Overview
- House Minority Leader Bradley Jones, Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, and two dozen co-signers asked Gov. Maura Healey to disclose the circumstances of LaMar Cook’s 2023 hiring and to review executive-branch vetting procedures.
- Court records describe an Oct. 24 controlled delivery of nearly 8 kilograms of suspected cocaine to the Springfield State Office Building using a trooper posing as a delivery driver, part of seizures totaling roughly 46 pounds tied to the probe.
- Federal officials in Kentucky earlier intercepted about 12 kilograms of cocaine bound for Hotel UMass in Amherst, where Cook previously worked, with both incidents cited in the ongoing multi-agency investigation.
- Cook pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail after a dangerousness hearing; he has petitioned to revisit his bail, according to recent filings.
- Healey says Cook underwent a typical background check and was terminated immediately upon her learning of the arrest, as GOP gubernatorial candidates demand an independent investigation and release of his background and personnel records.