State Probation Officer Convicted on Federal Corruption Charges, Reports U.S. Attorney

A former Assistant Chief Probation Officer of the Woburn District Court pleaded guilty today to federal corruption charges. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Kenneth W. Kaiser, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New England, announced today that JAMES E. DAY, age 67, of 14 Marla Lane, Reading, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge William G. Young to an Information charging him with defrauding the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its citizens of their right to his honest services by making false statements and presenting fraudulent documents to get a hardship driver's license for an acquaintance. At today's plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that, had the case proceeded to trial, the evidence would have proven that DAY used his position as Assistant Chief Probation Officer of the Woburn District Court to illegally assist an acquaintance whose driver's license had been revoked by the Registry of Motor Vehicles for a drug-related conviction. DAY arranged, through use of the mails, for the acquaintance to get a hearing before the Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability, Policies and Bonds for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a three-person board established by Massachusetts state law to hear appeals of persons aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. At the hearing, DAY appeared as well, and falsely claimed to be the person's probation officer and presented fraudulent documents purporting to show that the person had passed various drug tests. As a result, the Board voted to award a hardship driver's license to the acquaintance. Chief Judge Young scheduled DAY's sentencing for February 8, 2006 at 2:00 pm. DAY, who has since retired, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The case was investigated by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney S. Theodore Merritt in Sullivan's Public Corruption and Special Prosecutions Unit.

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