Former Somerville police officer accused of breaking into station
Samuel Stanford was fired from the Somerville Police Department in late July. Less than two weeks later, on August 3, he came back to the police station where he formerly worked and went into the locker room through a back door, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.
The next day, an officer reported his firearm missing from his locker.
Surveillance footage caught Stanford, 28, in the locker room on tape. According to the DA’s office, police then found ammunition, a substance they believe to be heroin, 150 tablets of Percocet containing Oxycodone, and $20,000 in cash in his home, which he shares with his 25-year-old brother Edward Stanford. Both men were arrested Tuesday.
Samuel Stanford has been charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, possession of heroin, and possession of Oxycodone with intent to sell, authorities said. He has struggled with drug addiction, which led the Somerville Police Department to terminate him, his attorney told The Boston Globe.
His brother faces the same charges, excluding breaking and entering.
Samuel Stanford is being held on bail for $25,000. Edward Stanford was released Thursday on $500 bail, The Globe reported.
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