The extra we uncover in regards to the shady police dealing with of the current incident on Cape Cod involving alcohol, unregistered firearms and the son of the colonel of the Massachusetts State Police, the more serious it seems to be for all involved.
Finally, after weeks of my inquiries relating to the fairly dodgy chain of occasions, one in every of Col. Christopher Mason’s lackeys issued the next assertion:
“Col. Mason has not and will not seek any involvement or influence over the independent judicial process involving a member of his family. Furthermore, he will appropriately refrain from any further public statement on this pending matter.”
Well, we’ll see about that, received’t we?
In case you’re new to this newest tawdry story, the colonel’s 22-year-old son ingested a foul ice dice late on the night of Feb. 27. When he got here to the eye of the Barnstable PD, he was handed out, hanging out the door of his 2013 Jeep Wrangler at 12:15 a.m.
On Tuesday, a clerk Justice of the Peace determined to challenge a criticism towards the privileged lad for improper storage of 5 firearms.
His automobile was turned off, which meant Reid Mason was not charged with OUI. But the cops did discover 5 firearms within the SUV, together with two rifles and an unregistered Glock 17 that “has been unidentified on the registered owner.”
Hmmm. Does that imply that the colonel’s son was in possession of what they used to name a “throw down,” or was the mysterious Glock 17 maybe a type of fearsome new “ghost guns?”
The Barnstable PD produced two reviews on the incident, two months aside. We nonetheless haven’t seen the primary one. The second report says the weapons had been unloaded. No phrase on how the firearms are described within the preliminary one which they’re nonetheless refusing to launch.
The report we do have in hand was written by one of many responding cops, Eric J. Rogorzenski.
In an unbelievable coincidence, the 2018 Town of Barnstable payroll signifies that each Officer Rogorzesnki and defendant Mason had been summer time cops – “Seas Community Service Officers.”
Questions, questions, questions.
Who was the “family member” who drove Reid Mason house that morning? Why received’t the colonel inform us whether or not it was him? Why received’t Col. Mason launch his cellphone and automobile logs for that morning?
The incident occurred Feb. 28. Why is the second report dated May 4? What occurred to the primary report?
The May 4 report by Mason’s former co-worker says that the cops requested the district legal professional “to review my interpretation of intoxication and its influence on control as it applies to the improper storage situation.”
Huhhhh? The colonel’s son was reeking of booze, “his eyes were red and glassy and (he) had a difficult time answering questions.”
It took Mason’s buddy greater than two months to determine this out — and solely after a number of of us within the media began asking pointed questions?
Another query issues the Barnstable PD’s public day by day log. We’ve reported that the preliminary cease Feb. 28 was not reported on the log for causes that the cops have steadfastly refused to debate.
Now, after the discharge of paperwork by the court docket, we uncover that two days later, on March 2, cops had been dispatched to the Masons’ house close to Cape Cod Community College to deal with a “firearms surrender” by Reid — his 20-gauge Benelli Montefeltro shotgun.
So I checked the Barnstable PD log for March 2. Surprise, shock — no point out of the firearm give up on the colonel’s house both. However, the Barnstable PD did take into account a “dog barking” name at 6:56 p.m. worthy of be aware that day.
Covering this story, I’ve discovered much more than I ever needed to know in regards to the hackerama on Cape Cod. It’s uncontrolled, similar to in every single place else.
The soon-to-be-getting-a-pay increase $155,084-a-year clerk who okayed the listening to was Charles Ardito. His father was a choose. Ardito stepped apart for the listening to, given the, uh, conflicts of curiosity.
What an attention-grabbing crew turned out for Mason’s listening to. Sitting behind the courtroom was Barnstable Lt. Mark Mellyn, who purchased his home in Centerville from the long run colonel, Christopher Mason.
Also in attendance was the native soon-to-be-getting-a-pay increase $184,694-a-year Judge John Julian. He’s a lifelong payroll patriot, whose brother Jim was a second-generation hack for Billy Bulger, Whitey’s little brother.
Jim Julian nonetheless stays on the UMass payroll for $419,259 a yr.
The police report signifies that, earlier than he handed out in his Jeep, Reid Mason had been knocking them again on the nineteenth Hole, a well-liked native hack gin mill that was owned by Christopher Doherty till his demise in 2019.
According to his on-line obituary, Doherty was the brother of 1 Brendan Doherty, who was … watch for it … the colonel of the Rhode Island State Police.
The late nineteenth Hole co-owner’s different brother was one Ed Doherty, who was … watch for it … a clerk-magistrate, within the Wrentham District Court.
A former bartender at this nice institution the place the elite meet to eat is a lesser-known member of a Worcester County hack household identified for 2 generations of embarrassing political scandals, as much as the current second.
In truth, the nineteenth Hole is a favourite summer time watering-hole for assorted Worcester County courthouse hacks. Some evenings, in truth, you may hear this unhappy query being requested of a lifetime Worcester layabout, “And how’s poor Ali doing these days?”
Barnstable is the summer time playground of the Kennedy household, so it’s simple to know the obvious breakdown of the justice system there over the a long time.
Did I point out that the No. 2 man within the MSP, Richard Warmington, who now makes $248,083 a yr, began his cop profession on the Barnstable PD? I requested the State Police if Warmington has made any calls on younger Mason’s behalf, however the State Police stonewalling continues.
All I do know is, if I had been pitching a screenplay to Hollywood in regards to the political/police demimonde that’s Barnstable County, I might inform the cash males, “Think Barney Fife. Think Sheriff Buford T. Justice. Only drunk and disorderly.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”