A Massachusetts State Police

Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday tapped Lt. Col. Christopher Mason as the next colonel and superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, a week after the previous head of the embattled agency stepped retired.

A former Massachusetts State Police trooper alleges in newly-unsealed court filings that supervisors at the embattled department regularly ordered troopers to skip overtime shifts they were paid for, the Boston Globe reports. The filing by the attorney for Daren DeJong — one of the troopers implicated in an overtime abuse scandal — alleges that supervisors told troopers to “run silent,...

Col. Kerry Gilpin is stepping down as the head of the Massachusetts State Police.

Col. Kerry Gilpin, head of the Massachusetts State Police, is stepping down as leader of the embattled agency. The agency said in a statment on Wednesday that Gilpin’s retirement would take effect on Nov. 15.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper who said he was forced to falsify records to protect a judge’s daughter has been cleared of any wrongdoing. The Boston Globe reports State Police Colonel Kerry Gilpin wrote to Trooper Ryan Sceviour in a June 26 letter made public Thursday that he “acted appropriately” during the case involving the daughter of Dudley District Court...

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was temporarily stripped of his gun and placed on restricted duty after being arrested outside the Xfinity Center last week. The NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned that Trooper Christopher B. Lenney was charged Aug. 1 with trespassing at the venue, which hosted a performance that night by heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper will face drunk driving charges after allegedly crashing a pickup truck into another vehicle while he was off duty in Chicopee last month. The crash injured three people, including a fellow trooper who was a passenger. State police did not identify the 35-year-old trooper, citing their policy not to name defendants who have not been...

A Massachusetts State Police trooper responding to a report of a wounded dog on a busy road just north of Boston got an unexpected surprise. State police said Thursday on Facebook that Trooper Carlo Mastromattei found a frightened coyote pup on Revere Beach Parkway in Revere last Sunday night. The pup’s mother was nowhere in sight.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper is facing charges after authorities say he was involved in an assault and battery altercation earlier this month. Trooper Matthew Hickey is facing charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury as well as assault and battery stemming from the incident at Dorsett Hall in Dorchester, according to authorities.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper sustained stab wounds to the head, neck, shoulders and arm while trying to apprehend an 18-year-old man who had fled an earlier traffic stop. Authorities said the teenage suspect from Manchester, New Hampshire was then shot in the torso by the 47-year-old trooper, and both were taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester with serious...

A Massachusetts State Police trooper has been dishonorably discharged after the department said she did not disclose her past involvement in a drug dealing operation before joining the force. State police say Leigha Genduso, a member of the K9 unit, provided untruthful information during her hiring process, concealing her own drug use and her participation in dealing narcotics.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was seriously injured in a crash on the Billerica-Chelmsford line on Thursday afternoon.

Regarding a Massachusetts State Police cover up, AG Maura Healey announced that no criminal charges will be filed in connection with the investigation; however, the matter has been recommended to the State Ethics Committee.