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Mass. trooper suspended amid sexual misconduct allegations
The sexual misconduct allegations were related to an incident in Lexington. The DA and local police are independently investigating.
A Massachusetts State Police trooper has been suspended without pay after sexual misconduct allegations stemming from an incident in Lexington, officials confirmed.
Terence Kent, who graduated from the State Police Academy in 2017, was relieved of duty and suspended without pay effective Thursday, a spokesperson for the department said.
“The Massachusetts State Police does not tolerate any form of sexual misconduct, and we hold our members accountable to the highest professional standards,” the spokesperson said. “When these serious allegations came to our attention, the Department immediately relieved the accused trooper of duty, opened an internal affairs investigation, and suspended him without pay following his duty status hearing.”
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The spokesperson said the State Police will cooperate with the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office and Lexington Police Department, who are conducting their own investigation.
The sexual misconduct allegations were related to a traffic stop in Lexington, The Boston Globe reported.
Kent was previously suspended for eight days and forfeited 38 days of time off for abandoning his assigned post in 2023, data from the state’s police watchdog agency shows.
The DA and Lexington police did not return a request for comment Sunday evening.
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