Mass. State Trooper Charged With Assault Suspended Without Pay
Erickson is a former Marine who has received commendations during his time with state police since 2005. “To say that this man is a danger flies in the face of all he’s done in the past,” his attorney Paul Garrity said, adding, “He’s an exemplary example of the Mass State Police.” A police affidavit alleges that Erickson, who is married with two children, took his 29-year-old girlfriend’s cellphone and threw her on a bed. He allegedly “wrapped her arms around her on the bed and knelt on her upper thigh area so that she could barely breathe and could not move,” and “put his...