A 64-year-old man who worked as a Massachusetts State Police trooper for more than three decades was sentenced to a month in prison for his role in a scheme to award commercial driver’s licenses to unqualified applicants.
Perry Mendes pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to falsify records, three counts of falsifying records and two counts of making false statements in April. He was one of four state troopers implicated in the scheme, which prosecutors say posed a major public safety risk.
Prosecutors sought a year-long jail sentence for Mendes, while his lawyers lobbied for a sentence of time served for the roughly 25 hours Mendes spent in maximum security detention in Florida.
Sentencing arguments
Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine J. Wichers laid out the government’s case during the Thursday morning hearing in federal court in Boston…