Overview
- The POST Commission suspended Samantha Pelrine’s police certification Monday, requiring her to turn in her badge, gun, uniform, and cruiser under a redacted order.
- State police arrested Pelrine, 31, and her husband, Daniel Forand, 37, last week on multiple felony counts, and not-guilty pleas were entered as a judge set $10,000 and $25,000 cash bail with no-contact and firearm and passport surrender conditions.
- Prosecutors say the abuse began after a boy moved into the couple’s home at age 14 in 2018 and continued with repeated assaults between 2019 and 2025, a claim first detailed in a handwritten affidavit that also led to an abuse-prevention order.
- Defense lawyer Joseph Krowski disputes the account and says the young man was taken in, later adopted as an adult, and has a history of false claims.
- A probable-cause hearing is set for June 8 as state and internal police investigations continue, and under Massachusetts law POST can suspend an officer charged with a felony even before the criminal case is resolved.