The family of 37-year-old Angelo Schettino has escalated its legal fight, filing an amended lawsuit that names both the Massachusetts State Police and the homicide detective involved in the December 2023 crash that claimed his life.
The new complaint in Essex Superior Court seeks $25 million in damages. The filing is the latest development in a case that has raised questions about the Massachusetts State Police’s (MSP) handling of an alleged crime involving one of their own.
Angelo Schettino was a passenger in a wheelchair van traveling on Lexington Street in Woburn. According to the complaint and a police report, MSP Sergeant Scott Quigley was operating an unmarked cruiser when he crossed the centerline and struck the van head-on…