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Trooper Joel Rogers, 54, of Bridgewater, had been suspended without pay by state police since Jan. 31.

Can you imagine the carnage that could be caused if an incompetent driver were behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer hauling 10,000 gallons of fuel?

Indicted Trooper Joel Rogers, charged last week in an alleged commercial driver's license bribery case, was dishonorably discharged and immediately retired.

Six people have been charged in connection with the scheme.

A second Massachusetts State Police trooper, who was among six people accused of taking bribes in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving...

REHOBOTH -- A second trooper charged with a local in a scandal involving issuing commercial drivers licenses suddenly retired with a dishonorable discharge while a retired trooper was arraigned Wednesday

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The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles says it has downgraded the licenses of more than two dozen commercial drivers in the wake of a bribery scandal. Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are among six people charged this week in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway. That was in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests. The RMV announced Friday that it has identified 26 people who didn't pass the test...

BOSTON -- Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged last week in a scheme that investigators say would take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S. attorneys office said.

A police sergeant accepted a snow blower, a plunge pool and boxes of coffee in exchange for allowing people to pass their driving test.