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Andover Youth Services Director Bill Fahey was fired May 10 following an investigation. (Shutterstock)
ANDOVER, MA County prosecutors and state police investigated allegations regarding Bill Fahey and found they did not rise to the level of criminal conduct, an official confirmed.
District attorney s spokeswoman Carrie Kimball confirmed that Andover police referred allegations against the former Andover Youth Services director to the Essex County District Attorney s Office, as first reported by the Eagle-Tribune.
Andover police spokesman Lt. Edward Guy called the allegations very concerning.
Subscribe The Andover Police Department had been notified several months ago of alleged incident(s) that were very concerning involving Mr. Fahey as Director of Andover Youth Services, Guy said. This incident(s) had occurred some time ago.
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Show Transcript THAT DISCOVERED THIS UNDER A DIFFERENT INVESTIGATION OF A NEW POLICE OFFICER. SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOW ON ADMINISTERED OF LEAD LEAVE. THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFICE ABOUT POSSIBLE MISCONDUCT. WE BEGAN AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. SERA: ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE DRUG USE AND TWO OFFICERS ARE ACCUSED OF USING RACIAL LINKAGES LANGUAGE AND TEXT MESSAGES. WE DID FIND THAT TWO OF THE OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY FELT WERE PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS DID USE RACIALLY INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE. SERA: THE MAYOR RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART, AS MAYOR I AM FOCUSED ON BUILDING TRUST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO HAVING AN ACCOUNTABLE ADMINIST