The husband of disgraced chemist Annie Dookhan warned a prosecutor that his wife was a chronic liar in ominous text messages nearly two years before she was finally caught improperly removing drug evidence from a state lab, according to new State Police documents obtained by the Globe.
Surren Dookhan has not spoken publicly about his wife’s free fall from prolific chemist to the defendant at the heart of the biggest law enforcement scandal in recent Massachusetts history.
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Curious why he would contact a prosecutor rather than her supervisor or department? That would seem to be the more effective route.
Ok, the prosecutor seems to like Annie. Wants to believe she is nice person. Gets unsolicited messages from husband. Because he "knows" Annie he discounts them. Besides multiple messages in and of itself could be sign of controlling spouse. And we've seen on these boards comments from some who believe quite literally that women are evil and lie all the time. maybe he thinks the husband is one of those mysoginists.
But the problem is that there were two many signs, too many problems, too many indicators something was wrong here with Annie. Each person not wanting to believe that something like this could be happening, that they were being fooled. The signs were all there and unfortunately it didn't reach a critical mass until very late. It is too bad that the husband didn't notify her employers, but even then they would have looked upon his accusations with suspicion, as is natural in protecting your own, but maybe they would have looked a little closer, kept a more careful eye out. Just in case.
He contacted the state prosecutor who he suspected was having a relationship with his wife. The husband most likely had no idea of what was going on in the lab. This was strickly man-to-man, as in "stop your email releationship with my wife". And "don't believe everything she writes".
So it never occurs to husband that having a habitually lying wife working in the state drug labs where her work and testimony will be used in criminal trials is a problem but thinks to tell another guy don't mess with her because she is messging with your head?
This may not be the only state agency where the inmates are running the asylum. The governor, accepting responsibility, should have resigned also.
And what about the drug compounding scandal where many died, a failure involving state inspections?
So apparently you are saying that you want to double the amount you pay in state taxes, so that there are enough people to do all of these jobs you are saying are absolutely necessary? Nice to see that you are so generous and civic minded.
auerbach resigned in september 2012 and stayed in the job until october, not afew months later than may
Auerbach fell on his sword in a classic useless-symbol maneuver. He was somebody that the department needed. Losing him was a loss to the state, and typical collateral damage in warfare. On the other hand, he might have had it, and decided that he simply did not need the headaches of an underfunded can of worms.
djm, I cannot think of one way the state needed Auerbach. He had funds for his priorities but not the rest of the public health.
Can she be deported?
She was born in the US. Where would you deport her to?
She is a US citizen. It's interesting that the "No Nothing" party is alive in well in Massachusetts. Let's purge our state of anyone with a foreign-sounding name. They aren't "us"! They will take over! They have too many children and their allegiance is to foreign princes! Please keep Massachusetts Lily White and Free of these dastarly foreigners!
Ms. Dookhan's criminal activiities have no relationship to her race, religion, country of her parents' birth, or anything other than her own dark demons.
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Wait a minute.. . Isn't there something kind of fishy about this article? How is the Boston Globe getting ahold of documents that most would construe as evidence in a case involving such a huge issue as the sanctity of key witness testimony? "State Police documents obtained by the Globe"? Is some corruptable state trooper or, even worse, a State Police higher-up providing documentary evidence to a favored newspaper or one or more of its representatives? It is great when a newspaper of any rank performs a public service to expose wrong-doing: such is the intent of awards such as Pulitzer Prizes. But State Police documents related to "the heart of the biggest law enforcement scandal in recent Massachusetts history"? Or maybe in any Massachusetts history? Is any of this stuff Grand Jury related? The Globe needs to provide an explanation to let its readers know a bit more about its staff practicing what might be construed as illegal access to prosecutorial materials.
boatwrote_you are so right: The implications of how the Globe obtained this information is worthy worthy of Attorney General Martha Coakley investigating and making enquiries.
Yes, an investigation, just like the investigations around those felonious grand jury testimony leaks that make it into the paper from time to time.
Interesting. The husband is calling his wife a "chronic liar," and this is considered valid evidence?
Geeesh_ what has happened to the training of police officers?
With all due respect, I would consider the Bulger mess recent history, and a bigger scandal, since people were murdered because of corrupt law enforcement officials. Also, can we please stop using "disgraced" in front of the name of every public employee charged with a crime? Please?
So why marry a woman whom you consider to be a chronic liar? Was she thunder in bed or something? What else does she know that she may not be telling?