BOSTON (Court TV) — A former police officer’s certification has been permanently revoked over his involvement in a case that has his twin brother charged with killing a woman both brothers had been seeing.
This photo provided by the Stoughton, Mass., Police Department shows Matthew Farwell, a former police officer who pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, to charges of killing a woman he is accused of sexually exploiting when she was underage and then trying to stage the death as a suicide after she told him she was pregnant. (Stoughton Police Department)
William Farwell, who worked as a police officer at the Stoughton Police Department for five years, entered a voluntary decertification agreement with the state, meaning he can no longer work as a law enforcement officer. His decertification will also be added to the National Decertification Index.
While William is not facing any criminal charges, his twin brother, Matthew Farwell , was indicted on federal charges that he strangled his pregnant mistress , Sandra Birchmore, to hide an affair that began when the victim was underage. Matthew is additionally accused of staging Birchmore’s death to appear as a suicide.