EAST BROOKFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Two Massachusetts troopers accused of receiving rifles as gifts from a prospective vendor have been sentenced to probation.
Former Lt. Paul Wosny and former Trooper Michale Wilmot were ordered to serve two years probation after accepting plea deals. They were sentenced after being found guilty of violating the standards of conduct for a public employee, the Telegram & Gazette reported Thursday.
The two men, who retired from the state police in 2016, must also pay fines of $7,500.
Wosny and Wilmot were initially charged late last year after an investigation by the state attorney general’s office revealed the owner of Troy Industries gave them carbine rifles, valued as much as $3,000, for free.
The rifles were personalized using the troopers’ state police ID numbers as the serial numbers while the company was lobbying to become a vendor for the state police, court documents showed.
Court documents also stated the records for the guns were allegedly falsified, showing the guns were transferred to First Defense Firearms of Uxbridge in August 2013.
The former troopers were also accused in a scheme involving the exchange of state police weapons with a firearms dealer that served as a vendor for the state police.
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