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Mass. Police Chief Arrested, Accused of Soliciting Sex for Fee
Michael Alibozek communicated online with an undercover detective and was arrested after arranging a meeting, leading to his suspension and seizure of his town-issued gun.
- On Nov. 6, Michael Alibozek, 53, chief of the Cheshire Police Department, was arrested in the Hoosac Valley Middle and High School parking lot, charged with soliciting sex for a fee.
- Communicating online, Alibozek arranged the meeting with a Massachusetts State Police undercover detective for 9:45 p.m. Thursday at the Hoosac Valley Middle and High School parking lot.
- Officials immediately relieved Alibozek of duty and placed him on paid administrative leave after the Berkshire State Police Detective Unit, with Massachusetts State Police Cheshire barracks troopers, seized his town-issued firearm and revoked police station access.
- The Town of Cheshire reported the case to the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission and the Cheshire Select Board held an emergency meeting to appoint an acting chief, naming Timothy Garner, former police chief, as an administrative consultant.
- Arraignment is set for Monday; the Cheshire Select Board is weighing options for an interim chief and cooperating with investigative and judicial processes while meeting results were unavailable Friday.
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Mass. police chief arrested in school parking lot for soliciting sex for a fee
The police chief in a western Massachusetts town was arrested last week in a local school parking lot for soliciting sex for a fee. Michael Alibozek, 53, of Adams, the police chief in the town of Cheshire, was arrested at 9:45 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Hoosac Valley Middle and High School in Cheshire, the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office said. Alibozek had allegedly been communicating online with an undercover state police detectiv…
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