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enforcement officers posing as a New Hampshire Trooper Maura McCarthy and Trooper Tom Murphy.
based contract killer. The man was insistent that
the killings appear to be accidents, writing in one DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT STEPHEN JOHNSON and
letter that Trooper Graham’s death should be made TROOPER DUSTIN FITCH
to appear as a line-of-duty accident. In another During a six-day period in July 2001, a
conversation, he suggested that Trooper Graham 57-year-old man viciously murdered three innocent
be followed to his home and killed there. If not for victims. Two years later, the man was convicted and
the efforts of Sergeant Gerald Collins and Trooper a jury sentenced him to death. In 2011, however, a
Graham, the man would not have been indicted federal judge vacated the jury’s verdict, citing juror
on five counts of using interstate commerce to misconduct. As a result, in 2013, the government
facilitate the commission of murder-for-hire. sought a new sentencing trial. After years of
For their outstanding efforts in collaboration intensive litigation, the sentencing proceeding
with multiple agencies, Sergeant Gerald Collins culminated in late 2016 and early 2017 in a four-
and Trooper Andrew Graham were awarded the month trial that involved more than 100 witnesses,
Outstanding Collaborative Investigation Award. 20 defense experts, and 500 exhibits. The jury

DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT MARY McCAULEY sentenced the serial murderer to death in January
2017. When jury selection for the sentencing trial
As part of a multi-agency operation to identify began in September 2016, Detective Lieutenant
victims of sex trafficking, an undercover law Stephen Johnson and Trooper Dustin Fitch
enforcement operation that involved the FBI, conducted comprehensive background checks on
Revere Police and the MSP-AGO Human Trafficking more than 600 potential jurors. These checks led
Unit identified and located a minor and her friend to, among other things, the disqualification for
who had been recruited to Boston from the cause of nearly 25 percent of the jury pool. As a
Portland, Maine area. Investigation determined direct result of the juror screening by Detective
that they were being sexually exploited in local Lieutenant Johnson and Trooper Fitch, the
hotels. An advertisement related to these victims government was not only able to select a fair and
was posted on Backpage.com, and law enforcement impartial jury, but also ensured a strong record
officers successfully recovered the victims from a as the case moves into the appellate process. For
motel in Woburn. During this same operation, two their substantial and significant contribution to
other adult victims, also from the Portland, Maine the mission of the United States Attorney’s Office
area, were also recovered at a motel in Revere. and the Department of Justice and extraordinary
Both of these women had also been recruited assistance to victims of a federal crime, Detective
by the same suspects about one week earlier Lieutenant Stephen Johnson and Trooper Dustin
and were also victims of sex trafficking. All three Fitch were presented with the Investigative
defendants pled guilty before trial. The primary Achievement Award and the Victim Service Award.
defendant was sentenced to 12 years in prison and
his two associates were sentenced to eight years
and six years in prison. For her substantial and
significant work which contributed to the mission
of the United States Attorney’s Office and the
Department of Justice, Detective Lieutenant Mary
McCauley was presented with the Investigative
Achievement Award, and accepted the award
on behalf of the members of the AGO Human
Trafficking Unit who significantly contributed to this
mission, including Trooper Marty Concannon,

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