A scandal involving a State Police homicide detective has led to finger-pointing between the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office and defense attorneys, raising questions about who knew the details of a fatal 2023 crash and why it took over two years for certain facts to surface.
At the center of the controversy is State Police Sergeant Scott Quigley, a veteran investigator who worked alongside prosecutors in the Middlesex DA’s office. In December 2023, Quigley was driving an unmarked cruiser in Woburn when he struck a wheelchair van head-on. Angelo Schettino, a passenger in that van, died from his injuries a month later.
While Quigley’s attorney maintains the crash was a “tragic accident,” newly disclosed hospital records from when Quigley was treated for injuries he sustained in the crash suggest that the detective was legally intoxicated at the time of the collision…