Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola found dead in a hotel room

November 28th, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Maine, Nov 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola has been found dead in a hotel room, which is located in Maine. His dead body was discovered on Saturday afternoon.

He had apparently died from a gunshot wound to his head. The police officials also discovered a note, presumed to be a suicide note in the hotel room.

Governor Deval Patrick said in a statement after the tragedy that, “this is a shocking and tragic event. I extend my deepest condolences to the DiPaola Family and to the Sheriff’s staff, all of whom are certainly reeling with this news. Sheriff DiPaola had a 30-year record of public service. Tonight we honor that service and pray for his family.”

It ought to be mentioned that James was in the middle of an investigation for his role in the misuse of the campaign funds and in a pension scam as well. He was recently elected as the sheriff for the 3rd time on the 2nd of November 2010. However his happiness at the reelection was short lived as he came under the probe for the mishandling of the campaign funds. And he had also declared that he would resign from his current position in January.

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