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Four Mass. State Police Instructors Charged in 2024 Recruit’s Death

An independent probe found an unauthorized boxing bout led to a fatal brain bleed, prompting grand jury indictments after months of testimony.

FILE - People display signs with with a likeness of Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who died following a State Police Academy training exercise, at a protest outside the State Police Academy graduation ceremony, Oct. 9, 2024, at the DCU Center, in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Demonstrators outside of the DCU Center in Worcester, which held the State Police academy graduation in 2024, called for an independent investigation into the death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
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Massachusetts State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble at Framingham headquarters on July 24, 2025.

Overview

  • Attorney General Andrea Campbell and independent investigator David Meier announced charges including involuntary manslaughter for a supervisor and three full-time academy instructors.
  • The supervisor also faces a perjury charge for giving repeated false answers during the investigation, officials said.
  • Investigators determined Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, suffered a massive brain bleed during an unauthorized boxing match at the State Police Academy in New Braintree and died the next day in 2024.
  • Meier said no arrests were made and he has asked the court to issue summonses for arraignments, with indictments unsealed Monday.
  • A special statewide grand jury worked for nine months, hearing about 150 witnesses and reviewing roughly 350 exhibits, as the academy’s boxing program remained suspended and broader training reforms proceeded.