Overview
- A Worcester County grand jury indicted Lt. Jennifer Penton and Troopers Edwin Rodriguez, David Montanez and Casey LaMonte on involuntary manslaughter and causing serious bodily injury, with Penton also charged with perjury.
- Investigators found Enrique Delgado-Garcia showed concussion-like symptoms during unauthorized sparring on Sept. 11, 2024, then suffered multiple blunt-force head injuries and a massive brain bleed when staff failed to halt a competitive bout the next day.
- The four have not been arrested and will be summoned for arraignment, according to special prosecutor David Meier.
- The Massachusetts POST Commission suspended the four officers’ law-enforcement certifications, and the State Police relieved them of duty pending disciplinary proceedings and duty status hearings.
- Meier’s probe used a special statewide grand jury that heard roughly 150 witnesses and reviewed about 350 exhibits, as the academy’s full-contact boxing remains suspended and external training reviews near completion with the family pressing for meaningful reforms.