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Guard chief on leave amid rape allegations

Commander denies charges stemming from ’84 episode

By Andrea Estes and Sean P. Murphy

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 30, 2012

Governor Deval Patrick placed the head of the Massachusetts National Guard on leave Thursday night after learning that he is under investigation in the alleged rape of a subordinate on a Florida beach 28 years ago while the two were on maneuvers with a military police unit. The explosive charges against Adjutant General Joseph C. Carter were originally investigated several months after the alleged 1984 assault.

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