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Charges of officer’s abuse roil Maine city and its police
After years of silent pain, alleged victim spoke out and a deluge followed
Nestor Ramos | Globe Staff
April 19, 2015
Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe
Stephen Michael Dodd.
BIDDEFORD, Maine — The first time was in the police officer’s SUV, Matt Lauzon said, parked on a quiet dirt road that runs along one of the creeks that splinter off the Saco River.
Lauzon said he was not yet 16 when the officer, Stephen M. Dodd, lured him to the remote lane and sexually molested him — the first in a series of alleged assaults that spanned months.
Lauzon, now 30 and living in Boston, kept the secret for more than a decade. But when he finally went public last fall, he learned that he had not been alone in his suffering.
Emboldened, they say, by Lauzon’s courage, several other men have emerged to allege that Dodd molested and raped them. The revelations have roiled this rough-edged city 20 miles south of Portland, and raised questions about whether earlier complaints about Dodd should have cost him his badge — and perhaps his freedom — far sooner.
Interviews with victims and witnesses, and documents preserved over the decades paint a picture of prolonged abuse brought repeatedly to the attention of state and local authorities, who nevertheless waited months or perhaps years to suspend Dodd. Now 57, Dodd was a sergeant when he finally surrendered his law enforcement license and retired in July 2003 without ever facing charges.
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In the months that followed Lauzon’s initial public posts on Facebook, others shared similar stories of abuse by Dodd — including those who say this is not the first time Dodd’s alleged activities were brought to the attention of authorities.
Full Story:
Allegations of abuse by officer turn into chorus - Metro - The Boston Globe
WTF is going on here? You'll want to read the full story ...... completely bizarre ..... you could not make this sh*t up.
After years of silent pain, alleged victim spoke out and a deluge followed
Nestor Ramos | Globe Staff
April 19, 2015
Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe
Stephen Michael Dodd.
BIDDEFORD, Maine — The first time was in the police officer’s SUV, Matt Lauzon said, parked on a quiet dirt road that runs along one of the creeks that splinter off the Saco River.
Lauzon said he was not yet 16 when the officer, Stephen M. Dodd, lured him to the remote lane and sexually molested him — the first in a series of alleged assaults that spanned months.
Lauzon, now 30 and living in Boston, kept the secret for more than a decade. But when he finally went public last fall, he learned that he had not been alone in his suffering.
Emboldened, they say, by Lauzon’s courage, several other men have emerged to allege that Dodd molested and raped them. The revelations have roiled this rough-edged city 20 miles south of Portland, and raised questions about whether earlier complaints about Dodd should have cost him his badge — and perhaps his freedom — far sooner.
Interviews with victims and witnesses, and documents preserved over the decades paint a picture of prolonged abuse brought repeatedly to the attention of state and local authorities, who nevertheless waited months or perhaps years to suspend Dodd. Now 57, Dodd was a sergeant when he finally surrendered his law enforcement license and retired in July 2003 without ever facing charges.
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In the months that followed Lauzon’s initial public posts on Facebook, others shared similar stories of abuse by Dodd — including those who say this is not the first time Dodd’s alleged activities were brought to the attention of authorities.
Full Story:
Allegations of abuse by officer turn into chorus - Metro - The Boston Globe
WTF is going on here? You'll want to read the full story ...... completely bizarre ..... you could not make this sh*t up.
