Overview
- Sgt. Jennifer Penton pleaded not guilty to perjury and was released on personal recognizance after a Wednesday arraignment in Middlesex Superior Court.
- Prosecutors planned to present evidence at the Middlesex hearing in the perjury case tied to Enrique Delgado-Garcia’s death investigation.
- Penton is one of four academy instructors charged with involuntary manslaughter and serious bodily injury in the 2024 death that investigators linked to unauthorized sparring and a boxing match.
- Independent investigator David Meier filed a motion to transfer the perjury case to Worcester and join it with the other indictments, with the judge set to hear it at a June 17 pretrial conference.
- Troopers Edwin Rodriguez and David Montanez have pleaded not guilty, Casey LaMonte is due for arraignment on May 6, and all four are suspended with pay pending a July 1 review by the state POST Commission.