Overview
- State Police confirmed that Trooper Jacob Mick died in an off‑duty motorcycle crash in Grafton and identified him as a Northborough native assigned to the Holden Barracks.
- The department said the crash is under active review by the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office and that officials have not released full circumstances of the incident.
- Col. Geoffrey Noble issued a statement mourning Mick, extending condolences to his wife and their infant daughter, and calling him a proud trooper and public servant.
- Local reporting described a scene involving multiple vehicles at the crash site, but State Police emphasized that investigators are limiting public information while the inquiry proceeds.
- Mick graduated from the State Police Academy in 2023 and his death follows other recent losses in the force, a development that has prompted public attention to trooper safety and departmental mourning.