Overview
- Republican lawmakers pressed Gov. Maura Healey for details on how LaMar D. Cook was hired and demanded a full review of executive-branch vetting practices.
- Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Kennealy urged an external investigation of hiring procedures and potential complicity within the governor’s office.
- Police used an undercover delivery to the Springfield State Office Building on Nov. 3, where Cook accepted a parcel before being arrested, according to the police report.
- Investigators intercepted eight kilograms of cocaine addressed to the Springfield office and previously seized two packages totaling 13 kilograms delivered to Hotel UMass in Amherst.
- Cook, 45, was fired after his arrest and has pleaded not guilty to trafficking 200 grams or more of cocaine, firearms charges, and driving without a license, and he is being held without bail.