Massachusetts State Troopers Indicted in Commercial Drivers’ License Scheme

Two active and two retired troopers, along with two civilians, face multiple charges including extortion and conspiracy; State Police implements reforms in response.

• Two Massachusetts State Police troopers, Sergeant Gary Cederquist and Trooper Joel Rogers, along with two retired troopers and two civilians, have been indicted and charged with running a commercial drivers’ license scheme that resulted in more than two dozen people getting licenses without passing the required tests.
• Cederquist and Rogers, who were both assigned to the Commercial Driver Licensing unit, have been suspended without pay indefinitely.
• The six men are facing charges of conspiracy to falsify records, conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, honest services mail fraud, falsification of records, false statements, and perjury.
• The State Police became aware of a federal investigation into the members of the CDL unit in late 2022 and has since implemented numerous reforms to the CDL Unit.
• The case is currently an ongoing investigation, with Cederquist, Mathison, Rogers, and Camara pleading not guilty to the charges.

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