office.
It was not immediately clear if Amado had an attorney who could answer to the charges.
